Alchemy Greater China

"My lord, I disagree!"

No, a Japanese minister who has always been known for his anti-Ito Hirobumi said: "Now that the British are trying their best to deal with Long Hao, our Great Japanese Empire should take advantage of this gap to promote the war against China! The war against China will be over before anyone even draws his hand, and let’s talk about the fruitful victory! Prime Minister, you said you want to contact the British. In my opinion, it’s superfluous, and it’s superfluous!”

"Hey, you know the shit!"

Ito Hirobumi questioned this, but he didn't take it seriously, and continued to steal a peanut from the emperor, threw it into his mouth, chewed it, and despised the other party with his raised chin, showing disdain and ridicule.

Seeing this, the important official felt that he had been greatly insulted, so he wanted to take out his saber to challenge Ito Hirobumi, but he pulled it hard, but he had nothing to do, and when he fell on the tatami, he remembered, come to the Emperor's Palace, Everyone has to unload the knife at the door.

"Ito Hirobumi, you, if you don't tell me the reason for contacting the UK, I will fight you after I get out! A duel of life and death!"

The important minister got up, panting and authentic.

"Forget it, the Prime Minister must have his reasons for saying this. Little Gui, don't be angry, come, eat a peanut! Oh, my quota today is too big!"

Emperor Meiji knew how to be gentle, and with a smile on his face, he quickly picked up a peanut and put it on the minister's plate, which was a way to make up for him.

"Let me ask you, aside from the British, submarines... do you have anything against them?"

Ito Hirobumi blushed, stepped on the tatami mat, staggered to the little turtle minister, bowed his head and asked.

"No, there is no way, but Long Hao has the British to deal with. Do we need to consider submarines?"

"Short-sighted, it's true that the submarine was built by Long Hao, but wouldn't he sell it to others? Let me ask you, if there is a submarine in the Beiyang or Nanyang Navy, and it happens. How will our Imperial Navy respond? "

"This...the submarine is Long Hao's trump card, and he is not short of money, so he probably wouldn't sell it to Beiyang and the others..."

Xiaogui Zhongchen began to be speechless.

"Should, should, do you think you can use your 'should' to measure the world? Childish!"

Ito Hirobumi snorted coldly, and said: "Don't forget, who invested in the reconstruction of the Nanyang Fleet, and who is the confidante of the Princess of Austria-Hungary who has obtained the greatest benefits from the Shanghai Concession... Is it possible that the submarine will appear in In the Beiyang and Nanyang formations, it is a must! Long Hao wants to consolidate his influence in the China mainland. The submarine will definitely be given to the navy at a low price, or even for nothing!"

"What can we do then?"

Xiaogui Zhongchen is not only at a loss for words, but also has sweat on his forehead. At this time, he has experienced the sharpness and aggressiveness of the old man Ito Hirobumi!

The No.1 Prime Minister of Japan is by no means unshakable by a clown like him.

"What should I do? You probably didn't read the briefing! I have sent people to the United States since last year, spending a lot of money, every five days. I will sort the news from the United States and send it back to Tokyo... Now, the United States It is the most prosperous area of ​​the newspaper industry. After the war, at this point, it is worth learning and learning from our Great Japanese Empire!"

Ito Hirobumi glanced around coldly, and said: "The content briefing of American News is placed at the door of the cabinet. You didn't read it. It's already dereliction of duty..."

Prime Minister Ito had been prepared for a long time, and he brought a briefing with him, and the emperor personally took it out. When Xiaogui saw it, his face was ashen.

He didn't need to know what the briefing was about.Just seeing that His Majesty the Emperor has read the briefing, we know that the Emperor and the Prime Minister have already reached an agreement on the 'seventh set of plans'.

There is a lot of content in the briefing, but the key points have been drawn with a red pen.

"The British Navy's mysterious anti-submarine patrol boat broke through the Longhao submarine in the Arctic Ocean";

"The Invincible Myth of the Submarine is Broken";

"Marine order returns to normal, the British Navy is still the world's hegemony";

……

Under each title, there is not much text, which can be easily scanned.

