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Chapter 362 Ambition
Aboard the "Izumo".

Third Fleet Commander Hase Aokawa was standing in front of the window of the command room, looking at the land ahead.

Every time the fleet approached the coastline, Hase Qingchuan would look at the land in trance for a period of time. As a small island country, the whole country in Japan has a fanatical passion for land.

This emotion is particularly prominent among militarists like Hase Aokawa.

Because they know very well that Japan, an island country alone, cannot support their crazy ambitions and desires.

Therefore, since modern times, with the rise of Japan's national power, the Japanese government has begun crazy foreign aggression and expansion, trying to swallow up the entire East Asia.

"For the present plan, it is better to guard the territory and make strict treaties in order to dominate the two barbarians (British and American). Take advantage of the opportunity to reclaim Ezo, capture Ryukyu, capture Korea, expand Manchuria, and approach India. Use the momentum of advancement to solidify the retreat. The foundation. Then what the magic power failed to do, what Fruit Fengguo failed to achieve. Collect Manchuria to force Russia, and Korea to spy on the Qing Dynasty, take Nanzhou to attack India. It is better to choose the easier one among the three and do it first. This is the rule of the world for all generations. , a great cause passed down from generation to generation."

The ambition of the Japanese can be seen from the "Yu Prison Record" written by Yoshida Shoin, the founder of Japan's Meiji Restoration.

Under the guidance of this idea, the Japanese successively occupied Ezo, Ryukyu, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula, Manchuria and other places through the Sino-Japanese War of 1884-1894, the Russo-Japanese Naval War, and various other means.

The next step is to target the Central Plains.

Japan's nuclear-recruiting Emperor Hirohito also specifically asked Prime Minister Sugiyama Gen. how long it would take for this war to be won.

But now that the matter has come to this, once the war machine within the Japanese government, which has been impatient for a long time, is launched, it cannot be stopped at will.

Let’s get back to the present moment.

Originally, Hase Aokawa was executing the orders of the Japanese government and leading the Third Fleet to Taiwan.

This is also the origin of the rumor that later generations of Japanese clamored for "China will be destroyed in three months."

Originally, according to the plan designated by the upper levels of the Japanese government, this war should have started in the autumn and winter of this year.

Although Japan occupied Taiwan and began colonial rule after the Sino-Japanese War of 1898-1894, the island has witnessed uninterrupted uprisings of various sizes for decades.

Obviously everyone is not ready yet.

In less than forty-eight hours after the July 7th Incident, the Japanese government quickly unified its opinions and unanimously decided to expand the scale of the war and launch a full-scale war of aggression in advance.

While stationed for training, suppress the rebels on the island.

Thinking about it, according to the Japanese naming tradition, Sugiyama Moto was given the title of "March Sage", which should be regarded as well-deserved.

Although smart people such as Kanji Ishihara who planned the September 18th Incident and Mitsumasa Yoneuchi, the Prime Minister of the Navy, who advocated "stable advancement" worked hard to control the situation, their opinions were directly ignored in front of many ambitious radicals.

Sugiyama Gen vowed to his Majesty the Emperor:

I just didn't expect that the garrison at Pingjin would rashly start a fight for their own selfish desires.

"Within three months, we can completely conquer Jinling and occupy all of China."

A similar conversation took place before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. When Emperor Hirohito asked how long it would take to win the Pacific War, Prime Minister Sugiyama Moto still gave the same answer. :
"In three months, we can defeat the United States."

Emperor Hirohito was overjoyed.

In order to maintain stability on the island, the Japanese government had to station a large number of troops on the island and at the same time send fleets to patrol Taiwan waters from time to time.

What Hase Qingchuan didn't expect was that he and the Third Fleet had just arrived near Taiwan when he received news that the war between Beijing and Tianjin had begun.

At the moment, Hase Qingchuan was too lazy to pay attention to the rebels on the island. Compared to the war to engulf the entire China, what were the rebels on the island?
Following Hase Qingchuan's order, the entire Third Fleet did not even enter the port and berthed, but turned around and rushed back to Shanghai Beach. For this reason, Hase Aokawa even ordered the fleet to move forward at full speed, not caring about what kind of situation he would face after arriving at Shanghai Beach.

Because Hase Qingchuan knew very well that with the government's current weak naval power, they could not even get out of the Yangtze River, let alone block the entire Third Fleet.

After hurrying and slowing down, Changgu Qingchuan finally saw the familiar estuary of the Yangtze River once again.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Hase Qingchuan noticed a special situation on the shore.

In the sky above Laobaoshan City, a small plume of black smoke was drifting away, and it looked like there was a fire over there.

It's just that the fire is not that big.

The reason why Hase Qingchuan noticed this situation was purely because of his sensitivity to fireworks as a soldier.

"Report, urgent call from headquarters."

A messenger hurried to Hase Qingchuan with a telegram in hand.

Being interrupted by the messenger, Hase Qingchuan lost interest in continuing to look at the scenery. He took the message from the messenger and read it.

The more he looked, the more Hase Qingchuan frowned.

The content of the cable is very long, and it is all about the staff's plan to use troops against China.

The plan includes the specific combat forces to be mobilized, the military supplies that need to be used, the amount of military expenditures, and even the overall combat time.

Hase Qingchuan didn't pay much attention to these contents. What really made him frown was the staff's regional planning for this war.

According to the plan formulated by the General Staff, this time the war will focus on the area north of the Yellow River in China, while the southern area will maintain the status quo for the time being, unless the war situation changes.

The orders given by the General Staff to him, the commander of the Third Fleet, were only trivial matters such as preparing for war, counting the number of Japanese overseas Chinese stationed in Shanghai, the size of the reserve force, and preparing for war.

This also means that this war will be led by the Japanese army, and their navy can only participate in the war as an auxiliary force, performing tasks such as transporting troops and coastal artillery support.

This was something that a proud Imperial Navy like Hase Aokawa could not accept.

And Hase Qingchuan is sure that almost all Japanese navy cannot accept such a combat plan.

Taking a detailed look at Japan's several key foreign wars in modern history, including the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and the Russo-Japanese War, in which of them did their navy not take the lead?
And when was it not their Imperial Navy’s first contribution that established Japan’s current international status?
Now, facing such a grand war to annex the whole of China, their navy can only be reduced to fighting against the army?

Reverse Tiangang, Baghya Road! ! !
Hase Qingchuan, who looked gloomy, directly called several of his staff officers and went to the conference room for a small meeting.

He must put forward his opinions to the upper levels of the government. The Imperial Navy is the backbone of the Japanese Empire, and those Army Red Deer should fight against them.

Although Commander Changgu Qingchuan and his staff went to the conference room, this did not affect the normal navigation of the fleet. The huge battleship group of the Third Fleet sailed into the Huangpu River from Wusongkou in a smooth manner.

When the lead ship of the Third Fleet had already docked at Huishan Pier, the tail ship of the fleet had just passed Wusongkou.

On the shore of Wusong Port, Lu Feng and his group were sitting in a car waiting for the ferry. They could not help but watch the steel behemoths, which were like hills and covered with ferocious gun barrels, pass by in front of them. There was a thick layer of dark clouds.

The gap is really too big.

(End of this chapter)