Chapter 128 Admit Failure
--It is naturally impossible to rob. After all, this is not the 18th century, and the Pacific Fleet is not a pirate, but a series of attacks on the Japanese coastline really make the whole Japanese nervous!
The news that the Pacific Army was attacking the mainland has not been a secret text for a long time. Under the news that the towns were destroyed, the people of the coast fled inland one after another, and the whole family seemed to be shrouded in the haze of artillery fire.
In the military base camp in Tokyo late at night.
The conference room is full of army and naval officers from all over Japan. They all came immediately after receiving the order, and some people have not slept for a few days and nights.
"Report, except for the loss of contact between the squadron stationed in Okinawa, all other warships that can be mobilized have been assembled. Please give instructions!" After the major reported, he immediately ran to the blackboard next to him and wrote down all the warships gathered in Yokosuka for half a month.
One ironclad ship, King Kong.
Six cruisers, Sanjing, Tiancheng, Gecheng, Yamato, Musashi and Yaeyama.
Four gunboats: Atago, Maya, Iwaki, Oshima, as well as fifteen torpedo boats, three auxiliary ships, and four gunboats modified by temporary cargo ships.
Looking at the list of the only remaining ships, everyone in the conference room held heavy power and showed a grieving expression on the faces of the famous figures, and their hearts seemed to be tied with a heavy stone and sank into Tokyo Bay little by little!
On the list, the ironclad ship King Kong is actually a small ship with only a layer of iron sheet, less than 1,500 tons! As for the cruiser, it is an old wooden-shell warship. Although the Sanjing is known as the first self-built ironclad ship in the empire, in fact, there are many problems and it has long been a decoration! The Yaeyama is simply an unarmed auxiliary warship!
As for the gunboats and torpedo boats that finally escaped from the mouth of the tiger, they didn't even exceed 100 tons! It's a problem that you can't even go to sea in bad weather! With such a lineup, it is no different from killing the Pacific Fleet, which is armed to the teeth and has at least seven ironclads of more than 5,000 tons!
Although those soldiers are not afraid of death, they are already ready to be loyal to the empire and the emperor at any time! But if they all die, who can the future imperial navy rely on?
In the conference room, the atmosphere is depressing, leaving only heavy breathing and the haze in everyone's heart!
According to the two sailors who were rescued by the British merchant ship and brought back to Kyoto a day ago who soaked in water for a few days and survived at night, the main force of the Imperial Combined Fleet was indeed annihilated by the shameless Hawaiian Pacific Fleet after defeating the Beiyang Fleet!
This should have been the time for the whole country to celebrate, but what about now?
What is written on the blackboard is the last power that the empire can take out at present!
Sasebo Port is gone!
Osaka Port is gone!
Kobe was hit hard!
There are also a large number of coastal cities that have been shelled!
The Second Navy garrison, the carefully hidden military industrial base Wugang, was completely bombed. The military factory built with a lot of money was destroyed, and the warehouse was emptied. Even the fleet that had just returned from abroad full of arms and supplies was forcibly towed away by the Pacific Fleet in the Fenghou waterway!
Of course, the most painful thing is Eda Island. According to the report of the soldiers who went to contact, the whole Eda Island was destroyed by the Pacific Fleet, and they even set fire to it completely! According to witnesses, the fire burned for two days and two nights! More than 780 Japanese naval cadets, more than 100 teachers and all kinds of elites, no one has survived!
On that small island, it is full of the wronged souls of the imperial navy. They should have been the future naval elite of the empire, and should be the best candidates for the captain, the staff and the first mate!
But now, they have all turned into ashes in the raging fire, and even the corpse capital can't be put together!
Compared with the disappeared Eda Island, what makes the base camp more worried is that after losing the main force of the combined fleet and all the rapid cruisers, the despicable Pacific Fleet can unscrupulously attack any seaport of the empire, not even some small fishing villages.
Nowadays, they are like a group of hunters who come to Japan to leisurely hold a hunting competition, and they claim to build the First Navy in the Far East, but without the protection of the navy, it has become a delicious meal in their mouths!
A cargo ship was forcibly disarmed and towed away, and the weak area of coastal defense became their hunting ground! The people of countless empires had to move their families more inland because of them. This is not an army at all, but a group of pirates waving knives and forks!
From Kyushu Island to Shikoku Island, even Hokkaido reported that they found traces of enemy warships!
This is no longer a war, it is ** naked destruction and blackmail! Because of their existence, no ship dares to fly the flag of the empire. These bastards even sent small torpedoes into the fishing port and destroyed hundreds of fishing boats hiding there with machine guns and cannons!
They not only destroyed the ship, but also shelled the port and county. The fire caused by the shell almost burned the whole city! Nowadays, except for the ships that hid in Tokyo Bay earlier, you can't even see the slamboard outside!
"If we let them continue to make such unscrupulous trouble, will the empire return to the shogunate era divided by the great powers?"
In the face of this kind of wolf-like looting, every official attending the meeting was chilled, and the idea flashed in their minds, but it was quickly driven away! Because on the blackboard in front of them, they also have warships, the navy, and the remaining "flot" that hold the hope of His Majesty the Emperor and everyone.
Prince Chihito Arisukawa looked at the blackboard. As the Chief of General Staff of the Imperial Army and Navy, no one knew his inner suffering, because it was his negligence that he did not believe the words of the U.S. visiting delegation, and the estimate of the Hawaiian Pacific Fleet was insufficient, which caused the current situation.
