April 6, Republic 254 (1913), 4 p.m. Tokyo, Japan.

At this time, after receiving the declaration of war in the morning, the Japanese high-level officials gathered in the Imperial Palace to hold a meeting of the Imperial Court to discuss how to deal with the current situation. Since the news came before 9 a.m. that Shina had begun to attack, bad news continued to come.

Now the faces of these bigwigs in Japan are as ugly as they are. At present, the infantry in China has not yet begun to attack, but the air battle has been in full swing, the air battle of Lushun, the air battle of Pyongyang, the air battle of Taipei, and the air battle of Kaohsiung, after four air battles in succession, Japan's 6th Air and HNA have lost a total of 37 planes and airships, and the results of the battle can be confirmed only 9 poor Baba, of which only 4 were shot down on the spot, and the other 6 were abandoned after returning, and it is also said that dozens of planes were damaged.

Although the planes of these days were very cheap, and a heavily armed fighter was only two or three thousand yen, the pilots were worth a lot. This time he lost more than 2o pilots, which already accounted for a quarter of the total number of pilots in Japan. This can be described as a big defeat, even the bottom pants are lost, and the rhythm of only a pair of socks left on the whole body is simply rushing to the end of the street.

Not to mention, there are also heavy losses from air strikes. Hearing such a miserable result, it's strange that the big guy can laugh.

"Just now there was a call from Taipei, Taichung, and Kaohsiung were all attacked by air raids in China. The 13th Division, the 19th Division, and the Taiwan Brigade all suffered heavy losses. In particular, the Taiwan brigade that was encircling and suppressing the bandits was subjected to a large-scale air raid on their assembly area in Taichung, and after the air raid, the bandits took the opportunity to attack, and as of 2 p.m., more than 21 members of the Taiwan brigade had been shattered, and more than 26 were injured, and they had temporarily lost their combat effectiveness......

Lieutenant General Kenichi Oshima, deputy chief of staff of the 6th Army, read the telegram with an ugly face. "In addition, both the Taipei Fortress and the Kaohsiung Fortress were bombed by the China airship, the main batteries were destroyed, and the losses were heavy, and they are now unable to resist attacks from the sea......"

Chief of Staff Hasegawa said angrily: "Bastard, are we all planes that were attacked by the air, 6th Airlines and HNA Airlines?

Education Director Nobuyuki Asada said helplessly: "Our 6th Air Force and the Navy Air Force in Taiwan are very heroic, and they have fought a decisive air battle with the Chinese Air Force, but because the performance gap between the aircraft equipped by the enemy and us is too great, they have all suffered a crushing defeat......

Several bigwigs on the navy's side were also expressionless, obviously knowing the news. But fortunately, the defense of Kwantung Prefecture and Taiwan is mainly the matter of the 6th Army, and the Navy is nothing more than a co-defense.

"Don't we in the Great Japanese Empire use better planes and airships?" a voice interrupted the silence.

When everyone looked at it, it was Taisho Emperor Kahito, who had difficulty speaking at the meeting. After his Laozi Meiji Emperor hung up in September last year, he inherited the throne as the crown prince, and changed the yuan to "Taisho" with the sentence "Tycoon is right, and the way of heaven is also" in the Book of Changes, and this year is the first year of Taisho.

However, this old man Kahito was a brain-dead, and when he was sick, the emperor often behaved ridiculously in front of the public.

Well, it is said that it was because he suffered from meningitis in early childhood and left sequelae, and later turned into mental illness. In addition, there is another theory that Kahito's neurosis was caused by the deliberate conspiracy and assassination of some Japanese political elders who tried to empty the imperial power. There are further claims that not only Kahito was plotted to be insane, but even Meiji was plotted to die. Hey, it seems that the emperor of Japan is also a high-risk profession.

Well, as for whether that statement is true, it doesn't matter now, anyway, their father and son are already dead and stupid. However, it is precisely because Brother Kahito's brain is not good, so he has a completely different strong style from his Lao Tzu Meiji, basically just a rubber stamp, a mascot, and very few in the Imperial Council

But today's intelligence seems to have piqued his interest.

Yamamoto Gonbei rubbed his temples and replied with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, although I don't want to admit it, in today's world, China is indeed the first air force, and their planes and airships are the most advanced. However, please rest assured, we have ordered several clubs, such as Nakajima and Mitsubishi, to launch a new generation of fighter jets and airships, but we are not able to catch up now. In this war, we can only fight with the available resources and China. ”

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, we will definitely build better planes and airships than China. And they all chimed in, as if they were children. Although everyone knows that this is a fool and thinks he is an ornament, but he is also the emperor, and at least respect is still required.

"Oh Xi, then it's good that I suddenly thought of the royal airship that the Mitsubishi Company was preparing to pay tribute to me. Okay, I'll leave the rest to you, I'll go see the airship now......" Emperor Taisho smirked a few times, then stood up and prepared to leave.

"Ministers and other respectful Majesty Xià......" Yamamoto Gonbei stood up and bowed.

After Emperor Taisho left, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. There's no way, although this rubber stamp is more conscious and generally won't be involved in government affairs, but he is the emperor and has this right, if it's a shrewd and strong monarch like Meiji, it's nothing to mix. But this is an abnormal human being, if he suddenly opens his mind and gives everyone a few very solid orders, he will be in trouble.

Now everyone can have a meeting with confidence.

