"Hmph, your navy is taking advantage of the funds, the soldiers of our army are like livestock, the best food is coarse food, you will only enjoy it every day, not to mention the problem of naval equipment, that is, the food is the same as the army, we will not target your navy like this!"

The predecessor of the army was the Satsuma Domain, and the predecessor of the Navy was the Choshu Domain, and in ancient Japan, as in the Warring States Period, different countries attacked each other, and the Satsuma Domain and the Choshu Domain were an important driving force for Japan's Meiji Restoration, and the two sides united in order to deal with the more powerful shogunate, but after the formation of the new government, the previous contradictions still existed.

In addition, the Japanese emperor did not want his subordinates to be too united, because there was revolutionary soil in Japan, and if he also learned from France to send the monarch to the guillotine, then the imperial family would sit on wax, so the Japanese emperor, as the supreme ruler, hoped that his subordinates would not unite together, and it would be better to fight to the death.

The dispute between Japan and sea and land also involves the dispute between Britain and Germany, and the Japanese Army naturally learns from the German way, because Germany was also divided like Japan before, and both countries are latecomers, plus the inspirational experience of Germany's counterattack on France, it can be said that the Japanese worship the most.

Needless to say, the template of the Japanese Navy naturally learns from the world's No. 1 Britain, including all aspects of the British Navy, and is even quite magical.

For example, the Etajima Naval School, the bricks built are all imported from the UK, which is very magical, and Ernst guesses that there are three possibilities, one is that the Japanese worship the British Navy to the point of being terrified and penetrate into the bone marrow, and even the details must be completely consistent.

Second, in order to make it easier for some people to enrich themselves, the Japanese government is efficient, but it does not care too much about corruption, after all, there are two privileged classes in Japan: the imperial family and the Chinese (the name of the Japanese aristocracy).

Third, it is not impossible to befriend the British, if Japan wants to learn from the British Navy, then it must pay the price, after all, Britain is not Japan's own father.

For example, the reason why the East African Navy was built so smoothly was that the connection between the East African government and the Austrian government was naturally indispensable, and there was Archduke Ferdinand, who was the former leader of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, so the Austro-Hungarian Navy would not hide it privately when teaching the East African Navy.

The Japanese Navy did not have this kind of relationship, not to mention Japan, the Far Eastern Imperial Navy construction largely depended on Britain, and as a result, Britain was regarded as a big wronged leader and fooled a lot of money, which is also the reason why the Far Eastern Imperial Navy later retreated to the second best thing and chose to cooperate with Germany.

And Japan does not hold its own identity like the Far Eastern Empire, and has the courage to grovel in front of Britain, like a good dog, so that Britain can support Japan more confidently, but Japan's dog will devour the master, and in the previous life in Southeast Asia, Britain was taught a lesson.

Therefore, it is easy to understand that the Japanese Navy imported bricks from Britain, and of course Japan also obtained what it wanted, that is, the maritime supremacy in the western Pacific later, and Japan's so-called Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere was actually completed, but the enemy's strength was too strong, resulting in Japan's circle only existing for an extreme time.

In the past, the Japanese Navy made brilliant achievements, but it is difficult to say about this time and space, because the rise of East Africa has caused great changes in history.

For example, at present, the East African Navy has successively taken the Lanfang Overseas Province (northwest of Kalimantan Island) and the South Ryukyu Islands, especially the South Ryukyu Islands, in the western Pacific waters, which is equivalent to nailing a nail in the region.

The Japanese Navy can learn from its previous life and continue to go south, but because of the existence of the South Ryukyu Islands, the risk has also been greatly increased, and avoiding this risk is unless it invades Eggwan Island, but because of the troubles in East Africa, it is unknown whether Eggwan Island can be taken as easily as in the previous life.

This involves a very important factor, that is, the economy, although Japan in this time and space is also developing rapidly, but the economy is far inferior to Ernst's previous life, so Japan's financial resources are even tighter than in the previous life, which is also an important reason why the strength of the Japanese Navy is inferior to that of the East African Expeditionary Fleet.

In the previous life, the Japanese Navy at this stage, how to say that it would not only have a quarter of the strength of the East African Navy, they were all out of money, and the two industries that Japan could make the most money were agriculture, mainly in large quantities, which was the characteristic of all agricultural countries, and the other was the raw silk industry, all because East Africa was weakened to varying degrees, even if it was hard-earned money, it was not easy to earn.

Therefore, the Japanese Navy is eager to tear a yen in half to spend it, and although the Navy is more comfortable than the Army, it is dwarfed by other countries, so in the eyes of the Japanese Navy, the Army is completely inappropriate and ignorant of the price of firewood and rice, and now the Army is still slandering itself, so naturally it cannot be angry in vain.

"Tsuruo Ichiro, the navy is originally a money-burning branch, and the training of soldiers is completely on the sea, suffering from bumps all the time, sometimes long distances, and experiencing different weather changes, unlike the army 'red deer', as long as you stay on land, everything will be fine, so you must ensure adequate nutrition.

Moreover, the navy warships are already expensive, considering domestic development, we have not ordered new warships for a long time, and compared with other countries, the strength is naturally much inferior, and now Japan's enemies are all from overseas, and our pressure is much greater than that of the army, and you have to reduce the navy's spending, I really don't know what to say. ”

Tsuruo Ichiro said stiffly: "Japan's security does not need your navy to protect it, we can also keep the enemy out of the country." ”

"Hehe, do you take a knife and slash the enemy's ironclad ship? Or do you want to use your rifle and artillery to scare off the enemy who is driving a huge ship? ”

"Hmph, our army can also have its own warships, and we can completely get rid of you and do it alone, isn't it just to change the battlefield from land to sea? The enemy is the same flesh and blood, as long as you dare to fight hard, there is nothing to fear! ”

It is not a joke for the Japanese army to build ships, because it is really possible for them to do so, especially in wartime, but now the Japanese government is still very rational, and the contradictions between the navy and the army have not intensified to that extent.

Therefore, everyone just took Tsuruo Ichiro's words as a joke and listened to them, and they would do it when they were crazy.

"Okay, today's meeting is not to listen to your bickering, but to solve the problem of the Sakishima Islands!"

"There is nothing to discuss, at this time we can only choose to forbear, unless there is a war with East Africa, but whether there is a war or not, it must be us who are unlucky."

"The attitude of East Africa is extremely tough, for the sake of a few small islands thousands of miles away, they sailed their fleet to the Far East, which shows that they will never easily give up the islands of Xiandao, which can also be heard from the mouths of East African diplomats, and the Minister Kade always carries a gun and a stick when he speaks, so we want to force East Africa to comply, and the hope is very slim."

"In the final analysis, our national strength is not as strong as that of East Africa, and in the future, when the Japanese navy develops, we will definitely take back the Sakishima Islands!"

All in all, the Japanese government has chosen to give in to East Africa, especially Japan's threats and intimidation methods in East Africa have not been effective, and the consequences of war cannot be borne now, so it can only choose to compromise.

(End of chapter)