Xiaogui glanced at ten lines, the more he looked at the sweat on his forehead, the more it became like a disconnected raindrop, and he couldn't stop: "So, it turns out that the British have developed a new weapon, and the submarine has been restrained! Prime Minister Ito, what you mean is..."

"Yes, I contacted the British to buy their anti-submarine patrol boats! There is no need for many, there are ten ships, and our imperial navy does not have to be afraid of the threat of submarines!"

Indeed, it doesn't take much, everyone knows the pressure Long Hao is facing now, but those are two super fleets that can dominate the ocean!

He is still overwhelmed by himself now, so how can he spare more energy to support more submarines to Beiyang and Nanyang?

Therefore, ten ships, Ito Hirobumi thinks are enough to deal with all the changes that happened in the Yellow Sea!

The Yellow Sea of ​​China has long been selected by the Emperor, the Ito Cabinet, and military leaders as the battlefield for a decisive battle with the Chinese Navy!

"Ten? The patrol boat must be expensive?"

Xiaogui raised his head, looked at the emperor who was looking at the few peanuts left on the plate with regret, and made a final effort: "Where does the expense come from? Prime Minister Ito, at this time, increase the military expenditure." , the people of the empire will rebel!"

"Hmph, dare they?"

Ito Hirobumi snorted coldly, pointed at the emperor, and slammed loudly: "His Majesty is counting peanuts to live, those muddy legs, can't they bear it after a few days of starvation? Tsk, it's better to commit seppuku and serve as a pawn for other loyal citizens." Ration!"

"Extremely extreme, citizens without patience are not pure Yamato nations."

The Emperor was not at all disgusted with Ito Hirobumi's extremely cold words, but nodded in agreement: "It is most suitable for these inferior citizens to serve our samurai with food and drink, but well, Ito-kun, people should make the best use of everything, those Women can be sent to the front line first, and then used as rations for my brave soldiers in Japan..."

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister, what a great idea!"

This kind of cold and inhuman dialogue can only be heard by a room full of beasts who are sitting here. From then on, I will let their family make rations!"

"There's no need to be so aggressive!"

Ito Hirobumi is a beast inside, but he still has to put on a human appearance on the outside.He stretched his legs and flicked off the small turtle official: "You can make this bill first and prepare it. At present, it is not needed! Because I plan to borrow these ten anti-submarine patrol boats from the British army."

"borrow?!"

Except for Emperor Meiji who is still studying how to divide a peanut into more pieces reasonably.All the animals in the house were taken aback.

"You don't have to be surprised, as long as we form an alliance with the United Kingdom to contain China's navy for them, I believe that the British will not hesitate to lend ten anti-submarine patrol boats!" Ito Hirobumi explained confidently, and the pine tree The skin-like face became more and more rosy: "Leave this matter to me, and I will come up with a result that satisfies you all!"

Ito Hirobumi's diplomatic points are at full value, and this kind of country-to-country diplomatic mission involving the country's fate is entrusted to him. Even the most picky little turtle minister can't say a word.

To know.Ito Hirobumi and Li Hongzhang are the only two officials in Asia recognized by the European powers.

Except for them, no one has the confidence to communicate with the great powers on an equal footing.

Itou Hirobumi is indeed the beast in this room who has the most transparent view of the international situation. He curled his lips secretly and thought to himself: Excuse me?Empty glove white wolf, although I often use this trick, but this time I want to use it on the British, but it is impossible!

Even if it's an alliance.Others, the United Kingdom is in an absolutely powerful position, so why should they lend you new weapons for free?

hum.One more anti-submarine patrol boat is equivalent to one point more chance of winning against Long Hao. If I were the commander-in-chief of the Indian Ocean or the local fleet, I would not lend such a powerful ocean weapon unconditionally!

After all, if you want to successfully 'borrow' ten anti-submarine patrol boats, you can't do without paying a certain price!

There are two prices that Ito Hirobumi is prepared to pay.

The first is money;

The second is the position of being subordinate to the United Kingdom.

