In nearly 6 years, Russia finally relied on the support of Britain and France, and recovered from the last war between the Eight-Nation Alliance and Lin Daxin, but this recovery only refers to the military aspect, and many other aspects of Russia are still in a very bad situation, especially the living standards of the Russian people, which have become worse and worse in recent years, and there has even been famine in many places, so that many Russian people have starved to death in the famine, and the tsarist government's intensified exploitation of the domestic people, and social contradictions have intensified.

At the end of the first war between Russia and Lin Daxin, the majority party that led the rebel rebellion in Russia was originally after the end of the first war between Russia and Lin Daxin, Tsar Nicholas II transferred the front-line troops back to Europe, and had already exterminated the rebel forces led by the majority party.

The Russian tsarist government was aware of the resurgence of the majority party, and went on a large scale to hunt down members of the majority party in Russia, and once confirmed, all of them were hanged, but because of the aggravation of social contradictions, the number of Russian civilians who joined the majority party was very, very large.

In the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, the capital of Russia, Tsar Nicholas II told the Russian Minister of Finance Witte, the Minister of the Navy Makarov, and the Minister of War Gorrosky, after the three important ministers finished talking about the affairs of the army, Nicholas II suddenly remembered something, and his face, which had some smiles, turned into frost and said: "Recently, those moth-like majority parties have begun to make trouble again. Gorrosky, when necessary. The Army must cooperate with the police everywhere to deal with the majority party and the foolish people they have instigated. Resolute repression must not allow the events of the First Great War between the Russian Empire and Lin Daxin to be repeated. ”

You must know that in the war many years ago, if it weren't for the rebels led by the majority party to make trouble for the tsar, Russia at least could not have signed a defeated armistice so quickly, so that Lin Daxin took 5.12 million square kilometers of land in the first war against Russia, and Nicholas II had a very deep resentment against the majority party.

In the years since the establishment of the Chinese Empire, not only has Russia's military strength eased down, but Japan, which has a deeper hatred for the Chinese Empire. Relying on the support of Britain and France, as well as the efforts of the Japanese themselves, they were able to recover militarily, and the living standards of the Japanese people were much better than those of the low-level civilians in Russia, and the whole of Japan at least did not have the same acute social contradictions as Russia.

In Tokyo, Japan, in the imperial palace that was rebuilt a few years ago, the Meiji Emperor discussed matters with Prime Minister Saionji Konozo, Foreign Minister Yoshimoto Tomobayashi, War Minister Katsura Taro, and Navy Minister Togo Heihachiro.

Emperor Meiji's foreign minister, Tomobayashi Yoshimoto, asked, "The matter that our Imperial Japanese Empire wants to join the Entente. What is the attitude of the three countries, Britain, France and Russia? ”

Foreign Minister Yoshimoto Tomobayashi replied: "Your Majesty, Britain, France, and Russia are the only three countries that have agreed to our joining the Entente with the Japanese Empire, while Britain and France have not agreed, but they have not said anything about it. There should still be room for manoeuvre. ”

Emperor Meiji nodded and said: "Britain and France were afraid that our Japanese Empire would drag them into a war with the Chinese Empire, so they did not agree so happily to our Great Japanese Empire to join the Entente, but the two of them also have hatred for the Chinese Empire established by Lin Daxin." This also made Britain and France not refuse, Yoshimoto-kun. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs must work hard to get through the British and the French, and this has to do with the question of whether or not our great Japanese empire can rise again! ”

Foreign Minister Yoshimoto Yubayashi nodded solemnly and said, "Yes." Your Majesty the Emperor, we diplomats will certainly do our utmost to bring about the accession of our Empire of Japan to the Entente and gain important bargaining chips for a future war with the Empire of China. ”

Prime Minister Saionji Gongwang followed and said: "In recent years, under the leadership of His Majesty the Emperor, our Great Japanese Empire has finally recovered its vitality, but in the face of the extremely powerful Chinese Empire, relying only on us Japan itself, the chances of victory are really slim, if we can pull Britain, France and Russia to our chariot, we Japan will have a chance to take revenge." ”

At present, the Japanese army has a total of 66 divisions, including the Guards Division, and the equipment of these divisions and regiments is simply incomparable with the equipment of the Japanese army in previous years; not only is it equipped with heavy equipment, including tanks and armored vehicles, but it has also increased the number of machine guns, mortars, and grenades in the army, making the Japanese army's firepower much stronger.

