Chapter 656 Far East Expeditionary Force (3)
Although the plan was formulated, it first requires domestic approval, and secondly, it requires Japan's cooperation, because Taiwan is still controlled by Japan and needs to land in Japan. Without Japan's cooperation, it would be impossible to complete. However, the communication and coordination between these governments is handled domestically. The expeditionary force only waits patiently in Singapore and rest. During this period, the commander continued to conduct war games and calculates the chances of the three fleets fighting against the People's Army fleet after the reorganization.
After receiving the modified combat plan of the Expeditionary Force, Britain and France also started urgent consultations and finally agreed to the modified combat plan. Of course, the process was also very fierce.
According to the initial establishment of the expeditionary force between Britain and France, it wanted to end the battle in half a year with overwhelming superior forces. After all, the focus of both countries is not in the Far East, nor do they want to consume more national strength in the Far East. According to the revised plan, this battle will definitely exceed six months, and it is highly likely to exceed one year. If the expeditionary force is known to be such a result, the governments of both countries will probably consider it carefully again.
However, the result of the Naturona Naturosa Naturosa Naval Battle was indeed too amazing. The British Empire had dominated the country for more than a hundred years, but it was not blindly arrogant. If there was a gap, it must be admitted. Although France has always regarded itself very highly, it had to admit that Britain's level was higher than itself in naval warfare. Since Britain attaches so much importance to the Navy of the East China government, France naturally dared not look down on it. Moreover, both Japan and Russia were severely hit by the East China government and their strength was greatly damaged and they could not provide enough support to the Expeditionary Force. It is indeed difficult for the Expeditionary Force to completely defeat the East China government in a short period of time with the Expeditionary Force alone.
At the same time, the military forces of the two countries also strongly support the revised combat plan. After all, the military is considering more battlefield factors than political factors. Now the situation in the Far East has changed. If the original combat plan is still implemented, not only will it not be able to win quickly, but it will also be dragged into the quagmire of war. Not to mention one year, even two or three years may not end the war.
The governments of Britain and France are still rational, and the military's attitude must not be ignored. In addition, the two countries are indeed in a difficult situation. The army of Bijing has been sent out. If they cannot win, it will be a heavy blow to the two governments. Because the Monaco crisis has just ended, Germany has adopted a concession on the Monaco issue under the pressure of Britain and France's joint efforts, but if Britain and France are trapped in the quagmire of the Far East War, Germany will definitely find other excuses to attack. Therefore, this war cannot be lost. In this case, the governments of Britain and France can only agree to the revised combat plan, but require the expeditionary force to win.
The Japanese government is better at dealing with it. When Britain proposed to Japan to enter the Sasebo port of Nagasaki, Japan returned to Britain almost instantly, expressing a warm welcome to the British fleet and agreeing to the expeditionary fleet to use Kaohsiung Port, landing troops and enter Taiwan. It also stated that if the British fleet can help Japan and annihilate the invading People's Army, Japan can organize 4-5 divisions of troops within 3 months to participate in the landing operations of the Expeditionary Force. Moreover, Japan has 5 divisions on the Korean Peninsula and organizes 3 Korean divisions. As long as the route between Japan and the Korean Peninsula can be restored, Japan can launch another attack from the Korean Peninsula to restrain the People's Army's forces.
To be honest, Japan has regarded the expeditionary army as its life-saving straw. After the defeat in the Battle of Nodeng Peninsula, the Japanese army was unable to drive up the People's Army that occupied Nodeng Peninsula, so it could only send four divisions to arrange defense lines at the entrance of Nodeng Peninsula to block the road from Nodeng Peninsula to enter Jiuzhou Island. Other troops could only put out fires everywhere in Japan and attack the People's Army that landed.
But at the first time, the coast of Japan's west is more than 1,200 kilometers long, and the People's Army can land at any time and anywhere, making Japan unable to defend itself. Moreover, the Japanese army suffered heavy losses in the battle of the Peninsula, and was forced to put a group of soldiers who were still fully trained onto the battlefield. These soldiers not only lack practical experience, but also had extremely insufficient basic military qualities. In addition, Japan's national strength is insufficient and the sea shipping is cut off by the People's Army. Therefore, the weapons are very simple and the artillery is very short of. Since they have very few artillery caliber, the combat power is naturally very worrying, and although the Russian mercenary group
The weapons are even simpler. Apart from rifles, there are basically no other weapons. However, under the same conditions of military strength, the Japanese army is still no match for the Russian army. Moreover, once the war is unfavorable, the Russian army can board the ship to retreat and rest, and then choose another location to land. The Japanese army can only run around and plug the gaps everywhere. Overall, the People's Army's maritime attacks have been successful repeatedly, and it has caused great damage to Japan. It has also captured a large number of people. The Japanese laborers sent back to the East China government have exceeded 200,000. In the Neng Peninsula, nearly 200,000 laborers waiting to be transported away are gathered.
