Japan, Tokyo...≦...≦

After winter, Tokyo looks particularly bleak and cold. The gray-white clouds in ink cover the entire sky, giving people a gray and depressing feeling.

The north wind whispered and pondered in the streets and alleys of Tokyo with the cold winter. The housewife, students and small vendors were walking hurriedly, and they couldn't help but tighten the thick cotton coats on their bodies. From time to time, they looked up at the dim and gloomy sky, exhaled a ray of white breath, and then accelerated their movements more and more.

In such a bleak and cold weather, the Japanese Capitol and the door of the Japanese Prime Minister's Mansion were in full swing, and countless Japanese citizens angrily surrounded them, condemning and protesting the cabinet's compromise and concessions to China.

After the Western colonial countries led by Britain were forced to give in to Wang Mo, admitting that China abolished the Jiaoao Lease Treaty and returned the actual control of the customs to China, the top Japanese leaders had to give up the idea of ​​continuing to expand the Shandong war after discussion and quickly evacuated all Japanese troops from Shandong.

However, after the real situation of the Shandong War reached the Japanese people, they were eagerly looking forward to the great Japanese imperial army sweeping the Chinese army and splitting and invading Shandong, China, and suddenly became angry.

Since winning the Russo-Japanese War and the advocacy of Japanese hawks, Japanese citizens have long regarded Japan as the most powerful country in Asia, and no one can accept that the Japanese army was defeated by the corrupt and backward Chinese army in their eyes.

Countless Japanese young people gathered in anger in front of the Capitol and the Prime Minister's residence, frantically criticizing the cabinet's decision to withdraw troops, and clamoring to fight to the death with the Chinese.

"The Great Japanese Empire must not bow to the lowly Chinese people!"

"Continue to increase troops in China and completely defeat the corrupt and backward Chinese army!"

"In war, we must continue to use war to teach the Chinese people a lesson so that they can understand the invincibility of our great Japanese Imperial Army!"

Hundreds of Japanese young men waved their fists and shouted slogans, and excitedly hit the wall of people pulled up by a large number of police officers in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

Standing by the window on the second floor of the Capitol, Yuto Yama Prefecture looked at the countless angry Japanese young men below, his eyes flashing, not knowing what he was thinking.

The excessive reactions of these Japanese youths are largely attributed to the long-term promotion and publicity of tough hawks such as the Yama Prefecture faction. They did not expect that one day they would also be angry and criticized by these Japanese youths who should be under their control.

"Hisser Duke, why should we agree with the cabinet's opinion and withdraw troops from China? As long as you are willing, I believe that the cabinet will definitely not pass the proposal to withdraw troops." The Tokyo Garrison Governor Nakamura Kazumiya couldn't help but say. Like the angry young people below, he was very dissatisfied with the cabinet's decision to withdraw troops.

Over the years, the military power, especially the Shanxian clans, has been growing increasingly. As long as there are friends in Shanxian, it may not be necessary to completely control the cabinet. However, there is definitely such ability to suppress the cabinet and prevent a certain proposal from passing.

Therefore, Nakamura Katsuki was very puzzled why Yama Prefecture did not stop the cabinet from passing the proposal to withdraw troops.

Yutoto of Shan County shook his head slightly and said, "The cabinet's opinions are not unreasonable. If we continue to fight, we may not win. Instead, we are very likely to fall into the quagmire of war and drag down the domestic economy that has just begun to recover."

"It may not be possible to win. This is completely nonsense among the cowards in the cabinet!" Nakamura said subconsciously, "The Chinese people won a few times by chance. As long as my Japanese Empire mobilized a large scale, how could the Chinese army resist my Japanese Imperial Army?"

This is actually true. Japan did not use all its war strength in this battle in Shandong. If Japan mobilized a nationwide war and relied on Japan's current industrial strength to form troops to Shandong, it would be no easy task for Wang Mo to resist.

Of course, this result is likely to be both sides. Wang Mo will at most lead his army to retreat and shrink to inland provinces such as Sichuan. And Japan is very likely to cause domestic economic collapse due to the war.

It is true that Youpeng in Shanxian is a strong hawk, but he is also a wise and calm person. Otherwise, he would not be able to sit at his current position at all, so he naturally understood this.

"Kun Nakamura. We can defeat the Chinese people in large-scale war mobilization, but this has no meaning. Instead, it will make us lose the European war, a great opportunity to rise in Asia. Let's take a closer look. In the Far East, the German colonies are not the only Jiaozhou Bay in China." Yutoto Yama Prefecture said in a deep voice with some rebukes. He did not want to be surrounded by brave and unscrupulous men, although the entire Shan Prefecture faction has become increasingly moving towards fanatical militarism.

After being so accused of Yama Prefecture, Nakamura Kazumiya suddenly woke up and said, "His Duke means that we will first seize other German colonies in the Far East, develop and strengthen the strength of our great Japanese Empire, and then turn around to deal with the Chinese people?"

Yama Prefecture nodded and said, "That's right, if we didn't take advantage of the European war to seize the German colonial stronghold in the Pacific, even our allies might not be willing to see the Japanese Empire become rapidly stronger."