Mortars and gun grenades are now equipped with the armies of various countries, which are copied from the mortars and grenades originally equipped by the Dingbei Army, and these mortars and gun grenades equipped by the Japanese army are all imitated by the Japanese arsenal.

Moreover, the strength of these Japanese standing divisions is also more than before, the previous Japanese standing divisions and regiments only had about 20,000 troops, and now the strength of the standing divisions has reached about 30,000, which makes the strength of the Japanese standing army close to 2 million, only according to the calculation of the strength of the army, the Japanese army has ranked sixth in the world's army, and Japan is ahead of the Chinese Empire, Russia, Germany, France, and Britain.

The tanks and armored vehicles equipped by the Japanese army are developed and produced by the Japanese themselves, there are 2 kinds, a tank weighs 15 tons, has a crew of 4 people, armor 15 mm to 25 mm, uses a British diesel engine, has a maximum speed of 30 kilometers per hour, is equipped with a 47 mm tank gun, and there are 2 machine guns, which is a good light tank.

The other type of tank is a heavy tank, with a total weight of 25 tons, a crew of 4 people, armor of 35 mm to 50 mm, also using a British diesel engine, a top speed of 25 kilometers per hour, equipped with a 57 mm tank gun, and 2 machine guns.

The Japanese armored car, which used a British gasoline engine, was armored from 8 mm to 15 mm, had a top speed of 40 kilometers per hour, and was armed with an anti-aircraft machine gun imported from France in addition to 2 machine guns.

The Japanese Army was armed with these tanks and armored vehicles. As well as many other weapons and equipment, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese Army has been greatly improved. It has also made Japan's ambitions swell again, recently with Russia. In particular, Japan's navy also conducted frequent naval training in the waters bordering the Chinese Empire, and the Chinese Empire's navy, land, and air force entered a state of combat readiness.

In recent years, the Japanese navy has relied mainly on loans from Britain and France, as well as the remaining wealth of the Tokugawa shogunate treasures and the savings of successive emperors, to re-establish a large combined fleet.

The British built 2 Bellerophon-class dreadnoughts for the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, and the French built 2 Lone-class dreadnoughts for the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet. They have all returned to the Japanese mainland and joined the Combined Fleet.

In addition to these four dreadnought battleships, Japan itself designed a Hanoi-class dreadnought-class battleship based on the British Bellerophon-class dreadnought-class dreadnought-class battleship, and four were built at the end of 1905 and entered service with the Combined Fleet.

Hanoi-class dreadnought battleship with a standard displacement of 21,200 tons, a full load displacement of 22,500 tons, and a length of 160.5 meters. The ship has a width of 26.6 meters, a maximum draft of 8.2 meters, a design maximum speed of 20 knots, and is equipped with 12 twin 45 times caliber 305 mm main guns. 10 152-mm secondary guns, 16 47-mm anti-aircraft guns, 5 450-mm torpedo tubes. Horizontal armor belt from 200 mm to 305 mm, deck armor 76 mm. The main turret was armored 356 mm, the conning tower was armored 254 mm. The crew is 940 people.

After the construction of 4 Hanoi-class dreadnought battleships, the Japanese designed the Amagi-class dreadnought battleships based on the Hanoi-class dreadnought battleships.

However, due to the problem of financial resources, the Japanese made great efforts to raise the cost of the construction of three Devagi-class dreadnought battleships, and now these three Amagi-class dreadnought battleships have just completed sea trials and joined the combined fleet.

