Just as the situation in Pyongyang was about to break out, Tang Jian's fleet of visiting the United States had entered the vast North Pacific. When everyone was focusing on Pyongyang and the Chinese fleet in the North Pacific, Hirobuki Ito had quietly returned to Tokyo on an American tanker.

However, when Ito Hiromoto returned to Tokyo, Japanese Navy General Kobuki Yamamoto immediately rushed to the Prime Minister's Office to question Ito Hiromoto.

Yamamoto Honbuki asked with anger, "Hissergeant Ito, didn't you say that the empire's return fleet will return to Sasebo in a month? But now the fleet that the empire has built is still anchored in shipyards in England, Germany, France and other countries!"

Hirobu Ito's face looked extremely ugly. Without the support of the return fleet, the empire's joint fleet would be difficult for the Chinese Yellow Sea Fleet to defeat the Chinese fleet.

After Tang Jian visited the United States, the South China Sea Fleet of the Chinese Pacific Fleet headed north along the road and had joined forces with the Yellow Sea Fleet. Now the Chinese Pacific Fleet has completely blocked the entire Yellow Sea, and the continuous Chinese Army is landing from Nanpu Port.

However, the Japanese joint fleet never dared to fight because it wanted to protect the maritime supply line between the Empire and North Korea. It could only be trapped in the Tsushima Strait. Now the entire Yellow Sea is already the world of the Chinese Navy, and the Japanese army seems very passive on the Korean battlefield.

Yamamoto Honbud, said angrily: "Hisser Ito, don't you know the importance of the Yellow Sea control of the sea power to the empire? As long as the Chinese Army is willing at this time, they can even land in Incheon and directly surround Seoul!"

Hirobuki Ito explained: "I cannot predict how fast the attitudes of Britain, Germany, France and other countries change. I have asked the ministers to various countries to protest the unfair behavior of Britain, Germany, France and other countries, and let them release the Imperial fleet anchored in the shipyard as soon as possible!"

The rapid change of attitudes of Britain, Germany, France and other countries made Hirofumi Ito unexpected that Japan's return fleet should have returned to Japan from the English Channel three months ago. However, since China declared war on Japan, Britain, Germany, France and other countries have expressed neutrality and followed neutral laws and regulations. Germany and China have already had an alliance, so Germany actually decided to seize two advanced cruisers customized by Japan.

After hearing the news, Hirofumi Ito, who was in the United States, immediately protested to these countries. In the end, Britain and France, under pressure, had agreed to decide to release the Japanese custom-made three battleships and more than 20 other battleships in accordance with the contract.

At this time, Yamamoto's Honbuki began to regret recommending Hirahachiro Togo as the commander of the joint fleet. Now, the extremely changing attitudes of various countries are undoubtedly a huge blow to the return fleet of Japan.

Since the tonnage of the three main battleships of the returning fleet are between 10,000 and 16,000 tons, they cannot go to the Suez Canal to shorten their voyage. They can only go south along the African coast, bypass the Cape of Good Hope, and enter the Indian Ocean. Like Russia's Second Pacific Fleet back then, they have to cross half of the distance between the earth.

Although the returning fleet used new warships built by the world's advanced level at this time, it still took nearly three months to return to China. Since Japan has no base overseas to provide supplies, everything depends on the fleet's own supply ship supply. The long journey took longer.

In these few months, if the Chinese Navy seeks a joint fleet to fight on the Yellow Sea, the joint fleet will not have the confidence to win. But Yamamoto Hoshiguchi thought that the return fleet would come back in time, so he recommended Hirahachiro Togo as the commander of the joint fleet. In that case, the joint fleet will have the power to fight.

However, with the strength of the current joint fleet, if it really encounters the Yellow Sea Fleet above the Yellow Sea Fleet, the chance of victory is very slim. As the commander of the joint fleet, the situation of Tokkai Heibaro is not even more dangerous. So at this time, Yamamoto's Honbuki was very regretful. He even felt that he pushed Togo Heihachiro into the fire pit.

Ito Hirobuki looked at Yamamoto's turbulent expression on his face and explained: "Yamamoto, don't be so pessimistic. It may be God bless my empire. Tang Jian actually sent the East China Sea Fleet to visit the United States at this time. So the strength of the Chinese Pacific Fleet has been greatly reduced? With my years of experience in fighting with Tang Jian, Tang Jian will not take action easily before he has no confidence in winning. Although the Yellow Sea Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet are stronger than the Joint Fleet in strength.

There are many, but they also need to pay a huge price to truly destroy the empire's joint fleet. I think with Tang Jian's personality, he will never make such a decision. He will definitely wait until the East China Sea Fleet visits the United States and concentrate all the strength of the Chinese Pacific Fleet before he will fight the joint fleet. According to Tang Jian's itinerary, when he returns from the United States, the empire's return fleet will arrive in the Indian Ocean at about this time."

