Chapter 284: I actually agreed
Ito Yuhiro heard An Yanxin's proposal to use the stranded battleship "Zhenyuan" to offset the suspected white Langgu? After the proposal of the Great Song torpedo boat sunk by the Enkarada, a negative answer was immediately given. Although in the Battle www.biquge.info of the Yellow Sea, the Japanese Navy had discovered that the battleship with a displacement of more than 7,340 tons was slow and its guns could not keep up with the times, capturing it and bringing it back to the Japanese mainland could greatly invigorate the tension caused by the war in Japan. It can be said that the political significance of capturing Zhenyuan is far greater than its military significance.
An Yanxin once again boarded the Japanese flagship and Ito Yuheng in front of the meeting, and he had already explained to the SEALs that he would continue to do a good job of boarding Bailangu? Preparation for the capture of the Enkarada. As soon as the Japanese, reluctant to deliver the Zhenyuan, agreed to cross the crowd and board the fast cruiser that caused the accident, they immediately implemented the plan to "cut off Hu".
The polytechnics never thought that they would have the opportunity to get the Beiyang warships captured by the Japanese army, after all, after being beaten and sunk by the crossing crowd of three main warships, the Japanese navy did not have much money. Unexpectedly, when the so-called "artillery fire" incident occurred, Ito Yuhiro would propose to use the captured Beiyang warship to make trouble. As soon as the commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet opened his mouth, he would have to look at Shu when he crossed the crowd, and since he could give three miscellaneous fish boats, why couldn't he give the battleship "Zhenyuan" that ran aground and was injured?
"We don't necessarily have to be the grounded battleship, since this makes His Excellency the Commander feel embarrassed, then please let our men board the White Langu who caused the accident? The cruiser Enkarada investigates the shelling. An Yanxin said.
At this time, the British, who also boarded the flagship of the Japanese army, also told An Yanxin, saying that this is also an international practice, and the party that suffered losses in the shelling incident should be involved in the investigation. Ito Yuheng has already had a little reminiscence a few hours after the shelling incident, although he is not quite sure that the shelling incident was premeditated by the Great Song, but the Great Song definitely wants to use this incident to make a bigger incident.
What exactly do they want? The Liaodong Peninsula was already in their hands, and the empire had promised to force the Manchus to cede the Liaodong Peninsula and then to the Great Song in post-war negotiations so that they could legally occupy the peninsula. Do they want money? However, the empire also promised to give up 20% of the post-war reparations, which is already our bottom line, and they should know that it will be worth the loss if they continue to dwell on the issue of money.
They should still be interested in land, do they also have a crush on the island of Taiwan? But how did they know that the empire wanted the island of Taiwan? In addition, they already have the strategic fulcrum of the Liaodong Peninsula in their hands, so there is no need to grab the undeveloped island of Taiwan. Even if they had a plan to fight on two fronts, the island that was still in a semi-wild state would not help them much.
Are they interested in North Korea? Yes, it should be, although it is barren, but there is a large population, and if they control Korea, they will be able to reproduce our war, using Korea as a springboard to encroach on the vast land of the northeast of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, well, it must be like this!
After losing control of the Liaodong Peninsula, the DPRK is already the only springboard for the "mainland strategy" of the foot basin chicken, and it is impossible for them to lose the Korean Peninsula they have just acquired, otherwise their long-planned "mainland plan" will be a castle in the air. Ito Yuhiro knew this very well, so he thought that he couldn't let things expand further and give Da Song any chance. He first summoned the British, who were also watching the battle, and then immediately asked all the warships of the Combined Fleet to keep a distance from the torpedo boats of the Great Song Dynasty and retreat out of the range of artillery.
"Mr. An, you should know that we didn't let you board the cruiser that caused the accident because we were worried that your men and the officers and men on the ship would clash again. Due to the previous misunderstanding, there have been many conflicts between our navy and army, and I am afraid that having radical people on board the ship will be detrimental to your personnel. Yuhiro Ito said.
"I promise that I will involve you in the interrogation after we find out who is responsible." Ito wants to keep things under control at the current level, only property damage, and everything is okay.
"As I said, the Great Song Council will not accept an investigation report full of quotations from you. I understand your concern about the escalation of the situation, but I have to warn you that the sinking of the warship of the Great Song Navy is already a big deal, big enough to declare war! As long as the ship of our navy, even if it is a sampan, as long as it is attacked, it will be regarded as a provocation to the Royal Navy of the Great Song Dynasty. You'd better let our men investigate the whole story, otherwise the scale of the fighting after the declaration of war will not be as small as the military friction of the previous ones. An Yanxin said.
This threat is too deterrent to Ito, and he doesn't know how many people died in the army's red deer in the previous military friction, and he won't care. But their navy actually folded three capital ships into it. If this matter is not handled well, it will be their navy that will suffer first. Why, you ask? Because the target of the warship is big and valuable, the Japanese feel distressed when they fight!
"Since the council is unwilling to accept your report, you might as well stop writing it, and even if you can find out the truth of the matter, this matter will not escape under your command in the end, and a torpedo boat will be sunk. Let's put it another way, the Great Japanese Navy traded other warships captured to the Beiyang Fleet for the torpedo boat, and in the end, the Japanese Navy was careless, causing the ship to catch fire and sink. Isn't that a good idea? Ito was worried that the people who had crossed the Korean Peninsula would have ideas, and he began to sell the pile of broken copper and iron in the North Ocean again.
"God! The Great Song Empire's navy has always been short of equipment, Your Excellency, your sales skills are too clumsy. The Great Song Dynasty was a close partner of the British Empire in armament research, so how could it look at these backward warships of the Beiyang Fleet? We are talking about the attack on the navy of the Great Song Empire! It's not something that can be disposed of with scrap copper and rotten iron. "The British, who were invited to solve the problem, began to assist God, as always.
Although it is not clear what the purpose of the Great Song Military Observation Group wants to go on the ship to investigate, the British are desperately trying to pull the bias in order to let the Great Song Dynasty work with Maozi in the Far East. Even if he wants North Korea to do something, John Bull will be in favor. The Nissin war has reached this point, and it is almost time for negotiations to be reached, and it is time for John Bull to throw away the chicken in the foot basin when it runs out. John Niu didn't expect the foot basin chicken to resist Maozi in the Far East, it was better to give all the resources to the Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty, which was stronger in combat effectiveness, would definitely be able to attract more resources and troops than the foot basin chicken.
"Well, then use that stranded battleship to settle this misunderstanding!" When Ito Yuhyung saw the face of the gold owner's father, he could only think of quickly exposing this matter.