Chapter 263: The Ceasefire Line
The blockade of the Miyako Strait is not a difficult task for East Africa, and the East African expeditionary fleet can do it this time, and the Miyako Strait at that time was not a very busy route, so it was necessary to make trouble for the Japanese ships trying to pass through the Miyako Strait every day, so that the East African Navy had a lot of fish that slipped through the net on its daily cruise, and those who were caught could only pay a large number of taxes to East Africa, otherwise they would be arrested.
Under the support of the East African Navy, the construction of the Southern Ryukyu Islands, which had been almost suspended, was also greatly changed, especially in the northernmost part of Miyako Island, where East Africa began to expand and repair its port after resuming shipping with the mainland part of the Far East.
It is certainly impossible for the East African Fleet to remain adrift at sea this time, especially since the three ironclad ships will definitely return to East Africa, but the gunboats and some other ships will remain in the South Ryukyu Islands for their defense.
"Now you Japanese war criminals, we have sunk seventeen ships, and the remaining creatures, most of the Japanese war criminals who have surrendered, have long been arrogant, but you can be proud enough to be defeated by our East African Navy."
Under the scorching sun, the East African Navy lectured the captured Japanese sailors that not all Japanese ships had been sunk by the East African Navy, and that the East African Navy had caught many people who had fallen into the water in time, and these Japanese sailors were all "evidence" for the Japanese Navy to disguise the fishermen's attack.
The East African defenders and workers on Miyako Island also watched with interest as the navy drilled the Japanese prisoners under the scorching sun.
"Death crimes can be avoided, living crimes cannot be escaped, and from today you will start building a prison, and I am sure you will be proud of this new job, after all, you can personally participate in the passionate cause of building your own prison."
The words of the trainer are not unharmed, let these Japanese build their own prisons to hold themselves, but criminals have no human rights, let alone criminals who try to attack the East African army, that is, war criminals, and they are not welcomed.
Of course, there are also realistic considerations for East Africa to let these war criminals build prisons, and there were naturally prisons on Miyako Island before, but they did not meet the standards of East Africa, and now more than 100 prisoners have been arrested in East Africa, and the small prison left over from the Ryukyu Kingdom cannot accommodate so many people.
Moreover, the East African trainer's sentence "capital crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot be escaped." "It also needs to be considered, if the Japanese government does not care about their life or death, then it is really possible to send Huangquan, mainly depending on whether Japan is reluctant to give chips.
However, according to the thinking of the East African side, it is estimated that only a big fish like Morita with a high fever may be redeemed, after all, his uncle is a high-ranking official of the Japanese government, and his family still has some weight in the Japanese political arena.
Moreover, Morita's behavior of high fever is still relatively respected in Japan, and as long as it is packaged, it can become a "hero who defends national interests" in public opinion, after all, this kind of feat of fishing boats against large warships is indeed quite shocking.
Naturally, the blockade of the Miyako Strait in East Africa was quickly fed back to the Japanese government by those "victimized" merchant ships and fishing boats, and in fact, Seiji Ozawa had already passed the news of the arrival of the East African fleet in the Miyako Strait to the Japanese government, but he did not expect that East Africa would dare to blockade the Miyako Strait.
So the Japanese government quickly approached the East African Legation and asked Kade: "Minister Kade, do you want to declare war with our Japanese Empire by blocking the Miyako Strait in East Africa?" The Miyako Strait is a natural sea passage and a fishing ground operated by the coastal citizens of our country for generations, and your country's behavior is too domineering! ”
Kade: "The news I received is not like this, we have conclusive evidence that you Japanese sailors in service pretend to be fishermen, harass and rob our merchant ships in East Africa, our East Africa is just a tooth for a tooth, your navy is in the name of the navy, doing pirate business, and now you are still coming to fight a rake, our blockade of the Miyako Strait is considered light, in my opinion the punishment of cutting off your eastern route is not too much!" ”
"Minister Kad, don't spew blood, it's impossible for the Imperial Navy to pretend to be fishermen to attack merchant ships, as for any evidence, it must be something you fabricated."
"Hmph, we have human and material evidence, as for you not to admit it, if you want to deny it, we naturally have no way to deal with brazen countries, but as long as you don't apologize publicly and compensate for the losses suffered by East Africa, then don't think that our country can easily lift the blockade."
Minister Kade is now arrogant, the previous incident of storming the embassy, Kade remembers it very clearly, no one wants to be calculated, and now he can embarrass the Japanese government, he is very comfortable in his heart, and he has a feeling of revenge.
The Japanese diplomat said with a gloomy face: "Your country's conditions are too harsh, we will never agree, and the Sakishima Islands and the Miyako Strait are where our country's inseparable interests lie, and it is extremely uneconomical for your country and our consumption, I dare to guarantee that this is a bottomless pit for you, as long as 30 million Japanese citizens still exist, they will not ignore the loss of the country." ”
Kad: "Tut-tut, don't say it so sanctimoniously, don't think that we don't understand history in East Africa, the entire Ryukyu Islands have nothing to do with Japan, even if it is not an independent country, it is also a vassal state of the Far Eastern Empire, you Japan was also a vassal of the Far Eastern Empire in the Han Dynasty, in this case, your so-called 30 million people, it is better to jump to the Pacific Ocean and return the land to the Far Eastern Empire." ”
This is sophistry, but there is some truth in what he said, and of course, the most important thing is to satirize Japan's shameless behavior.
Of course, East Africa is not far behind in terms of shamelessness, after all, the land is snatched from the hands of blacks, and the enslavement of blacks is a typical ruthless country. However, the shamelessness of East Africa is visible, and it is never denied that Japan is secretive and wants to set up a torii.
The Japanese diplomat was very annoyed when he heard Kade's sarcasm, but when he thought that the enemy was strong and I was weak, he could only swallow his anger and say: "Then Minister Kade, what do you want about the conditions in your country?" ”
Kader: "It's actually very easy to discuss, didn't you think about the Far Eastern Empire to engage in a so-called Ryukyu Islands dichotomy?" Now that we in East Africa have helped you implement this plan, you Japan have instead tried to go back on your word, and I don't think you should toss anymore, and the two countries will use the Miyako Strait as the boundary to completely divide the Ryukyu Islands into two. ”
East Africa has little desire for the Northern Ryukyu Islands, so the dichotomy is acceptable, and Japan's previous proposal to divide the Ryukyu Islands with the Far East shows that they can also accept this plan.
Of course, the wolf ambitions of the Japanese can't be hidden, but now East Africa doesn't care too much, without more than ten years of development, Japan will not easily start a war for the time being, so as long as the two countries temporarily negotiate this time, East Africa can slowly manage the South Ryukyu Islands, as for the future, it is nothing more than the Miyako Strait becomes a temporary ceasefire line.
(End of chapter)