Beiyang 1917

Obviously, the question Wang Geng raised on behalf of China was unexpected to both the Allied Powers and Japan, but it was reasonable. The voices of the Chinese government and opposition to regain lost ground were not a day or two. Life in Jiaozhou Bay and Qingdao is really difficult.

If the Allied Powers seek to influence the situation in Russia on the Eastern Front between China and Japan, and then pull the brute Germany away from the Western Front, then it is extremely important for China and Japan to put aside their past grievances.

The question is, is China ready?On the second day of the quarterly offensive, the headlines of the world's major news media were not that the German army had stopped its offensive or that the Allied Powers had defeated the Germans' offensive again, but that China had formally lodged representations with Ri Ben Zheng Fu, hoping that the two countries would discuss issues left over from history Negotiate and resolve these issues as a package.

At the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo, there was an uproar in the emergency cabinet meeting convened by the prime minister in Terauchi. The Minister of War, Kenichi Oshima, slapped the table and roared, threatening to mobilize 20 divisions to land in China, and give that Bei Jing Nanyuan, who didn’t know the heights of heaven and earth, the supervision of China’s participation in the war. Take a look at a little color.

Other cabinet members also pointed the finger at the former Foreign Minister Ichiro Motono, who was absent from the emergency cabinet meeting. This guy had the Spanish flu earlier and was recuperating in the hospital. He heard that China had raised the issue of territorial negotiations. submitted his resignation.

If it weren't for the shield of penicillin, in Wang Geng's previous life, Hirano Ichiro would have died from the Spanish flu. Today, penicillin has saved countless lives, including this spokesperson for China's interests in the eyes of the Japanese cabinet.

"My lords! Hirano-kun's contribution to the country is obvious to all. For this reason, he fell ill and fell ill in the hospital. I think it is meaningless to blame the former foreign minister Hirano-kun and the ambassador to China, Lin Quanzhu. Without them The 160 million square kilometers in the eastern part of the West Siberia Plain will not fall into the hands of Japan at all!" The speaker was Ichiro Hirano's successor, the new Minister of Foreign Affairs Goto Shinpei.

Baron Goto Shinpei was originally the Minister of Internal Affairs in the cabinet of the temple. He was born in 1857 in Shiogama Village, Danzawa County, Mutsu Country.A retainer of the Sendai clan’s left-behind family? Takashi Goto, the first president of the Manchurian Railway, and the minister of communications and the minister of the interior for many cabinets.

This guy's original post of Minister of Internal Affairs was given to the 50-year-old Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Mizuno Rentaro.

"What are you still discussing? The whole country is mobilized, with the imperial army and navy, and Japan must not be blackmailed by that Chinese Wang Geng. At worst, there will be another Japanese-Chinese war like the original Japanese-Russian war!" Navy Minister Yusaburo Kato.

The Japanese navy has apparently recently become an escort fleet, transporting food and military supplies from Japan to Vladivostok all day long to meet the needs of the dispatched troops in West Siberia. This guy can't wait to let his navy show off its tricks!

"The nationalist sentiment in China is on the rise. If you rashly threaten with force, I'm afraid it won't end well at that time. You need to think twice before acting!" Yuan is given to the Bank of China and the Bank of Communications. This guy never wants to see the two sides fighting each other. How will this bad debt be settled then?

It is easy to say anything if you win the battle. The question is, will you win the battle?It's not that the Siberian Dispatch Army has never seen the strength of the Chinese army participating in the war. Apart from the navy's dominance, Japan's air force and army are far from being the opponents of the Chinese.

Oshima Kenichi is a boastful pig. Now the firepower of a division of the Japanese Army is less than half that of a reorganized division of the Chinese participating army. Twenty reorganized divisions are all staring at the north of the Yellow River. The Japanese standing division said yes 20, the full number adds up to fifteen or sixteen, how to fight?Do you really want to mobilize the whole country to fight an all-out war with China?

Can the Allies agree?Can the United States agree? Can the United Kingdom agree?Know how to sing high-pitched without using your brain!

More than one person had the same thoughts and concerns as the Minister of Finance. In a daze for a year, the Japanese Army actually lagged behind the Chinese participating army. Your navy is strong, and they don’t fight naval battles with you at all, and directly bombard you with cannons and planes , Log in, log in, it's okay if you don't go up, but if you go up, you won't be able to get down!