The Japanese government and the military basically do not have many solutions to this. Although the army is plugging the gaps everywhere, the results are not great. The people are very dissatisfied with the government and the military's incompetence. The newspapers criticized the government's unfavorable governance, which led to attacks on the Japanese mainland. The war that had lasted for two and a half years almost collapsed Japan's economy, and the people's life was extremely difficult and full of resentment. At this time, a chance to vent was found. Therefore, cluster incidents broke out in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and other places, demanding the cabinet to preside over the office. There were extreme cases of cabinet members collectively committing suicide and apologizing. At the same time, there were many violent incidents such as smashing, looting and burning in various parts of Japan.
Moreover, even Emperor Meiji was a little impatient at this time. He met Prime Minister Kaetaro twice in a row and was furious, asking the cabinet and the Army Department to stabilize the situation in Japan as soon as possible. Therefore, the cabinet and the Army Department also felt heavy pressure. Although the Navy was under a little pressure, the current situation in Japan was indeed not optimistic, and he dared not gloat.
Some people in the cabinet also regretted it, thinking that if they had known this, it would be better to agree to the East China government's negotiations in Portsmouth. At that time, the East China government asked Japan to compensate 50 million pounds for the war losses, but was rejected by Japan, which led to the breakdown of the Portsmouth negotiations. Now Japan's war losses are far more than 50 million pounds. But it is too late to regret it now, and it is impossible to renegotiate again. First, when negotiations with the East China government at this time, Japan will pay a heavier price. Second, the expeditionary force has been dispatched. At this time, Japan and the East China government are negotiating, so where will it place its ally Britain?
Another thing that made the Japanese government regret was that it was not too late to restore diplomatic relations with Russia. When Japan launched the Russo-Japanese War, diplomatic personnel from both countries evacuated separately. After the breakdown of the Portsmouth negotiations, Britain and France had matched Japan and Russia to restore diplomatic relations. This facilitated the liaison between the two sides and was conducive to fighting against the East China government. However, at this time, Japan and Russia still had grudges and were not interested in restoring diplomatic relations. Britain and France did not force it. The Bijing Expeditionary Force was led by Britain and France, and there was not much liaison between Japan and Russia. Then knowing that the difference in thought became one of the things that the Japanese government regrets the most now.
Since a considerable portion of the People's Army was Russian soldiers this time, although they were famous for mercenaries, everyone understood that these Russian soldiers were actually prisoners of war from the East China government. The Japanese government had no choice but to contact Russia, hoping that Russia could play a role in these Russian mercenaries. If the Russian mercenaries could withdraw from this battle, Japan's pressure would be much less. But the Russian government said it could not help because there was no Russian diplomatic agency in Japan, otherwise Russia could persuade Russian mercenaries to withdraw from the battle through diplomatic agencies, and even help Japan fight.
In fact, Japan was attacked by the People's Army, and Russia was completely gloating and chaotic. Firstly, Russia's resentment towards Japan has not yet subsided. Secondly, Russia believes that the East China government's launch of war against Japan is beneficial to Russia, because it can shift the East China government's attention from Russia to Japan, which is also conducive to Russia's time to restore the Far East military power.
At the same time, Russia also made a suggestion to Japan, which was to release and arm all the Russian prisoners captured by Japan to help Japan fight. However, this suggestion was collectively opposed by the Japanese cabinet, because Japan did not believe in Russia. If all these Russians were released, who could control them, if they colluded with Russian mercenaries, wouldn’t it take Japan’s life?
Now the expeditionary force has finally arrived in Asia and will also be stationed in Japan. The British fleet is going to station Sasebo and help Japan annihilate the invading People's Army. This is undoubtedly a shot of augmentation for Japan and treat the British fleet as Japan's life-saving straw, as if as soon as the British fleet arrives, it can immediately annihilate the People's Army that invades Japan.
In fact, it is not wrong to think like this, because the failure of the Battle of Nai Peninsula was because Japan had no sea control power, so that the People's Army stationed at Nai Peninsula could receive firepower support from the navy. In addition, the People's Army was able to invade Japan because the East China government controlled the sea control power. Therefore, once the British fleet entered Japan, it would inevitably help Japan to regain its sea control power. In this way, the People's Army landed in Japan would lose its greatest reliance. If it did not retreat on its own initiative, it would inevitably be annihilated. Therefore, the Japanese government was impatient to express our welcome to the Expeditionary Force to enter Kaohsiung and Sasebo.
Chapter completed!