In any case, the two bigwigs in contemporary Japanese politics finally stopped the war and reached an agreement with East China **. So the two also started their work separately. Yuto Yama Prefecture went to persuade the army officers to accept the reality, while Hirofumi Ito frequently met with ambassadors to Japan from Britain, France, the United States and Germany.

Although Ito Hiromoto was very annoyed that Britain and France had privately negotiated with East China and put Japan aside, Japan now needs the support of Britain and France to survive the negotiations with East China. After talking with Naotao Miyamoto, Hiromoto Ito's understanding of the general trend of the world is clearer. Although Japan does need the help of Britain and France, Britain and France also need Japan to balance the expansion of East China in East Asia and Southeast Asia.

On the other hand, although the United States and Germany are not the parties involved in this war, the United States has strong economic strength and has many of its own interests in East Asia and Southeast Asia. They will not want to see East China becoming the dominant force in this region, so Japan can also win the support of the United States.

Although Germany has no say in East Asia and Southeast Asia, it is one of the most powerful countries in the world, and has always had a good relationship with East China. Of course, Japan and Germany have also had a good relationship. The Japanese Army learned from the establishment of the German Army. Before the Russo-Japanese War, Japan also customized an armored cruiser in Germany. Inviting Germany to mediate was also an option.

Although Britain and France used the resolution of parliament to vacate Japan and defended their negotiations with East China, they also knew that after the war, East China will inevitably rise in Asia. Both countries need Japan to restrain themselves in Asia and balance East China. However, both countries are now negotiating with East China. Moreover, after the negotiations, both countries will resign. The domestic cabinet is facing a reorganization of the cabinet. Therefore, they cannot make more concessions to Japan. They can only suggest that Japan also hold negotiations with East China as soon as possible, stop the war and restore peace, and reiterate the support of the two countries for Japan.

Although the United States and Germany will not offend the East China *** because of Japan, they are willing to provide Japan with necessary help. The United States also needs Japan to balance the East China ***. Germany has just obtained two small colonies from the Netherlands, which is considered to be returning to the Asia-Pacific region. Japan is also an Asian power, and Germany also needs to establish good relations with Japan. Therefore, both countries also expressed their willingness to help Japan, mediate, post-war reconstruction, loans, etc.

After receiving the promises from Britain, France, the United States and Germany, Hirofumi Ito breathed a little relieved. No matter what, Japan was not abandoned after all, and it also had some confidence in Japan's post-war reconstruction.

However, as a companion of the five countries of the expeditionary force, Hirofumi Ito also considered to bring in the last companion Russia and negotiate with the East China ***. Although the Russian ambassador had withdrawn from Japan due to the Russo-Japanese War, Japan could still contact Russia through Britain and France. However, Hirofumi Ito did not consider bringing in Russia at all, but was determined to negotiate with the East China *** before Russia, so that Russia would become the last one, so that Japan still hoped to reduce some losses.

But Hirofumi Ito is progressing smoothly, while Aitomo Yama Prefecture is struggling. In the Army Department, negotiations are never allowed. If you compromise, you can only shout slogans such as "Fight to the end, fight to the death, be loyal to the death, and serve the country for seven lives." No matter who advocates negotiations with East China at this time, they will be attacked by groups, even if they are senior officials, there have been several counterattacks in the Army. Lower-level officers and soldiers have sieges of middle and senior officers who advocate negotiations. 12 people were injured and sick, and there were also two shootings. Fortunately, no one was killed. Aitomo Yama Prefecture was also a little over-the-top, and secretly regretted whether he had done it in the Army.

At this moment, Britain and France actually completed the negotiations with East China in just 10 days. France paid £60 million in compensation, while Britain had £28 million, plus about 18 square kilometers of land on Kalimantan Island.

After Ivan Ito was in a very heavy mood when he learned about it, Britain and France actually compensated 60 million pounds. So how much would Japan pay? When the Puttsmouth negotiations were negotiated, East China ** offered 50 million pounds. If it had been accepted at that time, Japan would have suffered much less losses.

But it is too late to regret now. The most urgent task is to hold negotiations with East China as soon as possible and stop the war, so that it is necessary to seize Russia's front. Fortunately, Japan's situation is still stable, and it has no intention of negotiating with East China immediately. It also expressed the tough stance of Russia's top position many times, which made Hirofumi Ito a little relieved. If Russia is also seeking negotiations with East China at this time, it would be even more troublesome.

