Super dictator.

On January 1895, 1, in a back room at Hiroshima Base Camp.

Japanese Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito, Chief of Staff General Chihito Sukawamiya, Deputy Chief Lieutenant General Kawakami, Major Gentaro Kodama, Minister of the Navy, Vice Admiral Saigo Conodo, Vice Admiral Toshikichi Ito, Naval Commander Kawayama Shiki Da Shanyan, Minister of War and Commander of the Second Army, and Youpeng of Shanxian County, Supervisor of the Army, are all listed.

They sat around the round table, and in front of each of them was a document, which was Wei Jichen's "On Protracted War".

Xi Chuangong Chiren first picked up the document, raised it in his hand, and said solemnly: "I believe that all of you have read Wei Jichen's article, and I don't know what you think."

Everyone's faces are not very good-looking.

Ito Hirobumi stood up, first bowed deeply to Kawakami Yuliuheshan County Yutomo, and then said with a gloomy face: "Wei Jichen is really terrible, he has a set of tactics and strategies, fortunately he was taken The imperial intelligence department assassinated it in time, otherwise it will become a serious problem for the empire."

Kawakami Caoliu is the head of China's espionage, and it was he who personally guided and planned the assassination.

Kawakami Caoliu also looked rejoiced.

Da Shanyan sighed, took a heavy look at Youpeng Shanxian, and said just now: "We still underestimated Wei Jichen. Now it seems that it is very correct for Shanxian Lord to annihilate Wei Zijun at all costs. No matter what the empire pays No matter the price, as long as Wei Jichen is killed, it is victory."

Shanxian Youpeng also said with a look of fear: "Wei Jichen hit the weak point of the empire with a few thousand words, and now the Qing Dynasty has become aroused because of his article. Not only many scholars have jointly signed up with Guangxu and demanded a decisive battle with the empire. They are the governors of the provinces of the Qing Dynasty He also submitted a memorial, analyzed the pros and cons, and declared that as long as the war of resistance is fought to the end, the victory will definitely belong to him."

Xi Chuangong Chiren nodded and said: "Wei Jichen's article has an immeasurable impact on the morale of the soldiers on the front lines of the Qing Dynasty. He is very correct in one point, that is, the empire is really not suitable for fighting the Qing Dynasty for a long time. It will destroy the determination of the whole Qing Dynasty to resist, and then seize the benefits it deserves to open up the situation for the next expansion of the empire."

"As long as the empire acquires the land of Liaodong and Taiwan, it can use war to support war and gradually erode China's territory. The reason why Wei Jichen's theory of protracted war is so powerful is that he sees that the empire's resources are poor and the war cannot be sustained. The national conditions are not bad at all, trading space for time has dragged the empire into the quagmire of a long-term war. The war has continued to this day, and some stupid civilians in the country have launched a rebellion because of their own small interests. China's vast territory will benefit from the top to bottom of the empire." Xi Chuangong Chiren also looked helpless when he talked about those ignorant rioters.

Hirobumi Ito echoed: "Since the war until now, the empire has been heavily in debt. The arms purchased from the great powers are either raised from within the country through the issuance of national debt, or borrowed from the great powers. The government has not been able to support it for too long. war."

A group of Japanese people are worried. They never imagined that the empire, which was thought to be in a good situation, would face such a predicament.

Vice President Kawakami Caoliu stood up and said solemnly: "Therefore, we must open up a second battlefield immediately. As long as we annihilate the Beiyang Fleet of the Qing Dynasty and take Taiwan into the bag, we can fight against the Qing Dynasty as a victor. Threatening and blackmailing, our ultimate goal is to obtain the land of Liaodong and Taiwan in the Qing Dynasty."

Kawakami Cao Liu looked at everyone one by one, and suddenly raised his voice and said: "As long as we obtain these two lands with rich resources, we can have children, rest, and immigrate here from China. After five or ten years , the empire will no longer be a small country with few people, and China will surely perish under the gradual encroachment of the empire."

"Yes, it is imminent to open up the second battlefield now. Only by destroying the resistance of the Qing court as soon as possible, before the people of the Qing Dynasty are awakened, and obtaining these two places, and obtaining a large amount of war reparations from the Qing Dynasty, all the crises of the empire can be solved in a short time. It will be released internally." Chief of Staff Xi Chuangong Chiren said swearingly.

All the Japanese nodded in agreement, and a friend from Shan County reminded: "In addition to opening up the second battlefield, the imperial army must not stop in Liaodong. I am relieved. Gui Tailang has already proposed to the base camp to attack Haicheng immediately, so that the whole Qing Dynasty understands that Wei Jichen's plan to counterattack and analyze Mucheng is just a joke."

"Naimu Xidian also mentioned this to me. With Wei Jichen's death, the Qing troops in Haicheng have fallen into a leaderless state. It is time for us to easily attack." Da Shanyan said with a smile.

Seeing that the two generals agreed to fight on two fronts and attack at the same time, Qi Chuangong agreed.

"Saigo-kun, has Yutou Ito selected a suitable landing site?" Miyazaki Chihito thought for a while, then turned and asked the Minister of the Navy, Saigo Congdao.

Xixiang Congdao hurriedly took out a document from the folder. Xixiang Congdao was from the army, and as the Minister of the Navy, he knew little about the navy.

But he knew how to make good use of talents, and handed over all the things in his hands to talented people, and he was very smooth as the shopkeeper. The number one officer under this person was Yamamoto, who was later known as the "father of the Japanese navy" Quanbei.

"Ito Yuheng submitted an investigation report, which said that 'in the south of the mountain corner of the Shandong Peninsula, there is a small peninsula—Longxu Island. The opposite to the west of Longxu Island is Longkou Cliff, with a bay in between. More than 3000 meters wide and 2500 meters long, dozens of large ships can be parked in the bay. The east, west, and north sides are surrounded by the mainland, and only the south faces the sea. The water depth on the shore of the bay is suitable, and it is rare to use a sampan or a motorboat to dock. Landing location'"

Xixiang Congdao is completely following the scriptures, but all the Japanese generals present here know that Xixiang is a "so minister", which means that Xixiang Congdao is not very clear about the navy, and when his subordinates report to him, he often sits and suddenly realizes , and then spit out the famous "so that's the case" emotion.

Qi Chuangong Chiren continued to ask in disbelief: "Then the Ministry of the Navy has a general policy on how to annihilate the Beiyang Fleet?"

This time, no specific naval matters were involved, but only a general policy. Xixiang put down the document from Dao and talked eloquently: "Our Admiralty believes that annihilating the Beiyang Fleet should not be confronted head-on. The enemy ships were sunk and surrounded, and when the Beiyang Fleet ran out of ammunition and food and its morale was low, they were forced to surrender to the Imperial Navy."

Qi Chuangong Chiren is very satisfied with this strategy. In this way, after this battle, not only will the Imperial Navy not lose anything, but it will also capture many Qing ships, and its strength will increase in one fell swoop. However, this requires the cooperation of the army. Simultaneously, occupying Weihaiwei, the Beiyang Fleet will run out of ammunition and food.

"So, gentlemen, I ask you to actively prepare for the war after you go down, and win this war as soon as possible, long live the empire, long live your majesty!" Qi Chuangong Chiren made the final speech.

"Long live the empire, long live your majesty!" All the Japanese generals stood up and shouted loudly.

Not to mention, after yelling these two sentences, the Japanese generals seemed to have taken a stimulant, and suddenly became very excited and full of longing for the future.