So much so that now we have to rely on these old-fashioned and even broken warships to fight against the Pacific Fleet armed to the teeth!
"What should I do now?" Prince Chi Ren took a deep breath, and then took his eyes back from the blackboard with a hoarse voice: "Is there any new news from the Pacific Fleet?"
"Yes, when they attacked Wu Gang, they put back two boiler workers and let them bring messages." The major replied.
Another boiler worker!
The only Japanese navy general Yamamoto's fingers are a little white. Can't the damn Pacific Fleet let some soldiers and generals come back? What's the use of just putting back some boiler workers?
"What message!" The speaker is Hirofumi Ito. As the current cabinet speaker, he is duty-bound to the current situation.
"The Pacific Fleet requires..." Major looked at the letter in his hand, gritted his teeth, and then continued: "In addition to asking the empire to compensate 100 million pounds for the war losses, he also asked for the cession of the Ryukyu Islands and Kyushu Island!"
"What!"
Prince North Shirakawa Nengjiu has the most hot temper. Hearing such a rude request, he rushed to the major's side with an arrow. After grabbing the letter and reading it, he immediately tore it into pieces and roared, "Baga! Do these damn Chinese people think they control Hawaii and think that a small fleet can threaten the empire!"
"Little fleet." Prince Komatsu glanced at Bei Baichuan Nengjiu, who was furious, and sighed, "Have you contacted the United States and the British ambassador?"
"I contacted, but the Hawaiian political axe replied to them, compensation, that is, the end of the war!" Hearing such an answer, Xiaosong looked at Chi Ren and was about to speak when he was blocked because the other party suddenly got up.
Seeing Prince Chi Ren suddenly stand up, everyone's hearts were suspended all of a sudden. Is it possible that the prince is still ready to continue to fight? You should know that what is listed in front of you is already the last naval force of Japan! If they are lost, the Imperial Navy will be completely without soldiers in the next few years!
"Your Excellency, please order!"
As Prince Chi Ren got up, Yamamoto Quan Bingwei, who left Eda Island in advance and escaped a disaster, also suddenly rose up. As the only remaining supreme general of the Imperial Navy, as long as he thought of the colleagues of the joint fleet and the lonely soul on Eda Island, even if he knew that the expedition was to die, he was still ready to donate to the country. Body.
Yamamoto Quanbingwei of the Chiren Dynasty nodded, walked to the blackboard with the name of the ship under the gaze of everyone, stretched out his trembling right hand, and stroked every line of words.
He knows better than anyone what these names represent. That is the only remaining naval force of the empire. Although it is now so weak and rare, as long as it can keep them, the joint fleet of the empire will be revived!
In Britain, two battleships have laid their keels!
His Majesty the Emperor is also ready to buy warships again and fight a protracted battle with the Pacific Army!
The most important thing is that although the current Hawaii Pacific Army seems to be powerful, they are not without weaknesses! The rare army and the distant sea supply line make it impossible for them to support a large-scale land war. Unless they are hot-headed, they will not attack Japan.
As long as they can't attack the imperial island in a day, they haven't lost the war! And I believe that after Britain, the United States and other countries see the strength of the Pacific Army again, they will not let them break the current situation in the Far East, and will definitely require peace talks between the two sides, so what we need to do now is to concentrate all the forces of the whole country, purchase warships, and rebuild the joint fleet!
Since we want to rebuild the joint fleet, we must preserve these only remaining naval seeds!
Thinking of this, Prince Chi Ren straightened up slightly, glanced at everyone in the base camp, and finally stopped on the face of Yamamoto Quan Bingwei: "Mr. Yamamoto, take your troops and block the Uraga waterway."
"Blocking the Uraga Waterway?" Yamamoto Quanbingwei was stunned for a moment and immediately understood the meaning of Chi Ren. As soon as he wanted to speak, he was blocked back by the latter. I know it's a shameful choice for a warrior, but please believe me! I must do this for the future of the empire!"
Yamamoto Quanbingwei wanted to speak, but when he saw Prince Chi Ren, who seemed to be dozens of years old all of a sudden and was trembling when he spoke, he nodded heavily and ran out quickly after saluting.
In the staff room, there was no sound. Everyone knows that Prince Chi Ren admitted defeat. Only North Shirakawa could do it for a long time, but he still turned the corners of his mouth and scolded angrily, "No, we have not failed, and the empire will not fail!" We also have hundreds of thousands of the most elite army soldiers!"
The roar of North Shirakawa echoed in the room, but everyone knew that the Pacific Army would never be dizzy to land. Even if it armed the people of the whole country, there was nothing they could do in the face of the Pacific Fleet wandering around the Japanese islands like a wolf in the sea!
"Mr. Ito, please contact the ambassadors of the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries immediately, on behalf of the emperor and the empire, and ask them to face up for peace talks!" Prince Chi Ren ignored the furious North White River. After listening to this, Hirofumi Ito nodded and suddenly thought of another question: "Your Excellency, how to deal with it in North Korea?"
"We must not give up North Korea! The empire has spent a lot for that continent!" Before Chi Ren could speak, Bei Baichuan jumped up again. He had long been disquies with these naval supremacy. In his opinion, if he gave up North Korea, it meant that the revival of the Japanese army had completely lost hope.
Prince Chi Ren looked at Bei Baichuan, sighed slightly from the bottom of his heart, and waved to Ito Hirofumi: "Go."
"Hi!"
(to be continued)