Yamamoto's Mutanti also knew this. He was only extremely angry at the actions of Britain, Germany, France and other countries to take advantage of the situation. Germany had an alliance with China, and Germany seized completed warships. This was easier to accept. However, Britain once advocated support for Japan, but at this time, Britain was the same as Germany, and even France followed Britain.

Yamamoto Honbuki finally said helplessly: "It's only possible. I hope Togo can last until the return fleet returns."

"The safety of the Imperial Joint Fleet can be put aside for the time being. Before Tang Jian returned to China, at least the joint fleet was safe. The most important thing now is the matter on the Korean battlefield." Hirobuki Ito said that during his time in the United States, he has been closely monitoring the development of the situation in Pyongyang.

Yamamoto Honbuki said: "I lost the power to control the sea in the Yellow Sea. The Yellow Sea Fleet was rampant above the Yellow Sea. Nanpu Port has been captured. A large number of Chinese army have begun to land at Nanpu Port and are preparing to encircle Pyongyang City with Nie Shicheng's first army. The situation on the side of Seine Jun is not very good. Although he sent five corpses to block Duan Qirui's second army layer by layer, Duan Qirui's second army is still moving forward and is almost approaching Pyongyang. The priest of Yama Prefecture has ordered the troops to shrink their troops and prepare to fight the main battle with the Chinese army based on the favorable terrain of Pyongyang City."

Hirobu Ito asked: "Yamamoto, what do you think of the next battle? Do you think the soldiers of the empire will pass this severe test?"

Yamamoto Honbuya shook his head and said, "Yamashi Jun has assembled three divisions in Pyongyang, with a total force of nearly 140,000. The three divisions have built a large number of permanent fortifications outside Pyongyang, which has occupied the advantage of the terrain. However, this time the Chinese Army has continued to increase its troops in Pyongyang. If the three Chinese troops join forces together, they will also assemble 150,000 troops on the periphery of Pyongyang City. The forces of the two sides are roughly equal, and the outcome cannot be seen at a glance. However, one thing is probably clear to You You Excellency Ito. The rebels, which were always regarded as a farmer, were a big trouble. These rebels are like rats running around, relying on the familiarity of the local terrain, and have been disturbing the rear, making Yashi Jun unable to hit the energy to deal with the Chinese army."

"These damn rebels should have followed the advice of Yama Prefecture Jun at the beginning and killed them all before they became popular, instead of choosing to use the method of revenge like they did when they were dealing with the original Dongxue Party members, otherwise it would not have been so difficult now!" Hirofumi Ito said with some regret.

When the Dongxue Party was uprising, the North Korean government troops were defeated. North Korean King Lee Hee asked the Qing Dynasty, the then surrendered state, to quell the rebellion. The Qing Dynasty only sent thousands of troops, mainly recruiting and pacifying and encircling and suppressing forces as the auxiliary. In just a few months, the results of the "Jiongzhou Peace Agreement" were achieved.

What Hirobuki Ito did not expect was that he also wanted to use this method to annex North Korea at the lowest cost. However, what he did not expect was that not only did the rebels not reduce, but instead more and more suppressed the enemy, and finally reached an uncontrollable situation.

Now that happens, Hirobuki Ito feels so regretful! Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in the world.

In fact, Hirobuki Ito only saw the surface. The reason for the Dongxue Party uprising was that Japan, as the largest trader in North Korea, purchased a large amount of agricultural products such as North Korean rice, soybeans and cotton at a low price during the year of North Korea's famine, and then transported them to Japan for sale at a high price to make huge profits. This predatory trade caused North Korea's food shortage and soaring prices. At that time, the actual rulers led by Queen Min's group of relatives in North Korea became even more corrupt and extravagant in such a difficult situation, which aggravated the class contradiction between the landlord class and the peasant class.

Speaking of which, the Dongxue Party can only be regarded as a peasant movement triggered by Japan's predatory trade. When external forces intervene, coupled with the compromise of the Queen Min ruling group, it was easy to be suppressed.

The Korean-Japanese War is different. For North Korea, whether it is the landlord class or the peasant class, Japan's aggression is a national crisis. In the face of ethnic conflicts, class contradictions can be temporarily placed aside, and then the whole country of North Korea will unite to resist Japan's aggression. In this case, Hirofumi Ito's policy of responsiveness will certainly not work (just as during the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Kuomintang-Communist cooperation will temporarily put aside class contradictions and fight against Japan together!).

………

A certain place in Seoul, North Korea, the Japanese ammunition depot.

Wang Jianchuan and a group of Korean rebels with excellent disguised disguised crawled in the grass. Wang Jianchuan held a grass root in his mouth and kept paying close attention to a Japanese military camp in the distance.

Wang Jianchuan handed the telescope in his hand to Cui Jingen and said, "Chief Cui, look, this is the largest ammunition depot outside the city of Pyongyang. As long as we blow up this ammunition depot, the pressure on our Chinese Army will be greatly reduced, and Pyongyang will be liberated soon! How about it? Do you have the courage to do it?"
Chapter completed!