"Your Majesty, if you want to fight, what is the ultimate goal of the Great Japanese Empire?" Hirobuki Ito was very conflicted, so he asked such a conflict, and he had already known what the Great Japanese goal was, and he knew better than anyone else.

The emperor glanced blankly over the ministers and said in a deep voice: "For the last time, I will reiterate to you: The way of Japan is to explore thousands of miles of waves and to create national prestige in all directions. Although the French have long said that Asia is in the hands of Britain, Russia and the Chinese, now the Russians have retracted their hands. The first step for Japan is to replace the Russians, and go further: Asia is the Asia of the Great Japanese Empire. Ito Sato, can you understand my feelings today?"

Hirobu Ito bowed to the training and finally replied: "Ito dares not. If so, please give your majesty the imperial edict. The Great Japanese Empire will be a war from today!"

"Fight!", everyone shouted.

"War?", the Emperor nodded and said, "You guys are ready for war. The first thing is Hokkaido!"

The Speaker of the Privy Council who had not spoken, Yama Prefecture Akito, who was originally from the General Staff Headquarters, frowned, exchanged glances with Hirofumi Ito, and coughed gently: "His Majesty, please calm down. Since your Majesty has made up your mind, you should immediately instruct the General Staff Headquarters to come up with a combat plan. If there is no problem, can you understand that Your Majesty has decided to start a full war?"

Emperor Meiji looked gloomy and looked straight ahead without saying a word. Until everyone was almost unable to bear the suffocating silence, the emperor sighed faintly and said, "You guys, are you sure?"

"Yes!" The first to speak was Yuki Ito, the commander of the navy, who had a sense of vitality and tenacity: "It's not just His Majesty Hokkaido. If you just focus on Hokkaido, it's not the pride of the Great Japanese Empire. Hokkaido will eventually be Hokkaido of the Great Japanese Kingdom. Please rest assured. The goal of the Great Japanese Navy is to open up thousands of miles of waves for His Majesty!"

The first bureau of the General Staff Headquarters was a specialized department to formulate China's combat plan. They don't know how many such plans have been formulated. For the Qing Dynasty's military use, it has always been the dream of the imperial soldiers. If you want to conquer the world, you must first conquer China. China is a mother. Only by fully absorbing the nutrients of the mother's body can the Japanese Empire have a healthy body to conquer the world.

After the founding of the Amanai State, Masato Desunouchi, the first director of the First Bureau, had already ordered the deployment of timely revision of the Imperial Army and the recruitment plan. According to the recruitment order in the early years of Meiji, the Imperial Japanese Army could quickly double the permanent troops of 220,000 people. Moreover, compared with the miserable life among the people, ordinary Japanese people were more willing to join the Emperor's army. After all, they could have a full meal there and dedicate their young life to the Imperial Kingdom, which was the consciousness and glory of being a Japanese.

Glory begins with the plan.

In 1894, the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 began to kick off his hideous prelude. This war saved the precarious Ito Cabinet. The poor economic situation caused Ito Hirofumi to suffer endless blows. If there was no such war, he had only two ways to go: the cabinet resigned or the parliament was dissolved...

"Kenji!" In a dilapidated military family in Okayama Prefecture, a three-year-old boy was lying in his cradle, with his eyes dripping with a baby's smile, looking at his father, the Imperial Army Major Mie Tohihara. His mother hugged him and his eyes were also unrestrained from his husband.

"You are the pride of our Dohihara family!" Mie Dohihara looked at his son in a daze: "It's also my dad's dream. Dad is going out to fight. Wait for Dad to come back, North Korea, Manchuria, China!" As he spoke, Mie Dohihara's eyes became more and more crazy, frightening his traditional Japanese wife to a little at a loss.

"Sanhe..." The woman's voice calmed down the fanaticism of Doihirohara Sanhe. He turned his head and held his wife's face affectionately and said, "Zhizi, will come back..." At this point, his eyes dimmed: "If..."

"No..." Zhizi stopped her husband with tears, but it was useless. Mie Dohihara resolutely blocked his wife with his hands and sighed: "The Qing Dynasty is much stronger than Japan, but for the sake of the imperial country, as an imperial soldier, this family..." Mie Dohihara took two steps back, bowed deeply to his wife, and shouted in a low voice: "Please give me!"

Ignoring the crying of his wife and children, Michizo Doihara bit his lip, held the military cap on his head and the command knife between his crotch, turned around and strode away without looking back.

