1890 King of Southeast Asia

On the 22nd, east of Ryukyu, 60 nautical miles from the territorial waters of Nanhua.

"Commander, the headquarters has urged us again. It's time to make a decision!" Kato Tomosaburo came in with a telegram.

"Got it." Inoue Yoshiko replied indifferently.

"Commander! We must find a way to stop the headquarters from doing anything wrong." Kato Tomosaburo said worriedly.

The headquarters has urged three times. If Inoue Yoshiko continues to disobey the headquarters' orders, he will definitely be replaced.

If it were someone else, it would be easy to say, but if it was Togo, he might really seduce the lower-level officers and soldiers to execute the headquarters' orders.

"What do those idiots know? Is the bait given by the United States so delicious?" Inoue Yoshiko stood up.

"Gather the main force of the navy and force Nanhua to make concessions together with the United States. What's the result? That group of idiots was sold out by the Americans. The Americans only sent an old warship, but let us go all out!" Inoue Yoshiko held the railing with one hand, looking at the seagulls flying all over the sky.

"Now that the Americans have retreated, they still want us to launch further actions? Have they not considered at all that if the navy fails, the empire will face various situations?" Inoue Yoshiko said softly.

"They know, but they haven't thought about how to deal with the damaged relationship if the confrontation ends." Kato Tomosaburo took a breath, his face heavy.

This is almost a common problem in Japan. When making strategies, they only consider the present, only care about temporary gains and losses, and never consider failure.

This is caused by Japan's historical tradition. The Japanese are cruel to themselves and even more cruel to their enemies. Every time they gamble, they win the club tender model, and lose him.

This kind of conflict that is neither up nor down, stuck in the middle, they have no concept of dealing with such things.

"So, they arbitrarily think that the South China Empire's failure to open fire is a concession and weakness?" Inoue Ryohin slapped the railing fiercely.

"Report! Swift telegram, the South China Navy has increased its troops again. The ship's side number confirms that it is the South China Navy's Fourth Destroyer Fleet. The number of fast destroyers in our destroyer fleet is insufficient. Please reduce the alert range." The staff officer came in with a telegram.

Because radio equipment is still monopolized, especially high-power high-frequency radio equipment is expensive, Japan only equips it on main battleships and some special destroyers.

Yes, Japan specially made a batch of large destroyers with a tonnage of more than 1,500 tons, a speed of 28 knots, and equipped with 152mm naval guns. It is in line with the development trend of destroyers.

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"The alert range is reduced to 20 nautical miles around the fleet, and the cruiser goes forward to drive away the approaching South China Empire destroyers." Inoue Ryohin's tone was very firm.

They have to be firm. These staff officers are all young officers. If they show weakness, who knows what the situation will be tomorrow.

"Kato-kun, I don't understand what the headquarters is thinking. I will order the entire fleet to withdraw to Sasebo this afternoon." Inoue Yoshiko said when they were the only two left.

"Inoue-kun, in this case..." Kato Tomosaburo widened his eyes.

They had heard the news a long time ago. If nothing unexpected happened, Inoue Yoshiko would be promoted to marshal in two years.

Of course, Kato Tomosaburo could also do it, but it might be two years later.

If they disobeyed the headquarters' order and retreated at this time, let alone marshal, they would be lucky to be able to retire with the rank of general without being "punished by heaven".

"Kato-kun, do you think we can capture Ryukyu? This island with complete fortifications."

"This is the army's business, but if we insist on attacking, it may take half a year and tens of thousands of casualties, right?" Kato Tomosaburo tried to lower the price.

They tried to get closer, but found that Nanhua had built a huge fortress area with the port as the center. The coastal defense guns and the fortress group were compatible with each other. Under the crossfire, the warships could not get close.

There are three fortress groups on the entire island, arranged in a triangular shape. The attacking party may be attacked from another direction if it attacks any one of them. Such a fortress cannot be opened up unless it opens up multiple battlefields at the same time with an absolute advantage in force.

After all, Nanhua has limited manpower and it is impossible to take care of both, but in this case, casualties may not be acceptable.

"What about continuing to go south? Even if the combined fleet wins the naval battle, it should suffer heavy losses, right? And Nanhua still has a fleet outside, and there are a large number of coastal defense ships. How to carry out a landing attack without naval cover?"

"Even if the landing is successful, how to solve tropical diseases, how to win in land combat, how to ensure the fruits of victory, how to ensure national defense security of the empire that lost a large number of navy after the war... Has the staff mentioned this?"

Inoue Yoshiko looked closely at Kato Tomosaburo.

Kato Tomosaburo has been building a staff system in the navy and has the most say in this matter.