"Baga, Katsuta, you were knocked down by the sugar-coated bullets of the Chinese just like Hirano, you must have taken kickbacks from the Chinese! Zhengjin Bank has shares in several companies owned by Wang Geng, what are you doing?" In Zidi, how can a guy like you deserve to be Japan himself!" The Minister of War widened his eyes and looked menacing!

"Oshima, enough is enough! If you want to fight, how sure are you that you can win? Are the 20 standing divisions on hand enough?! How many more divisions do you need to mobilize? Are there enough weapons, equipment and ammunition? The goal of the war and the time setting It’s decided! Does the Army Staff Headquarters have a plan! How long will the food reserves be enough? What about the shells and bullets?” Prime Minister Terauchi Masaki asked his Minister of the Army in a repeated voice!

"Well, it happened suddenly, and the Army Staff Headquarters has not had time to discuss this issue, but the Imperial Army will never agree to accept the conditions of the Chinese, and the South Manchuria Railway, Kantung Prefecture, Jiaozhou Bay and Qingdao will never agree to give up now! It is the territory that the emperor and the people won through bloody battles, how can you say that it will be returned to the Chinese!"

The Minister of War was panting heavily, but his forehead was covered with sweat. Although Japan has been planning for so many years with China as its imaginary enemy, since China got close to the thick legs of the United States last year, the cabinet's foreign policy has begun to be at both ends. From suppressing to wooing, Japanese underwriters made a lot of money in procurement contracts for China's railways, roads and mining machinery, and Japanese banks also got a share of the large companies that Wang Geng continued to build.

For a year, the Japanese government and the public have become so dependent on China that they cannot extricate themselves. They even have to discuss matters with the Americans, and sometimes ask the Chinese to help mediate. The construction of the Japanese Army this year is obviously far behind. Joining the war in China, the Air Force? There is almost no air force in Japan, and the number of aircraft of the Chinese Air Force Air Force is almost 500. It is said that the Nanyuan Aircraft Factory has already begun to test the FR-18 aircraft that the Chinese imitated and developed!

"Oshima, if China takes military measures to take back the South Manchuria Railway, Kantung Prefecture, Jiaozhou Bay, and Qingdao, will the Imperial Army be able to hold these places?! You must give the cabinet a clear answer!" Terauchi Zhengyi was also furious. Sooner or later, Ri will have a showdown for the above places. He was mentally prepared for this, but he didn't expect that Wang Geng would be so dishonest.

"If the imperial army and navy win a conflict, even if it is only partial, they will be able to force the Chinese to sit down and negotiate, instead of being so aggressive and directly saying that they intend to take back those places!" Fight an all-out war with China.

With the full support of the United States, the expansion of the Chinese army participating in the war is indescribable, and the entire steel and petrochemical military industry system has also taken shape. China does not develop the navy that is laborious and expensive, so the demand for steel is not so great, while China The construction of the air force of the participating army is obviously ahead of Japan.

Unless the United States, Britain, and France all stand by, the empire may be able to fight China, but any attempt to conquer Manchuria and China is just a dream, damn it, the cabinet will always resign, and whoever wants to fight will fight!Anyway, Zhengyi in my temple will never do such a stupid thing!

"That won't work. The Imperial Army needs to expand at least 20 divisions, otherwise it won't work with an outnumbered army!" Minister of War Kenichi Oshima gasped heavily, but he told the truth!

"The imperial navy can guarantee to complete the landing operation anywhere along the coast of China, but after going ashore, it has to rely on the struggle of the army colleagues." Minister of the Navy Kato Yusaburo has a high voice, but his confidence is weak.

"If there is a conflict between China and Japan, what will we do if we send troops to West Siberia? China will inevitably cut off the Siberian Railway, and the empire will not be able to supply the three divisions of Utsunomiya Taro in Siberia. Will West Siberia fall? That's about the same Half of the territory of Japan!" Minister of Agriculture and Commerce Zhong Xiaolu Lian frowned and said!

"This makes sense. Are we going to lose the 160 million square kilometers of Western Siberia that we have so hard won for the South-Manchuria Railway, Guandong Prefecture, Jiaozhou Bay and Qingdao, which add up to [-] square kilometers of Chinese territory? "It was Minister of Communications Kenjiro Tian who spoke!

"It's not as simple as just these four places, there is also Taiwan! Don't think that if the Chinese don't mention this, it means they have forgotten!" The Secretary of the Navy said coldly!