What he was going to was the Sendai Army Corps. Like him, there were many people. A special operation team of 5,000 people was commanded by the Chief of Staff of the Fourth Division who had just been urgently transferred back to China from Europe. He was about to be promoted to the general, and was about to go to Nagasaki. At the same time, another unit of 7,000 people was commanded by the commander of the Second Brigade of the Guard Division, the commander of the outstanding major general Yamane Nobunari, who set out directly from Shizuoka, and joined forces with Odai Yamanu in Nagasaki, and confiscated the command rights to establish a mixed brigade, and set out from Nagasaki to carry out a special mission.

But before that, we must go through three months of special training - the Great Japanese Empire. If we don’t fight, we will win. This is the belief of all Japanese soldiers.

The Navy, as an island country, the Great Japanese Empire must have a powerful navy. In fact, to some extent, they did it. The service of the Emperor and Yamato made the Imperial Navy never as powerful as it is today. Even when facing the behemoth of East Asia, the Qing Navy, the Imperial Navy also had the capital to fight to the death. Moreover, the naval battles have never determined everything. The Imperial soldiers must have the courage to die to win the decisive battle. This is Yukihiro Ito's determination and the Imperial Navy's determination.

The Osumi Strait, the strait between Kyushu Island and Seed Island, is the throat that enters the heart of Japan from the West. The Takachiho cruiser is carrying out a top-secret mission here. Navy Colonel Nomura Sadashi commands his ships and heads towards Nagasaki. As the last ship of the Imperial Navy's standing fleet westward, he knows what his mission is.

There are also several merchant ships that are carrying out this mission. In return for the long-term support of the imperial cause, Mitsubishi's merchant ships were allowed to participate in this top-secret operation. This is a major concern for Mitsubishi, which is engaged in the maritime transportation industry. It can even be said to be a matter of life. There is obviously a waterway on the sea surface that is prone to other seawater, which is the waterway. What they have to do now is to use mines to set up deadly traps on this waterway. In the south, the newly-established fortress will deal a heavy blow to the fish that escapes the net.

"This is wrapping a fishing net into Japan..." The old sailor Do Motori looked back sadly towards Tokyo. When will he return home? I don't know, maybe, it will never happen.

This group of merchant ships was requisitioned by the empire. Although young people were immersed in the glory of serving the empire, Domotoburi sometimes recalled the leisurely days when he was young, he went out to sea to fish in the morning, and Makuto's wife and children leaned against the door and were looking forward to returning. Memories will never come back. His son Domoto Shizo had already been recruited to Nagasaki and was undergoing the final training.

"What is Uncle Domoto thinking?" The young Taro Kira raised his head at the stern of the boat and shouted: "This is not a fishing net, uncle, this is the armor of a samurai, otherwise the sword of the Chinese man would pierce into the chest of the big Japanese!"

Domotobuchi just muttered a few words to say something, looked at the back of the ship owner standing on a high place, and then shrank back. The urging from Kira Taro over there came again: "Uncle! Give me a armor!"

Domotobuchi and a friend lifted a vine frame filled with mines and sent it to the stern of the boat silently.

"Transfer!" Nomura Sadaki looked coldly in the command room and issued a low order: "If there is no problem with the West Okawa, please make sure to turn on the signal lights to indicate that tonight, stay in the West Okawa!"

"Yes!", the signal soldiers ran out quickly, and after a while, they established a connection with Xizhibiao in flags. On the sea under the setting sun, the arrogant Takachiho led several merchant ships and turned south. There, five hundred imperial troops were waiting to board the ship.

The Emperor, with a displacement of more than 12,000 tons, was once the pride of the Russian navy. Now this pride is being passed down by the Japanese navy. Although it looks a bit old and its firepower is not very strong, it is a symbol. With it, the Navy of the Great Japanese Empire is a navy with a giant iron-armored ship, a navy that can make a difference in the Far East. Now, he is quietly mooring in Nagasaki Port. The newly built Nagasaki Port specially built a new dock for such a giant ship. Time is ruthlessly moving forward. Seeing that more and more Japanese were killed in the morning, the hearts of all the imperial soldiers were bleeding.

The capital of Hokkaido is called Yuanqing. Although Matsuhira Shino's Hokkaido controlled a considerable territory on Hokkaido Island with the help of his matriarchal power, patriarchal power, and the army sent by the Qing Dynasty, he was far from satisfied with his immediate achievements. His target was Asahikawa or Sapporo. However, the power in his hands was too little. The original Hokkaido military troops were not very reliable. The Qing Dynasty had too few troops and his own power was too weak. He really couldn't break a big city like Asahikawa, let alone Sapporo.