"The headquarters just wants to use the opportunity of cooperating with the United States to force Nanhua to give up the route, open up trade, and return Ryukyu." Kato Tomosaburo was silent for a long time and said.

"Kato, go and telegraph the headquarters. I, Admiral Inoue Yoshiko, will issue a retreat order at 2 o'clock this afternoon, so the warships will withdraw to Sasebo to prevent the navy, the pillar of the empire, from suffering unbearable losses." Inoue Yoshiko looked at Kato Tomosaburo disappointedly.

"Hey!" Kato Tomosaburo knew what Inoue Yoshiko meant. He would take the responsibility for this matter, so that he could keep his original position.

"Report, Marshal Ito Yuheng sent you a telegram." A middle-aged staff officer walked in with a file book.

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"Marshal Ito?" The two looked at the telegram at each other, and they opened the telegram.

Theoretically, the fleet is not able to contact private contact, especially as the fleet commander, which is very taboo.

So this information must be important.

"The Nanhua cruiser appeared near the local coast. None of the local defensive fleet could catch up. Speak easily.

Kato Yoshiro also relieved him fiercely, and the emperor intervened, then waited for the emperor's decision.

He and Jing Shangliang can violate the order of the base camp and the order of the Prime Minister, but cannot violate the order of the emperor.

At 5 pm on the 22nd, the Japanese United Fleet received an order and retreated as a whole.

..............

"Has the Hawaii left? Do you confirm?" The Speaker hurriedly opened the door and watched Tafa.

On the 23rd, when Tafa obeyed the suggestion of the Sipo and the Speaker, when he was preparing to question Japan, the Hawaii battleship appeared on the periphery of the West Coast.

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Although there are four hundred nautical miles away from the coast, it has not approached further, but this has touched the weak nerves of the United States.

On the one hand, the West Coast Navy of the United States was rushed urgently. The US government met overnight and protested to South China.

On the 24th, the United States Ambassador to South China John quietly touched the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the South China Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Based on a series of misunderstandings, he hoped to have a friendly conversation with Nanhua.

If you do n’t talk about it, if you continue like this, the entire American public opinion will take off. How can Tafte choose? Starting war? Japan has counseled.

A new type of battleship in the United States is 16,000 tonnage. South China ’s latest Arabic -class full -load tonnage has broken 30,000. Without the difference between the difference, the tonnage is the combat effectiveness.

The two people are so big. What is this behavior? It is equivalent to the best level to play 055. How to fight?

As a result, the Presidential Palace continued to talk about tough conversations, while promoting the bureaucrats to communicate with South China as soon as possible, and withdrew the Hawaii.

"OK, South China doesn't want to fight us a war that crosses the Pacific, diplomatic approaches are still effective." Tafa took a breath.

The United States is different from the monarchy, and it is more seriously influenced by public opinion. It is okay not to start the war. Once the war starts, the government has no substantial movements for a long time. The public is dissatisfied.

If the substantive action is made ... Why is the US expedition?

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Members only need to consider the emotions of voters, and they must care about voters' emotions.

If the war is not started, South China's warships have gone to the West Coast.

Sure enough, the President didn't care about the West Coast, voting to his competitors!

"Nanhua is willing to sit down and talk. Half of the crisis has passed, and the other half is in China." Speaker talked about it.

"Under the rendering of the media, the whole society is in a state of panic. People who do not know the truth may be half a newspaper.

"What about the other half?" Tafa took off, did the media have conscience at this time?

"The other half thought we had defeated. The most hateful thing was a newspaper called San Francisco's voice. It called the radio radio station as a fortress and South China fortress." The speaker was furious.

Just kidding, the West Coast Broadcasting Corporation can give enough US dollars. He also waited for retreat and went to any honorary director.

Moreover, he does not think that a few electric originals on a pile of steel frame will become a fortress. What can the leakage everywhere be blocked?

"We must deal with it. Congress and the government should try their best to cooperate to reverse public opinion and over this crisis of trust. Otherwise, we may be defeated in the mid -term elections." Taf said seriously.

"I think that threatening from the sea, then use the navy to do public opinion.

A shame and brave president, navy, American! "Speaker is a professional politician, knowing how to use everything.

"Modify the Navy Act, build a navy on a large scale, and tend to build the naval construction on the West Coast." Tafa said.

"Not enough! A huge, we want a naval bill that can show the determination of the president, twice the naval bill in South China ... No! Three times!"

"Three times? Add eighteen battleships? Chase more than $ 200 million in military expenditures? Congress will pass this bill?" Tafa looked at the top leader of Congress and Mr. House Speaker.

"Of course impossible."

"What is the use?"

"Determination and determination, but it is still possible to add five vessels in five years. We need a big explosion point and inspiring the explosion. This is the best choice."