Chapter 1,317 The Decision of Japan’s Top Management 1

Chapter 1317 The decision of Japan’s top management 1

"The navy has really done a good thing. With such a huge advantage, it unexpectedly sent two battleships. There are also 120,000-ton merchant ships. I think the navy needs to be replaced from top to bottom. Clean up all these wine bags and rice bags."

Yamagata Aritomo said to Prime Minister Katsura Taro, how should I put it? Yamagata Aritomo's mood is very complicated now. He is happy that the navy is defeated, but the loss of thousands of Japanese army personnel and a large amount of equipment makes him very unhappy. , which brought his resentment towards the Navy to a new level! Therefore, before anyone else arrived, he didn't mind working with Katsura, who was also from the army, to give the navy a good blow!

"Okay, this time there is a reason." Although Katsura Taro was born in the Japanese Army, he is the Prime Minister after all, and his tendency cannot be too obvious. Otherwise, those elders will find themselves in trouble again. "Yamagata-kun, if possible, when Saionji-kun comes, we'd better discuss the matter instead of discussing whether certain people should be raped. The Navy is still suppressing the news. I don't want to make a fuss at this time. Some trouble." Katsura Taro said with some dissatisfaction.

"Then what else can we discuss? Isn't this time just to discuss countermeasures?" Shanxian Youpeng said indifferently.

"The failure of the navy had a huge impact on the empire and also caused a great shock. Whether we continue to fulfill the agreement with the British is not an important matter. After all, the navy now absolutely cannot produce a redundant fleet. , and the Army still has to fulfill the agreement, at least transport the promised troops there first." Katsura Taro looked at Yamagata Aritomo and waved his hand, signaling for him to finish.

"We can't break the contract, even if there is an accident. Compared with the navy that needs to face the huge pressure from the Americans, we can't squeeze the already poor navy, at least until the new Fuso-class battleships are put into service. That's it. After all, we are a maritime country. Without the navy, we are nothing. Some people above also think so." Katsura Taro had already told Yamagata Aritomo in quite obscure words. This was the opinion of the senior elders. Unchangeable!

"Zhou Cao, what else do you want me to discuss?!" Shanxian Youpeng suddenly had the tendency to go berserk. In his view, meetings that cannot grab funds from the Navy, cannot weaken the Navy's political influence, and cannot knock some people off are meaningless to him.

"If you think it's meaningless, then you can leave." At this moment, Saionji Konobo, Combined Fleet Commander Ijuin Goro and Navy boss Yamamoto Gonbei came in and looked at Yamagata Aritomo who was making a fuss. Japan's top political boss rudely criticized the other party.

"From the current point of view, our policy seems to have some deviations. We may not be on the side of the winner in the future, and we are a little careless about the possible liquidation between Germany and the United States. This is the issue we are going to discuss today, If anyone wants to take the opportunity to raise other issues,

Then get out of here. "As a roly-poly who has been in the political arena since the Meiji Restoration, Saionji Konobo does not need to show shame to anyone.

"We have somewhat overestimated the strength of the British. Maybe the winner of this war is not the Allied Powers. This may be a very serious problem for us." After finishing speaking, Gongwang of Xiyuan Temple looked around again. "Of course, some people may think that it is still too early to talk about this issue. It is not that Britain and France have no chance of making a comeback, such as opening up the Dardanelles Strait. But we must make arrangements in advance. In addition, there is a friend in Shanxian County, I asked you to come Asking this question.”

"It will be very difficult to attack from the direction of the strait. Maybe the British naval guns do have an advantage, but the environment on both sides of the strait is too dangerous and the troops cannot deploy at all. The British say they have solved the threat of the Allied fleet, but even the British Everyone admits that Count Spee still has at least two super-dreadnoughts available for use. This leaves great variables in the control of the sea in the Dardanelles Strait. At least, I am not optimistic about the landing operations in the strait." Shan County Youto thought. Thinking about the price the Japanese army paid to capture the Port Arthur Fortress during the Russo-Japanese War, and looking at the current situation in the Dardanelles Strait, this veteran who can be regarded as a battle-hardened veteran was not very interested in the British Strait plan. .

(In fact, there have been many doubts raised within the British military in history, but the people in charge have some problems with their heads. This kind of thing happens everywhere in the world.)

"What about on land?" Xiyuan Temple Gongwang continued to ask without expressing his opinion.

"Well, are you going to let us fight it down, or not?" Youpeng from Shan County asked.

"I personally feel that it is better to fight it off. What are your opinions?" Gongwang of Xiyuan Temple hesitated for a moment and said. If before, the Japanese were still considering whether to do some tricks to destroy the Russians' foreign aid channels, then now, at least Xiyuanji Gongwang is really afraid. He was worried that the Russians would be finished soon, which would lead to the war moving towards the Allies, and then eventually the United States and the United States would directly liquidate Japan! The result is terrible!

"Then our army's plan to advance northward is going to go to waste again?" There was obvious dissatisfaction in Shanxian Youpeng's words. As long as the Russian tsarist government is not finished, Japan has no reason or motive to move northward!

"I now doubt that even with the support of the British, the Germans can still defeat Russia. What's more, if I have to choose between the collapse of Russia and avoiding the liquidation of Germany and the United States, then I would rather choose the latter. The collapse of the Russians is the icing on the cake for the empire, and if the price is the complete rise of Germany and the liquidation of virtue and Japan, then I would rather not have Russia collapse." Saionji Gongwang said calmly.

As Saionji said, Japan has actually reaped a lot of benefits this time. In terms of expansion, it has reached its historical limit. It would be a good thing to go north to gain some benefits from the collapse of Russia. It's a pity that it's gone. However, if Russia collapses, leading to the defeat of the Allied Powers, and Germany's re-entry into the Far East, it will not be fun. If nothing else, at least the original German Far Eastern colonies obtained from Germany must be given to the United States, which is equivalent to giving established the American foothold in the Far East. If the United States and the Netherlands make some more deals, they might have to spit out part of the Dutch East Indies they won.

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