1890 King of Southeast Asia

"For the safety of His Majesty the Emperor and the future of Japan, please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to persuade His Majesty the Emperor to sign the edict as soon as possible." Iro said to Ikuto in a tough tone.

"Are you really not afraid that this matter will spread? Do you know the consequences? The old man in the temple asked you to come here just to let you die!" Ikuto's clothes were messy, and there was still some dirt and dust on them.

This was stained when they were caught. After being caught, Iro was afraid that they would escape, so he locked them in a small palace and watched them day and night.

He was the Crown Prince Ikuto, the grandson of Emperor Meiji. Since he was born, the prestige and power of the emperor made him never suffer any grievances.

Meiji also experienced the shogunate era, when the emperor had no power and was in decline, and since Ikuto was born, the people around him were respectful and respectful, and he also enjoyed the treatment of fine clothes and food. When did he suffer such grievances?

If the bayonets of those crazy people were not still pointed at him, he would have started to curse.

"Your Highness, if His Majesty does not sign, I may not be able to guarantee the safety of you and His Royal Highness." Ichiro was a little proud, and he left no way out when he spoke, and it was a naked threat.

This is one of the two characteristics of the Japanese, they get carried away with a slight advantage. The other point is that they know small etiquette but not great righteousness.

Ichiro did not take Yu Ren's threat seriously at all.

"Your Highness, I'm sorry, I still have some things to deal with. Please pass this edict to His Majesty and let His Majesty sign it as soon as possible." Ichiro threw away the edict that had already been written, turned around and left with a stinky face.

Bang!

Looking at Ichiro's back as he left, recalling his arrogance and domineering, Yu Ren had never seen such an arrogant person since he was born. He threw the edict directly and slammed the table.

"Shame! Shame of Japan! Traitor! How dare you?..." Yu Ren panted, his eyes red.

The servants who stayed behind did not dare to look at him directly. After all, this was their monarch. According to Japanese tradition, the monarch could execute them at will.

It is not good news to find out that the monarch is out of control. Aren't there many people who died because of this? So they can only pretend not to hear it, hoping to get away with it.

...

In the office of Terauchi in the temporary government, Prime Minister Terauchi is standing in front of the long table, bending over, placing telegrams in order.

"Is there still no news from 1lang?" After sorting the telegrams and putting them away, Terauchi hammered his waist.

These telegrams came from all sides of Japan, nobles, capitalists, landlords, politicians and... military leaders from all regions.

"Just now, 1lang called and said that His Majesty the Emperor was ill and could not sign the edict. He has asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to visit His Majesty the Emperor." 2lang said honestly.

"Since His Majesty the Emperor is unable to continue to exercise his power due to illness, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should be the regent. Such a simple truth, doesn't 1lang understand it?" Terauchi took a telegram and sat next to 1.

"Hai! I'll call him now." 2lang nodded and bowed, and was about to go out to make a call.

"No...Send the abdication edict and send a telegram to the whole country in the name of His Majesty the Emperor and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Do this first, so as to avoid more trouble at night."

"At the same time, inform Ichiro of this matter and tell him to keep an eye on the Emperor and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and strengthen the vigilance of the Imperial Palace. If we lose the Emperor and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, then we will wait for death."

Terauchi looked at the telegram in his hand. This was a telegram sent by Yamagata, which warned him very seriously not to mess around, otherwise the whole world would attack him.

But what is the reality? Except for Yamagata's clear attitude, the attitudes of the telegrams sent by others are more ambiguous.

Of course, this is only the first day, and it is a secret contact. Many people have not expressed their opinions, but since there is no opposition at the first time, it has proved the general direction.

With things developing to this point, the only thing Terauchi needs to worry about is the resistance of middle and lower-level officers.

As for the top? Please, they are all politicians, and everyone is for the benefit. Loyalty? How much is it worth?

"Hai!" Erlang's face became more serious, but his tone remained unchanged, and he nodded in agreement.

"Prime Minister, the British Ambassador has arrived." A secretary hurried over, apologized to Erlang, walked around him and went to the door.

"Please ask him to come to the reception room." Terauchi put the telegram on the table, stood up, and just as he walked out of the door, he reminded the secretary: "No one can be allowed in unless I personally allow it."

"Hai!"

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Japan is brewing unprecedented changes, and the main battlefield of the First World War far away in western Europe is also changing.

After the first Battle of the Marne and a series of battles code-named "Run to the Sea", Germany won a tactical victory and the British and French forces won a strategic victory.

Originally, this was nothing, but in the Balkans, the Allies defeated Serbia while fighting the Russian Empire, and thwarted the Dardanelles strategy of the British and French forces.

Defeating Serbia successfully connected the Allies geographically. Serbia was also the first Allied country to withdraw from the war, which was of great significance.