The Amagi-class dreadnought battleship has a larger displacement than the Hanoi-class dreadnought, with a full load displacement of 24,100 tons, and is equipped with 10 double-mounted 50 times caliber 305 mm main guns, although there are not as many main guns as the Hanoi-class dreadnought battleships, but the range is much farther, and the combat effectiveness is a little stronger.

In this way, Japan has 11 dreadnought battleships, plus the original 7 remaining all-steel battleships of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet, as well as a large number of warships of other types, the Japanese Navy's world ranking, after the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, the Royal Navy of Great Britain, the German Navy, the United States Navy, and the French Navy, is also ranked sixth along with the army.

However, after the completion of the construction of the 3 Amagi-class dreadnought battleships, Japan can no longer come up with funds to build new dreadnought battleships, if the Japanese want to challenge the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire with a combined fleet, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, which is also the Japanese hope to find some allies on their backs, otherwise they will not dare to provoke a war with the Chinese Empire by borrowing ten dares from the Japanese.

In addition to the rejuvenated army and navy, Japan, like other countries, has established its own air force, and the fighters and bombers currently equipped by the Japanese air force are all developed and produced by the Japanese themselves, although the performance is inferior to the fighters equipped by the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, but compared with the fighters of Britain, France, and Germany, it is not inferior.

At present, the entire Japanese Air Force is equipped with more than 170 fighters and nearly 50 bombers, and among the air forces of all countries in the world, it is also an aviation unit that is not weak.

Emperor Meiji sighed and said to the four confidants: "Although our Great Japanese Empire has restored the vitality of its army and navy in the past few years, and is even stronger than before, and has also established the air force of the Great Japanese Empire, our Great Japanese Empire's finances are on the verge of collapse, and it is already very difficult to maintain the current scale of the navy, land and air force, and it is impossible to continue to greatly increase the strength of our navy, land and air force, and go to war with our Great Japanese Empire against the Chinese Empire. ”

Prime Minister Saionji nodded and said, "Your Majesty the Emperor is wise, I believe that our Great Japanese Empire will eventually join the Entente and gain three powerful allies." ”

Admiral Minister Heihachiro Togo said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, if the three countries of Britain, France and Russia can join us in the Japanese Empire to launch an attack on Lin Daxin, oh, that is, the Chinese Empire, the combined naval strength of our four countries is enough to completely wipe out the entire naval fleet under Lin Daxin, and the tragedy of a few years ago will never be repeated." ”

War Minister Katsura Taro said with some concern: "If the Japanese Empire can join the Entente, with the strength of the Entente, whether it is the army or the navy, when facing the Chinese Empire, all of them will have a clear advantage, that is, the air force, and the four countries together should also be close to the strength of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, but we have to consider one problem, that is, the problem of the Allies." ”

"Allies?" When Emperor Meiji heard this, his brows furrowed.

War Minister Katsura Taro sighed and said: "The current situation in Europe is very delicate, the Entente Britain, France and Russia, and the Allied Germany, Italy and Austria, the confrontation in all aspects is becoming more and more intense, especially in recent years, Germany has vigorously developed the navy, land and air forces, so that Britain and France are very taboo against Germany, that is, our Japanese Empire can join the Entente, and when a war really breaks out with the Chinese Empire, the strength of the three countries of Britain, France and Russia will still be contained by the European allies, and it is still unknown how many forces can be sent to join the war with the Chinese Empire!" ”

Emperor Meiji was silent for a moment, and sighed: "If only the Entente and the Allied Powers could form an eight-nation alliance as they did a few years ago, then Lin Daxin could win an impossible war with some new weapons and equipment, but he would never have that luck again to win a second impossible war!" ”

Listening to Emperor Meiji's words, Foreign Minister Yoshimoto Yubayashi, War Minister Katsura Taro, and Navy Minister Togo Heihachiro all shook their heads helplessly, after all, the Entente and the Allies cooperated once, which was already an unprecedented thing, and that time was defeated, how could the two sides who are now on the same side still stand in a trench! (To be continued......)

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