Japan Tokyo Wartime Base Camp

Since China completely defeated Russia in the Northeast, Hirofumi Ito soon established a wartime base in Tokyo in order to step up control of North Korea. (eng.com)

On the second day after Tang Jian agreed to Li Aiyan to send troops to North Korea, Hirofumi Ito held a collective meeting at the Tokyo War Camp. Participants included: Japanese Prime Minister Hirofumi Ito, Aitomoto Yamamoto, Navy General Kobe Yamamoto, Navy General Hirahachiro Togo, Army Marshal Masato, Army General Yoshima Oshima, Army General Yoshima, Army General Notsu Dokun.

Hirofumi Ito opened the door and walked into the venue. Senior Japanese Navy and Army officers standing on both sides stood up at the same time and bowed 90° to Hirofumi Ito. A huge Japanese sun flag was hung behind Hirofumi. Four big words were written above the flag: Wuyun Longevity.

Hirofumi Ito looked around, bowed the same way, and said, "Please sit down!"

Senior Japanese Navy and Army officers knelt on the ground and sat on the teacup in front of them. The mist was swaying. Hirobuki Ito took the lead and said, "I believe you have already guessed the purpose of my summoning everyone this time?"

General Secretary of General Staff Aritomo Yama Prefecture nodded heavily and said, "Your Excellency Ito, everyone present already knows that the call of us this time must be for the relevant matters of North Korea."

Hirobu Ito picked up a cup of hot tea, took a sip, and said, "Indeed, this time we called everyone to come for North Korea."

Hirobu Ito continued: "Through the joint efforts of all of you, the army of the Great Japanese Empire has expelled all the Russian forces from North Korea. Now the entire territory of North Korea is under the control of our army. I believe that in the near future, North Korea will become an overseas colony of the Great Japanese Empire in the Far East."

The senior Japanese generals in the audience all showed a fanatical expression: "Long live the Great Japanese Empire! Long live the Emperor!"

Hirobu Ito signaled everyone to calm down, frowned slightly and said, "But now we have encountered some resistance. In North Korea, the North Korean king is not willing to sign a joint military treaty with the empire. Moreover, there are a large number of rebels in North Korea, trying to prevent the empire from officially annexing North Korea!"

Chief of General Staff Aritomo Yama Prefecture snorted coldly and said unyieldingly: "Old Ito, now there are three divisions of the Imperial Army in North Korea (the Japanese army's army's army system: division, with 2 brigades (2 infantry regiments per brigade), one corps, cavalry, artillery (48), and one corps each, with a total of 8 corpses. Generally, the Japanese army's regular main army division with full capacity can often reach 24,000,28,000 people, and have

7,630 war horses, 14,900 infantry and cavalry rifles, 144 grenade launchers, 288 light machine guns, 54 heavy machine guns, 16 mountain cannons, 36 field cannons and other weapons and equipment are combat units with strong combat effectiveness with multiple armies.) The total force has reached more than 80,000. Although North Korea has nearly 200,000 rebels, those farmers who are just holding primitive weapons are vulnerable at all!"

Hirobuki Ito nodded and said, "What the Lord Yama Prefecture said is very reasonable. The rebels in North Korea are not worth worrying. With the excellent soldiers of the empire, even if the Korean rebels have 800,000, they cannot stop the empire's progress. What I am worried about is the King of Korea and the stubborn Korean princes and ministers. After all, after annexation of North Korea, the empire will still rely on these officials to assist the untouchables in ruling North Korea."

Field Marshal Masato Tanuchi smiled and said, "His Excellency Ito, since you cannot negotiate with them in a peaceful way, then speak to them with your fists! There is an old Chinese saying, "Kill one to warn a hundred, kill a chicken to show the monkey. We can capture several North Korean officials who oppose the empire annexation of North Korea and execute them on the spot in their palace. If North Korean King Lee Hee disagrees, then kill him. We can support another new king who supports the empire!"

Hirobu Ito just nodded slightly and did not express any opinions. In fact, he had this idea in his mind before, but in fact this method is not advisable. Although violent means are neat, the consequences left are endless. Without the support of the Korean royal family, North Korea will never be stable under the rule of the empire. The empire will spend countless energy in North Korea to quell the successive rebellions, which has long been pre-existed in history.

If you want to truly rule North Korea, you must govern it with the North so that the people of North Korea will not have too fierce resistance. The kings and officials of North Korea are not useless to the empire, and using them to indirectly rule North Korea is the best strategy.

Sometimes, war is not the ultimate solution to all problems.

For a moment, the entire conference room fell into peace.