However, Hirofumi Ito dared not be careless anymore. Didn’t Britain and France say with a firm look on their faces and never compromise? As a result, they turned against each other? Who can guarantee that Russia will not make a sudden reversal? In short, Japan must hold negotiations with East China ** as soon as possible, but the problem now is that Japan is blocked, and even Yama Prefecture has no choice.

Hirofumi Ito came up with a solution, which was to use foreign attitudes to suppress domestic hardliners, so he asked Komura Sutaro to hold a cabinet meeting in a famous discussion of reporting the results of communication with ambassadors of various countries, hoping to let the hardliners see that other countries hope to see Japan and East China negotiations. Unfortunately, the hardliners are simply not good at it, and they are hard-working to the end, and they can't even hold a cabinet meeting.

At this moment, two people hurried in from outside the conference room, handed a folder to Prime Minister Kaitaro, and then retreated. Kaitaro opened the folder and looked at it, his face changed drastically. He handed the folder to Yuto Yama Prefecture and Hirofumi Ito to read, and then said: "I just received the urgent news that the Chinese army was logged in Mito, so today's cabinet meeting was immediately stopped, and the Army Department immediately studied the response plan."

After Katsura finished speaking, there was another chaos in the conference room. Mito was located about 100 kilometers northeast of Tokyo. The People's Army landed in Mito. The goal was self-evident, so it was naturally directed to Tokyo.

In fact, after the Battle of the Peninsula, Japan was unable to stop the People's Army from landing and raiding, so Japan could only strengthen the defense of the Tokyo area. After all, it would be fine if other places were left, but the Tokyo area must not be lost.

Japan has arranged a total of 6 divisions around the Tokyo area, accounting for one-third of the current official Japanese army. Among these 6 divisions, 4 divisions were established after the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War. It turned out that they were intended to be the reserve force of the Japanese army to participate in the war. However, East China ** participated in the war and cut off Japan's shipping line. Therefore, these 4 divisions did not go to China to participate in the war, but stayed in Japan. Since these 4 divisions were established earlier, they were more training.

The other two divisions were also organized after participating in the war in East China. They were considered to be the first-class division in Japan. The army was established earlier and the training time was longer than other new divisions. These six divisions were now the most elite troops in Japan.

Tokyo's defense is divided into two layers, of which 4 divisions are arranged in the east, west and north of the Tokyo area, which is the first layer of defense line in the Tokyo area, also known as the outer layer of defense line; there are two divisions arranged in the area 20-30 kilometers around Tokyo, which is the second layer of defense line in the Tokyo area, also known as the inner circle of defense line. There is also a division arranged along the Tokyo Bay coast in the southern part of the Tokyo area, to prevent the People's Army from landing in Tokyo Bay.

In addition, a large number of artillery batteries were arranged along the coast of Tokyo Bay, equipped with artillery withdrawn from shore defenses in other places, and the only two remaining armored cruisers in the Japanese Joint Fleet were also driven into Tokyo Bay to strengthen the defense of Tokyo Bay. It can be said that Japan's defense against Tokyo has indeed taken some effort.

However, the People's Army's raid landing operations were basically concentrated on the western coast of Japan, and basically did not land on the eastern coast, so it has not posed a threat to the Tokyo area. Some people also believe that it is a waste to deploy so many troops in the Tokyo area. It is better to draw a part of them to attack the Cane Peninsula and defeat the landing People's Army.

But the Japanese Army did not dare to be careless at all. After all, Tokyo is no better than other cities. Once Tokyo suffers any losses, it will be quite fatal to attack Japan. Moreover, although the People's Army has not threatened the Tokyo area, it does not mean that the People's Army does not have this ability. Perhaps it is just waiting for Japan to be careless and draw the troops stationed in Tokyo. Now it is indeed here. And it must be that the people who come here are not good, because at this time Britain, France and the Netherlands have surrendered to the East China **, paid huge compensation and a large amount of land to the East China **, so the morale of the People's Army is now in full swing. It is probably because they intend to take the opportunity to make a contribution to the battle and force Japan to surrender to the East China **.

Moreover, although Japan has arranged heavy defenses in the Tokyo area, the Army Department does not have much confidence. On the one hand, the People's Army has won consecutive victories since the People's Army joined the war, but the Japanese army was defeated. Although the Army Department vigorously promoted the view that "East China stole Japan's victory" to conceal its own failure, some Japanese people with a clever mind know that the People's Army is indeed a strong army with strong combat effectiveness. Even if it is completely fair, the Japanese army is not sure to defeat the People's Army.
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