This was March 1894. Shino Matsuhira, who was determined to never get married before breaking Asahikawa, became more and more anxious. The information sent back from the south showed that the morale in the south seemed to be significantly higher, and he had even attacked the north he controlled recently. Although there was no substantial progress, this was a signal that the damn Meiji government might have taken action. He had not opened the letter to him by the messenger from Beijing. He was a little afraid. Although his sister lived a generous life in Beijing and had his concern there, he was still afraid...

It is indeed bad news. The Meiji government's navy's recent actions were mysterious. Beijing asked him to be careful. What should he be careful about? What can he be careful about? Matsuhira Shinoo rose uncontrollably. Why did the damn Qing fleet retreat from the Tsuga Strait? If he firmly controls the Tsuga Strait, then he is 100% sure to calmly restore Hokkaido Island in one year!

Of course he could not understand Beijing's difficulties. When the uprising of the Dongxue Party in North Korea gradually lost control, Beijing soon received a letter of help from King Lee Hee of North Korea. At the same time, Japan also sent an envoy to Beijing to confirm the validity of the 1885 Sino-Japanese Tianjin Treaty. Although the later Sino-British-Japan-Japan-Tokyo Friendship and Trade Treaty recognized China's sovereignty over North Korea, it did not declare the abolition of the Sino-Japan-Tianjin Treaty. According to this treaty, if China sends troops to North Korea, Japan has the right to send troops to North Korea.

At the same time, Prince Su Shanqi's Intelligence Bureau sent me a message, which was formed in Europe by Mercedeschmitt. Relying on various intelligence collection teams from various embassies, people from Japan's Foreign Affairs visited Russia, France, and Britain. At the same time, the Siamese people in the south also sent me back the news, and the French in Annan were a little restless.

Under such circumstances, seeing a big battle going on, I can't put the fleet there with peace of mind. If the Royal Navy base is attacked, then there will be unimaginable consequences for this country that has just begun its right path. Of course, I know how important this year is for China. If a failed war is ushered in, all the contradictions in this country will burst out at the same time overnight.

Yuan Shikai's town in North Korea is not at ease. Jeon Hongji, who was favored by the Korean court recently, was recently promoted to the Gyeonggi Observation History and often visited Yuan Shikai. The situation in the south made him very anxious: "Yuan Butang, the people and the country of North Korea are all here to ask you, Master of the Ministry. These girls are all good girls in our North Korea. Please accept the Lord of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of

Yuan Shikai looked a little drunk and lived in North Korea very comfortable, but his head was not slackened at all. This place was too sensitive. If it was not handled well, it would cause China to lose this silence forever. Yuan was loved by the emperor and was promoted to the admiral for his sins. Of course, he had to do things well. Therefore, although he was willing to support the troublemakers of the Dongxue Party in the south, he had to be under control, otherwise the thief people would be powerful. Once they were released, it would be difficult to take them back in the future.

"Thank you, Lord Quan, but don't mention it again. Yuan, a mandarin, is just a saint, and you can't talk nonsense." Yuan Shikai smiled and ordered people to accept six Ji people. Later, the twelve people came in and loved to watch it more and more. However, although he was drunk, he knew that it was going to be transferred to Beijing. He didn't dare to move with him with ten courage. He waved his hand to signal Tang Shaoyi to deal with it. Of course, Tang Shaoyi knew to search for personal belongings. If he found any forbidden items in Beijing, it was not something Tang could bear.

"Mr. Quan has anything to say, just say..." Yuan Shikai glanced at Quan Hongji who wanted to speak but stopped, and patted his chest with a smile: "Whether Yuan can make the decision, he wants money and goods. If Yuan said half of the word, he would be no longer a human being! Come on, drink!"

Quan Hongji drank wine and said with a look of dismay: "The Lord is worried about the humiliation of the minister. Quan has received great kindness from the king. If he cannot share the worries for the Lord, what kind of face will he have in the world? Now that the thief party in the south is in chaos, the only one who can rely on the whole country is Yuan Junmen!" As he spoke, he knelt on the floor excitedly and said in a crying voice: "Military! Please send troops south. The elders of Quanluo County depend on you, General!"

"Get up... Observe..." Yuan Shikai smiled and pretended to be drunk, and ordered someone to help Quan Hongji up and said, "This town is also responsible for the defense of the capital, how can we stop moving? Don't worry, Yuan has already requested an imperial edict, but the emperor ordered the emperor to conquer the sky and then arrive in North Korea. Why should Lord Quan be anxious? The difference is only a few days."

The banquet ended soon, and Quan Hongji was soft and hard to get the letter, but he finally didn't get the correct letter and left helplessly. It is said that someone rewarded him. After leaving the Qing army camp, Quan went straight back to the palace.