Ito Hirobumi deeply understands.Japan's national strength is compared with that of the United Kingdom. Even if Japan swallows China's Great Northeast and digests it well, even if the United Kingdom has lost several battles in the European battlefield and lost all its influence in the European continent.They are also far inferior to the empire on which the sun never sets.

The gap in strength determines that in a short period of time... well, Ito Hirobumi believes that Japan must see itself clearly, lower its profile, and act as the loyal dog of the British for at least 50 years.

Loyal dog is not a derogatory term in Japan. Isn’t there a story about the loyal dog Hachiko?

Besides, Ito Hirobumi and other cabinet members have no resistance to the vicious dog eating the master. When they become stronger, they will come back for revenge.

Ito Hirobumi believes that Britain's interests in the Pacific need a spokesperson like Japan.

Compared with China, Japan has a natural advantage, that is: they are an island country, born with a sense of crisis, and full of enterprising and adventurous spirit in their bones.

Moreover, Japan is closer to the Pacific Ocean, and its geographical advantages are more obvious. After their power is expanded, the lack of local resources and the shortcomings of their population will make the British more at ease.

Ito Hirobumi believes that when Japan puts on a stance of being willing to be a loyal dog and makes a request for affiliation to Britain, the British Indian Ocean Fleet and the home fleet will definitely not refuse their "service".

Japan is still too weak and needs to eat food bite by bite. Finding a good master like Britain with thick thighs will be more conducive to Japan's digestion of the results of aggression.

Of course, it’s up to you to put it into effect. Even if the British agree, at most they will only give a discount to the cost of “renting” the anti-submarine patrol boat. The money for this lease will eventually be borne by Japan.

On the issue of money, Ito Hirobumi concealed something from the emperor.

Ito Hirobumi did not lie about one point. He did not intend to use Japan's already stretched and pitiful military expenditures, nor did he intend to scrape another piece of flesh from the people who were already too poor to wear pants. His financial resources, in fact... There are channels!

This channel, from the United States, just arrived in Japan.

According to Ito Hirobumi's investigation, it should be a group of people from the Hongmen who have a certain influence in the United States. They seem to have offended Long Hao and were deported to Japan.

Although their grievances with Long Hao have not been investigated too clearly, Hirofumi Ito still feels that there is a lot to be done in it!

And the most important thing is that although they were expelled, they had a lot of money with them. Ito Hirobumi had obtained a lot of sponsorship from them, and the other party had only one request: to cause trouble for Long Hao as much as possible. One day, they could be brought back to the United States.Get back what's rightfully theirs!

Ito Hirobumi naturally smiled and agreed, but he thought in his heart: The Chinese people are naive and ridiculously stupid. When I squeeze you dry, if you are sensible, you can be a good biting dog under my account. I don't know people.I naturally have ten thousand ways to turn you into cannon fodder and die at the forefront of the battle with Long Hao!

Hehe, it can be regarded as indirectly fulfilling your desire for revenge...

The tone is set, and Japan will naturally continue to increase its troops to North Korea while sending people to get in touch with the Indian Ocean Fleet.

Choosing the Indian Ocean Fleet is not because Ito Hirobumi looks down on the British mainland fleet. There are really two reasons.

One is that the Indian Ocean Fleet is closer to Japan;

The second is that the British mainland fleet has been erratic since it appeared in Seattle on March 28.Not to mention Japan across the huge Pacific Ocean, even American reporters, except for the civilian hero Dempsey, can still send news about the local fleet from time to time, and others, they can't even catch the shadow of this fleet .

Everyone believed that the British mainland fleet should be chasing Long Hao's navy, and they must be fighting fiercely in the vast Pacific Ocean.The struggle between submarines and anti-submarines, the contest between the magical Long Hao and the cannon of the British giant ship!

Everyone is regretting not being able to see this epic naval battle.Therefore, whenever a little bit of information is uploaded from the Pacific Ocean, it will be infinitely exaggerated. It can be said that when the popularity of civilian heroes has weakened, the most popular thing in the United States now is to guess where the British mainland fleet has gone.