The defeat of the Dardanelles campaign meant that Britain and France no longer had enough strength to open up a new battlefield. The three Allied countries in the Balkans would be able to draw a lot of forces to launch a new offensive, and the situation of the Russian Empire would be worse.

In contrast, Germany, which regarded itself as the leader of the Allied countries, never had any outstanding record. Fierce fighting should not be an excuse.

In addition, after the war entered the war, it was very unfavorable to Germany. Even the most stubborn William II also knew that it was not more English and French consuming in Germany.

Britain and France have huge colonies to provide resources and manpower, with huge financial markets to provide funds, and Germany, which loses sea power, has nothing.

Therefore, Germany planned a new round of offensive.

However, it is confusing that even if France has already shifted the government to Bordeaux, the Germans still stared at Paris.

However, this time in Germany, there was no prerequisite, and it could only be honestly deceived.

This time their goal was Versailles, the prominent northern part of the army.

This is the French traditional fortress area with a huge number of fortress groups. The French army stationed here 8 divisions, 6 hundred, 3, ten and 2 artillery, of which 2 hundred and 44 were heavy artillery.

In fact, last year, there were thousands of artillery here, and there were countless machine guns, which were arranged around the fortress.

However, the heavy artillery was easily broken by the Lieri Fortress, which proved that the traditional fortress was not so difficult to break. In addition to the insufficient equipment brought about by the dramatic force, the French army decided to remove the artillery here.

At the end of 1915, the defender of the fortress was turned into the field army, the guard of the fortress was almost abandoned, and three defense positions were rebuilt around the fortress.

The defense of the first position is the most stronger. There are three lines of defense, which are warning lines, support lines, and inner castles. All of them are built with 堑, bunkers and transportation. The key support points are made of reinforced concrete.

The front of the warning line is arranged with a wide range of iron wire obstacles, with a maximum thickness of 40 meters, which is used to delay the impact of the German infantry.

These are all known to the Germans, so German William 2 hates attacking here.

The Verdon area is the prominent department of the French army in the northeast of the French army, threatening the German -side wings. The Germans did not think about hitting him, but did not hit it.

After being planned as a 堑 system, Verdon's frontal defense line is full of 1 100, 10, 10.3 kilometers wide. It is full of defense throughout the forests and highlands, which is a nightmare for the offensive side.

However, Fundhan persuaded William 2 and the General Staff:

"Here we will run out of the last drop of blood from the French."

"Then do it, my dear marshal." William 2 said.

In fact, there is another important reason for Fa Jinhan to choose here. German troops are insufficient.

In the Eastern Line, Germany has achieved several beautiful victories. The Russian Empire, which promoted the front, did not say, and defeated the two main groups of the Russian Empire.

It stands to reason that the Germans should continue to do action on the eastern line. After all, the Russian empire soldiers are better than British and French soldiers, and their will to fight is weaker.

However, Germany has no troops.

Nowadays, the Germans have armed nearly 4 million people, but they are still unable to fill in the positions of the east and west lines. At present, there are only 2,000 divisions in Germany, and about 50 million people have strategic reserve teams.

The 500,000 armed forces, especially the German army, can easily defeat one middle country, but it is a bit insufficient on the West line.

Not to mention anything else, the British and French forces currently have more than 1,70 divisions on the front line, and there are at least 5 ten divisions' strategic reserve teams in their hands.

I want to open up the situation with 2 ten or five divisions, unless the British and French forces have unforgivable mistakes, no one has corrected it -unless the British and French coalition collective collective Shi Lezhi.

And the Eastern Line, 2 ten and 5 divisions can be easily hit in. The question is how far can they hit?

One hundred kilometers? 500 kilometers? Or 1,000 kilometers?

There are no such developed train lines in Russia in Russia, and even there are very few similar roads. Twenty -five divisions move to 500 kilometers to ensure that their logistics must be invested in 2 and ten divisions.

Moreover, Fa Jinhan did not hold Saint Petersburg before the winter arrived. After all, the Tsar's soldiers' combat effectiveness was not strong, but they couldn't hold too much.

If needed, Tsarist Russia can expand to 10 million people at any time and 10 million people. If Germany invests 2 and ten divisions, the average Germans will kill 2 ten people. Who can hold it?

The Germans are strong, but they are not Superman, and they will die. Even if the exchange ratio is 1 to ten, the German army will not win.

Germany can bet on Russia collapse, but Fa Jinhan dare not gamble. After all, the Romanov dynasty experienced many desperations, and finally spent peacefully, such as Napoleon East.

Fa Jinhan did not feel that he was more talented than Napoleon, nor did he feel that Germany had the strong overwhelming power of France in the late 10th century and early 19th century.

Napoleon failed to complete, and he didn't feel that he could do it.

Therefore, Fa Jinhan made a plan that is more in line with the German strategy, that is, to speed up the consumption of the French army with the war ...