Yuan Shikai was right. He had been in North Korea for so many years and asked him to lead his army to leave Pyongyang. He would not move unless there was an imperial edict.

But I am still young. After receiving Li Xi's request for help, I convened an imperial meeting for the military headquarters. The army must be sent, but the army was difficult to send. Li Bingheng suggested that the Shandong New Army send troops, landing in Busan on a naval warship, and copying the retreat of the East Xuemen from south to north. However, Nie Shicheng asked for an order to fight the Dragon Flag Army. When the small bandits and the heavenly soldiers arrived, they would naturally be destroyed. Everyone had their own reasons. Li Hongzhang advocated the dispatch of troops from Anhui and Huguang. The army paid attention to the fact that there was a war to fight. The Dragon Flag Army had already used the Dragon Flag Army to use the army to train troops in Luosha, and also gave troops from other places the opportunity to train troops.

It seems to make sense, but I have my plans. I clearly know that in another time and space history, the Japanese army will soon land in North Korea, and the current situation looks like it is going to develop in this direction. How dare I take it lightly? So although what Er Li said makes sense, I still tend to be more Dragon Flag Army. However, Nie Shicheng is now in a high position and power, and I don’t want him to leave Beijing easily. Moreover, Er Li said something reasonable. To deal with small bandits, the Dragon Flag Army, the world’s number one army, should be used. So what should I use to fight the Japanese in the future?

Moreover, I also communicated with Yuan Shikai about the uprising of the Dongxue Party. Not all those people were bad people. Once the Dragon Flag Army left, there would be no count of killing...

Of course, although it is only a discussion on how to deal with the Dongxue Party members, I must also consider the future involvement of the Japanese. Therefore, I immediately issued an order to send a battalion of infantry troops to strengthen the equipment of machine guns. Six hundred people must have 300 machine guns. At the same time, a battalion of engineers and special battalions were sent to assist with airship reconnaissance, radio contact and other new reinforcement battalions. A total of one normal battalion and one reinforcement battalion, with a total of one thousand five hundred people. Xu Shichang and Cao Kun, who were drawn back from the Army Command Academy, immediately went to Weihai to wait for the ship to land on Yashan. At the same time, because Li Xi asked for help, I issued an order to send me an order to lead 3,000 troops south to quell the rebellion and leave 4,000 people to protect Pyongyang. Tang Shaoyi was in control and returned to Pyongyang after the rebellion was quelled. At the same time, the new domestic forces were restrained and prepared for war.

At the same time, an order was issued to Zuo Baogui and Yulu troops to prepare for combat and be ready to cross the Yalu River at any time to prepare for land operations. The troops' rifle shooting training will be doubled from now on, and all officers will cancel their leave. At the same time, they will strictly prevent spies.

In this way, Yuan Shikai led 3,000 people and drove quickly towards Jeolladao. Although there were still 4,000 people left in Pyongyang, I was really wrong.

In March 1894, after a morning of sailing, Sadashi Nomura finally saw Adashi Ryukyu in his sight. No, it was Okinawa. Sadashi Nomura raised her face and put the telescope back on her neck. Two words popped out from her teeth: Fire!

The main gun at the bow of the ship roared, and Ryukyu, a country without defense and military, was trapped in artillery fire. When they saw the blood-red sunrise flag flying on the warships in the north, Ryukyu people suddenly fell into miserable memories again.

There was no war, and the 500-man Japanese Army quickly controlled Ryukyu. Although the Ryukyu royal family escaped in time and was not found by the Japanese Army for a while, Ryukyu was destroyed again.

It didn't take long to control Ryukyu. Takachiho easily completed this task that was not a task, and happily embarked on the way back. At night, you can bend the port in the beautiful Nagasaki. Nomura Sada smiled.

The attack on Ryukyu was soon spread to Taiwan, then Fujian, and then the telegram went straight to Tianting. I was very furious and the Japanese took action! Since that's the case, what else should I wait? In a rage, I really wanted to issue an order for the navy to attack as quickly as possible and find the Japanese main fleet to fight to the decisive battle. Fortunately, I had not lost my mind yet. I just ordered Wang Fengzao to reprimand the Japanese government, declare war at the same time, and issued an order to Song Qing, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and ordered him to immediately control the affairs of Fujian and Taiwan, and to order the Guangdong fleet to send ships to recover Ryukyu.

Song Qing replied quickly, and the army of more than 2,000 people from the sea and land would recover Ryukyu as soon as possible. And the Guangdong Army asked for the order to assist in the construction of Ryukyu. I approved a large Yun word.
Chapter completed!