There is a song that says: "Fleet. Fleet, where are we going? If there is anti-potential, we will not be afraid of anything..."

Could it be that when the British mainland fleet reappeared, it had already captured Long Hao and announced that the Alchemy Kingdom had become the shortest-lived Commonwealth country in history?

This longing.When almost every American wakes up early, they will turn around in their minds, and then drive them to the street corner to buy the latest newspaper, whether it is the regular "Courier", "New York Daily", or the gossip. 'Pheasant' newspaper...

What longing brings to Americans is fresh excitement every day, but to Lonnie, it is a kind of torment.

Glenn Ronny, Vice Admiral of the British Navy, is 61 years old this year. He had already retired, but he couldn't help Edward VII's kind invitation, and came out again to take charge of the Indian Ocean Fleet.

After all, the original commander-in-chief of the Indian Ocean Fleet was a staunch follower of the queen. For King Edward, this position change was a must!

Lonnie is a bald old man, and there is a saying that bald people like to enjoy life and don't like to sweat. Lonnie thought that when he came to India, he could enjoy a happy old age in this fattest British colony, but Unexpectedly, before the throne of the commander-in-chief of the fleet under his buttocks was firmly seated, an urgent order from the king came down.

Edward VII asked Lonnie to cooperate with the local fleet, go to the South China Sea first, and conduct high-profile cruising activities to confuse the opponent.

Although Lonnie didn't want to go to war, but because it was the order of the new king, and he thought about it, anyway, Clay Hall, the popular royal fried chicken, would basically do the job of beating people, and command the fleet around the Southeast Asian islands. , it can still be done, and there is no danger.

What's more, Edward VII was really kind to Lonnie. In order to beware of the other party's elusive submarine, he specially sent twenty anti-submarine patrol boats to escort him.

Now, Lonnie has no reason to refuse.

After playing peek-a-boo in the Southeast Asian archipelago for almost a month, just when Lonnie got tired of it and began to miss the amorous Brahmin woman who practiced yoga diligently and had a soft body and beautiful face, the news of the British mainland fleet finally came.

Lonnie didn't bother to pursue the fact that Clay Hall was not the first to send the news, but got it from American newspapers. He only knew that he had finally seen the dawn of the end of his job as a cover!

Excited, Lonnie threw away his usual caution and ordered the Indian Ocean Fleet to no longer play hide-and-seek, but to move northward, because according to the original plan, when the local fleet opened up the passage from the Arctic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, he had to cooperate. The opponent, advancing from the South China Sea to the East China Sea, washes away the shame of being expelled from the Far East Fleet that day.

For this reason, Lonnie also deliberately found someone to contact the Far East Fleet's 'pseudo-commander' Fremantle. Although the other party's 'commander' position is not recognized by His Majesty the King, it is always a good thing to win an ally at this time , isn't it?

The fact that the local fleet can appear in American seaports means that Long Hao's influence in the Arctic Circle has been defeated, and this is also the main reason why Lonnie has become so bold.

The bald old lieutenant general believed that the victory of the British Empire in the war against Long Hao was a certainty. If Fremantle is sensible, come and kneel and lick, otherwise, hehe, don't blame yourself for being rude, and will He blasted into the East China Sea to feed the fish with that princess of the Austro-Hungarian Empire!

As expected by Lonnie, Fremantle quickly sent someone to express his willingness to cooperate with the Indian Ocean Fleet to return to China. Moreover, Fremantle also shared the intelligence of the Nanyang Navy and the Dragon Guard Fleet under Ashley’s command. and sent it over.

With the information, Lonnie is even more godly, and he is not busy attacking, because according to Edward VII's previous order, all the glory of this battle must be attributed to the local fleet, which has accumulated great military exploits for Clay Hall !

Just be a good bystander yourself.

Lonnie is old enough not to be jealous, and safety comes first. Therefore, when he pushed the fleet to the southern edge of the East China Sea and stabilized the line of defense, he stationed in Luzon Island and began to wait for news from the home fleet. (To be continued..)

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