Japanese senior officials all understand that although Britain and Japan are all alliances, Britain just regards Japan as a watchdog surrounding the Far East. It not only needs to use Japan to control the situation in the Far East, but also avoids the rapid growth of strength and backlash.

If you say so clearly, Nakamura Shin-sama is really a fool if he doesn't understand it.

Nakamura Taki, who thought it through, immediately bowed 90 degrees to Akito Yama Prefecture, and said, "Your Excellency Duke, I misunderstood you, please forgive me!"

Youpeng of Shan County smiled slightly and waved his hand to show that he didn't care.

Soon after, Japan took advantage of the opportunity of the British ordering Japan to track the German Far East fleet originally stationed in Jiaozhou Bay. In the name of "striking the German fleet base", the Japanese Navy's 1st and 2nd Southern Detachment headed straight to the Southern Pacific, snatching large German colonies in the Pacific, including the Marshall Islands, the Caroling Islands, and the Mariana Islands, successfully opening the door to expand and plunder resources to the South Pacific.

Therefore, although Japan's colonial operations in Shandong were defeated due to Wang Mo's intervention, Japan still took advantage of the great opportunity of the European War to grow stronger quickly

Jiangsu, Nanjing.

Although the north wind desperately poured the cold into Nanjing, the city has been contrary to the seasonal norm since the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance defeated the British and Japanese coalition forces, and it is not as bleak and cold as winter should be.

Half a month has passed, and everyone in Nanjing is still full of passion and joy. The topic of the battle in Qingdao seems to never be outdated, and they talk about it over and over again in teahouses and restaurants.

Especially today, the entire Nanjing city is in a state of excitement, and almost all Nanjing citizens are particularly excited.

There is only one reason, that is, Wang Mo, who led the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance to win the national war, regain Qingdao, and at the same time regain control of China's customs, arrived in Nanjing today.

"The hero of the country, the young marshal Wang, will arrive in Nanjing today!"

"Outside, hundreds of senior military and political officials in Nanjing gathered at Xiaguan Wharf to welcome the young marina Wang and return in triumphant return!"

"No., thousands of citizens in Nanjing are rushing to gather at Xiaguan Wharf just to see the style of Young Marshal Wang!"

One newspaper boy after another grabbed the urgently printed number outside in Nanjing City with his hands and tried to sell it. One by one, Nanjing citizens walked out of their houses when they heard this sound. They paid for a ticket without hesitation. After a brief glance, they walked towards the direction where Xiaguan Pier was.

For Wang Mo, who had never seen him with his own eyes, the citizens of Nanjing admired him and were extremely curious. Everyone wanted to see with their own eyes what this young young coach who repeatedly defeated foreigners and defended national sovereignty and interests looked like.

Young students who worship Wang Mo in various schools spontaneously organized a welcome team, and set up banners to welcome Wang Shaoshang back in triumphal gathered near Xiaguan Pier.

Thousands of people were crowded around Xiaguan Wharf, and almost all senior military and political officials in Nanjing arrived, which made the Fourth Sichuan Army Division, which was in charge of Nanjing's defense, extremely nervous. It had to use a large number of troops to pull out one warning line after another at Xiaguan Wharf, for fear of chaos.

"The people from the municipal government, the people from the municipal government! I remember that no matter who it is, as long as it is not on the list that passed the review before, it is not allowed to be put in now!" Ge Changchun, the commander of the Fourth Division of the Sichuan Army, was very busy. Not only did he transfer more than 3,000 troops from the Fourth Division to implement military control over the entire Xiaguan Wharf, he also transferred nearly a thousand Nanjing tax soldiers to set up a cordon on the periphery.

Ge Changchun was not nervous, and the Hankou assassination was still vivid in his mind. Such a thing is definitely not allowed to happen again, whether it is the Grand Marshal or the people below.

The Young Marshal had just defeated the Easterners' action to seize Qingdao. It is hard to say that these Eastern Japanese pirates would not take the opportunity to play tricks. You must know that they hate the Young Marshal to the core now.

Thinking of this, Ge Changchun ordered again: "The Young Marshal's ship is about an hour away, everyone cheers me up! The sharpshooter, take his seat immediately, and report it immediately when he finds suspicious people!"

With Ge Changchun's order issued, the fully armed troops on the cordon quickly entered a state of fighting at any time. Dozens of sharpshooters drawn from the army took their positions at the commanding heights around the dock area, and carefully searched and identified suspicious people in the crowd through the optical scope on the sniper rifle.

Although they were stopped by a large number of military and police on the periphery of Xiaguan Wharf, thousands of Nanjing citizens remained enthusiastic, and many even prepared the welcome fireworks.

The surrounding areas of Xiaguan Wharf Area are crowded with people, and a large area is filled with darkness.

There are so many people gathered here, and there are inevitably mixed together, including several groups of mice trying to assassinate.

Tan Ping, the leader of the Nanjing Operations Group of the Special Service Department, dressed in a coolie dressed in a coarse linen, and was extremely inconspicuously mingled among the crowd.
Chapter completed!