The Minister of the 6th Army, Kigoshi Yasutsuna, said: "Just now, the governor of the Kwantung region, Fukushima Yasumasa, sent a telegram that there are a large number of Torpedo boats in the waters around Kanto Prefecture, and the port of Arthur has been blocked by them. In addition, the military strength of Kwantung Prefecture is insufficient, and at present there are only two regular divisions and regiments of the Eighth Division and the Seventeenth Division, and six railway garrison brigades, about 660,000 people, while China already has four divisions, one brigade, and Ruoyu local troops and armed police forces on the front line of Fuzhou, with a total strength of more than 130,000 troops. This matter also requires the help of the navy, and it is necessary to open the supply line of Lushun and send reinforcements to Kwantung Prefecture. ”

Navy Minister Minoru Saito immediately retorted, "Your Excellency Kikoshi, I don't approve of this. From the actions of China and the intelligence analysis that we know, it is only a feint in the Kwantung Prefecture, and their main direction of attack is Taiwan"

"Yes, the Kanto region is small and an enclave, so it is very difficult to defend. You see, despite the massive offensive of the Shina Army towards the Kwantung Prefecture, it was limited to air raids and artillery bombardment, and the infantry did not move. On the contrary, in Taiwan, they have already begun to climb 6. This shows that they intend to draw our attention to Kanto Prefecture. The Minister of Military Orders, Goro Ijiin, immediately expressed his support.

"Moreover, the main fleet of China is in Taiwan, and their strategic priorities could not be more obvious. Moreover, the Bohai Sea is surrounded by 6 places, and there are many islands, which is not suitable for the combined fleet. Don't forget the Air Force in China."

The 6 Army and the Navy immediately quarreled.

The 6th Army believed that Taiwan had a large territory and many garrisons, and that it could not be lost for a while, but that Kwantung Prefecture was very dangerous, and the geographical location here was more important, so it asked the Navy to focus on supporting Kwantung Prefecture and escorting their reinforcements to 6.

The Navy, on the other hand, thinks that Taiwan is the focus, and that the Kanto Prefecture is also important, but it also depends on who is next door. If I am the kind of scum of the Qing Dynasty, it must be occupied, and it doesn't matter. But if it is replaced by the current People's Republic of China, then this is not the case at all.

One only has to look at the geographical location of the Kwantung Prefecture to understand that it borders the Big 6, but it is cut off from the Japanese-controlled North Korea, and it is surrounded by Chinese territory, which can be attacked by air strikes from these places at any time. The Navy's current evaluation of aircraft is not as backward as that of the 6th Army, and even the Combined Fleet, which they are very proud of, will definitely not have a good time if they are surrounded by a large group of aircraft. Although it is difficult for today's planes to hit warships of the class of heavy cruisers and battleships, there is no problem in washing the deck of warships with guns, shells, bombs, etc., and even battleships cannot have armor in all facilities.

On top of that, the despicable China was now armed with massive torpedo boats. Torpedo boats have a simple structure, cheap cost, and a very low technical threshold, and can be found in city, county, and even township-level shipyards, and even slipways are not needed, and work can be started directly on the beach by the sea. In the past few years, the people of China have built at least a few hundred torpedo boats, large and small, the smallest of which is only 30 tons, and the largest one is only 300 tons.

In the eyes of idealistic and ambitious navies, such as the British and Japanese navies, such things as torpedo boats are heresy. Poor seaworthiness, can not be on duty for a long time, can not sail to the ocean, can not break diplomatic relations, can not become an offensive force, except for coastal defense is useless, it does not matter if you build a little bit, it is a pure waste of resources to build more.

But for the Japanese Navy, this kind of thing is of little use to itself, and after being massively equipped by the enemy, it is very disgusting. Although this thing is not hit, it is fast and agile, and if you get a bite from a torpedo they shoot, even a dreadnought will be enough to drink a pot. Although it is true that torpedo boats cannot participate in regular naval battles, they are enough to ⊥ any opponent a headache when defending the coast, especially after a certain size.

If the two things were taken out separately, the Japanese Navy would still have the confidence to deal with them, but when these two things were added together, things would have changed qualitatively.

The Navy had deduced some time ago that if their combined fleet did go to the coastal area to fight, it would be besieged by a large number of aircraft, airships and torpedo boats. Airships wash their decks to distract their ships and suppress their small-caliber guns, which are generally defenseless. Then the torpedo boats of China took the opportunity to charge the wolves, and if they leaned over and released the torpedoes, the consequences would be unimaginable.

In this way, even if you can win, the loss will be unacceptable. Exchanging precious battleships for cheap torpedo boats and airplanes of the Chinese is a cost-effective "exchange" that only a fool would do.

So as soon as the Navy heard that the 6th Army wanted them to support Kwantung Prefecture, they directly rolled their eyes. The navy bigwigs exchanged glances, they all gritted their teeth, these damn 6th Army horse dung, this is treating us as fools

The Navy resolutely did not go to the kind of dead place in Kanto Prefecture, but claimed that the kind of place in Kanto Prefecture was not easy to defend in the first place, and it didn't matter if it was lost for a while. The elimination of the main naval forces in China is the focus.

The two sides quarreled for more than an hour, but the navy still did not budge and insisted on taking the direction of Taiwan as the focus, and the 6th Army had no choice but to compromise. After all, without the escort of the navy, the troop carriers of the 6th Army did not dare to sail to Kwantung Prefecture by themselves. Although the Japanese 6th Army is a little second, it is not stupid enough to send it to death, and it is still impossible to use its own life to verify the training degree of the Chinese Air Force and Navy.

At B o'clock that night, the Japanese Combined Fleet, after a sumptuous dinner, pulled anchor and set sail. This time, they almost poured out of the nest.

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