Hirowen Ito paused for a moment and said, "Actually, these problems can be solved slowly, but it will take more time. If nothing unexpected happens, North Korea will sooner or later be the empire's pocket. However, my biggest worry is..." Hirowen Ito sighed heavily.

At this time, the Navy General Hirahachiro Togo who had not spoken said lightly: "Mr. Ito, are you worried about China?"

Ito Hirobumi looked at Hirobumi Hirobumi with deep meaning. Hirobumi Hirobumi happened to express his thoughts. Ito Hirobumi was just a little worried about China before.

However, judging from the attitude of North Korea's King Lee Hee recently, this worry may come true. When Ito Hiromoto negotiated with North Korea's King Lee Hee, Lee Hee always looked submissive and showed a look of fear of Ito Hiromoto. When Ito Hiromoto and Lee Hee negotiated the complete annexation of North Korea, every time Lee Hee answered, he was flickering words and inconspicuous words, it seemed that he was deliberately delaying the negotiation time.

It has been even more strange recently. The tone of North Korean King Lee Hee has become a little tougher, and he has also refused to the empire's annexation of North Korea.

From the changes in the attitude of North Korean King Lee Hee, we can see that if the North Korean king did not understand the situation and really wanted to go to war with the empire, then he found foreign aid, had the confidence in his heart, and refused to cooperate with the empire. After several days of observation, Hirobuki Ito felt that the possibility of the second point was higher than the price.

The great powers nowadays basically will not offend Japan because of a small North Korea. If it were Russia in the past, there was still a possibility, but the current Russian army's power in the Far East has been completely lost, and it is impossible to support North Korea behind the scenes. The only explanation is that China will interfere in the North Korean issue and prevent the empire from annexing North Korea.

What Ito Hiromoto is most worried about now is that he is afraid that North Korea will reach a secret agreement with China to fight against the Japanese army in North Korea. This is the situation Ito Hiromoto is most reluctant to see.

Hirobu Ito has fully experienced Tang Jian's strength several years ago. Before China was founded, Tang Jian cleverly took advantage of the opportunity to defeat the joint fleet and recovered Taiwan in one fell swoop. Now, after China's founding, its strength has grown rapidly and has become the most powerful country in the Far East.

Hirofumi Ito had already anticipated the threat from China, so he expanded his arms crazily at the expense of national tariffs. The purpose was to guard against the rise of China and make Japan one of the countries that could restrain China's development in the Far East.

In recent years, Hirofumi Ito's strategy has been very successful. He took advantage of the Chinese Civil War and the British-Russian War, and he had no time to look east and successfully rebuilt the joint fleet, and another fleet would return to China in a few months. At that time, with China's strength at this time, he would not dare to go to war easily with Japan.

However, what Ito Hirobuki is most worried about at this time is that China will interfere in the North Korean issue too early, so that Ito Hirobuki's overall plan will be disrupted.

Seeing Hirofumi Ito frowning tightly, Chief of Staff Akito Yama Prefecture said: "Old Ito, I think China will not interfere with the North Korean issue for the time being."

"Oh? What do you say?" Hirobuki Ito turned to ask Yuto Yama Prefecture.

Chief of General Staff Yuto Yamashiro explained: "As we all know, China has just ended its war against Russia. The situation in the Northeast has just stabilized and is now working hard to restore and develop. China has spent its main energy on developing the Northeast. Not only that, China is developing rapidly now. Under the tone of development as the main national policy, China needs a peaceful and stable internal environment to recover. After all, since their civil war, China has been greatly damaged and cannot emerge from the shadow of the war without a few years. If China wants to interfere in North Korea at this time, wouldn't it push China into the quagmire of war? Even if Tang Jian wants to interfere in North Korea, I think all forces in China will not agree. After all, peace is hard-won!"

Shanxian Youpeng continued to explain: "And China will also be afraid that the Russian army will make a comeback. Although they have heavy troops stationed in the Northeast, there are not many of these troops that can really mobilize. Huaxia really wants to interfere in the North Korean issue by force, so Tang Jian must mobilize troops from the mainland. After a few months of preparation, China has no confidence to start a war with us. To sum up the above factors, I think China has very little chance of interfering in the North Korean issue. In these few months, we can completely step up the pace of annexation of North Korea. Before China has the ability to send troops to North Korea, it has caused North Korea to become a part of the empire. If China wants to send troops to North Korea at this time, it will inevitably attract condemnation and interference from other great powers."

At the end of the day, a confident smile flashed on Yupeng, Shanxian's face. I think he was very satisfied with his inference.

Masato Tsai and other Japanese generals nodded in agreement. Only the thin Togo Hirahachiro looked solemn. Obviously, he did not agree with Yama Prefecture's view.
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