readx; In addition to the damage caused by the Great Kanto Earthquake, the earthquake caused more than just 300,000 casualties, because the earthquake broke out at noon cooking time, every household was cooking on a fire, and the houses were all wooden structures, so the earthquake caused a large-scale fire, and the casualties and economic losses in the affected areas were incalculable, and almost the entire Tokyo and Yokohama areas were razed to the ground. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Yokosuka area, located near the epicenter, was not spared, and in addition to civilian losses, the Yokosuka Naval Yard was razed to the ground, and the Aiwa, which was under construction, was severely damaged. This battle cruiser was the second ship of the Amagi battlecruiser.

According to the Washington Naval Treaty signed last year, Ben was forced to suspend the construction of Amagi-class follow-on ships and Kaga-class and Kii-class follow-on warships. It is said that the modifications allowed in this book are the second ship of the Amagi-class, the Aiyan, and the third ship, the Kaohsiung. Before the outbreak of the war, the two warships had already begun to be refitted separately, but due to the post-war economic crisis, it was said that "the navy is also underfunded, so the progress of the refit has been very slow, and as soon as the war broke out, especially after the battle in the East China Sea, the navy realized that the navy was extremely lacking in high-speed capital ships, so it unilaterally withdrew from the Washington naval treaty and suspended the refit of the Aiyan and Kaohsiung. The Tosa, the second Kaga-class ship, which was forced to stop work and become a target ship due to the Washington Naval Treaty, was also preparing to be restored to the Tosa, which had been prepared to be sunk as a target ship, was also re-installed on the slipway to continue construction.

The continued construction of these three capital ships is also the core content of the emergency shipbuilding plan formulated by Ben during the Sino-Chinese War, and in order to allow the construction of these three capital ships to continue, Ben led the termination of the Washington Naval Treaty.

However, the restoration project of the Aiyan has only been started for less than two months, and the Kanto earthquake has directly caused serious damage to the Aiyan under construction, its huge keel has been seriously bent and entangled, and the longitudinal axis of the keel direction is also seriously distorted.

In addition to the Love Rock, another light cruiser, the Naka, which was nearing completion, was also completely destroyed in the earthquake.

In addition to the destruction of the Navy's Aiyan and Nake, in fact, it was said that "the damage to the industry, commerce, and economy in China has been even more serious, and the damage to hundreds of thousands of people and the immeasurable economic losses have made it difficult for Ben to make a difficult choice, whether to continue to fight China head-on, or to concentrate the main force on domestic disaster relief first."

"If we want to land in Korea and recapture Busan, Pyongyang, and other ranks, then our army needs to invest at least 300,000 to 500,000 troops." Yusaku Uehara said: "Now that the army has completed its initial general mobilization, the five new divisions and regiments formed two months ago have been organized and trained, and several other standing divisions and regiments in the country have also been prepared, if necessary, the army can invest at least 200,000 troops in North Korea, and if the mobilization continues, then the rebuilt divisions and regiments will also be completed in two months, and the total strength of the army will reach more than 800,000 at that time." ”

Yamamoto Beiquan listened to it and snorted coldly in his heart, this is light, in this war, in order to mobilize the existing army forces, it has already spent hundreds of millions of additional war expenses, if it is really said to Yusaku Uehara then continue to expand, I am afraid that it will cost hundreds of millions, and this money is not something that can fall from the sky, and said, "Ben's financial ability is similar to China's financial capacity, although there is a lot of money that can be taken out to maintain the war, but it is not that the army alone can take it all, the army has taken it all and let the navy eat, Not to mention the wartime economic expansion plan, I am afraid that even the existing construction funds for the Takohsiung and Tosa will have to be taken away by the army.

Although the empire was defeated in Korea, it was the army that was defeated, and it had nothing to do with the navy, and after the army suffered a crushing defeat in Korea, the important surname of the navy could be more reflected, and if the strategic center of the empire shifted to the South Pacific and Southeast Asia, the navy would become the only pillar of the empire.

Yamamoto Guard, who once again formed a cabinet and became prime minister this year, said: "It is unrealistic to rashly counterattack North Korea, but the only way to organize a possible landing on the mainland and Taiwan by China is the only way to organize China's possible landing!" ”

As soon as he heard this, Yusaku Uehara wanted to lose his temper, and Yamamoto made it clear that he should not continue to invest in the army now, but should fully turn to the navy with the center, because only the navy can prevent the Chinese landing on the mainland.

However, the army has just been defeated in Korea, and if it weren't for the outbreak of the Great Kanto Earthquake that diverted the attention of the people, I'm afraid that a group of army bigwigs such as Yusaku Uehara would have to be responsible for this defeat, and it is not impossible to be forced to seppuku at that time.

In addition, it is true that it is only because of the navy that it can block China's landing on the mainland, so although I am dissatisfied, I don't speak.

Just when they were debating whether or not to counterattack Korea in their own country, the world powers who had spoken out in silence when war broke out in China, the Soviet Union and Russia, and when war broke out, they raised their voices.

On the very day that China conquered Pusan, the British ambassador to China, Sir McRae, had already inquired about the relevant matters with the Nanjing Republican Axe on behalf of the British political axe, and confirmed whether China had completely taken Korea. It is not a secret or a disgraceful thing for the Chinese Army to take North Korea, but it is a big victory, which was originally a victory that requires large-scale propaganda, so the Nanjing Republic Axe is very happy to admit this fact, and then the news of the Chinese Army's conquest of Korea spread throughout the Western world, and at that time countries were shocked and concerned one after another.

A few days later, the United Kingdom, which still considers itself the world's leader, asked Sir McRae, the ambassador to China, to have a number of talks with China's Foreign Minister Shi Zhaoji, in which apart from the British people and political axes expressing concern about the war between China and the two countries and expressing condolences to the people who were hurt in the war, there was only one core, that is, how China is prepared to deal with North Korea, and how long is it prepared to continue this war? Is it to accept it when it is good, or to say that it is going to be with the original one and never die?

This was the case not only for the British, but also for France. If these two countries say it, forget it, but even the United States has asked about relevant matters, and the performance of these three countries before and after this war is completely different.

At the beginning of the war, even China's potential ally, the United States, was happy to see China go to war, while Britain and France watched from the sidelines. However, when the victory and defeat of this war were decided, Britain, who had played a balancing policy for hundreds of years, immediately jumped out to stop it, and said that "after Ben defeated China, the British also united with Russia to intervene and return Liao, so that Ben regarded it as a great shame, and said that after Ben won the Russowar War", it was also the British who supported Russia and did not pay even a dime in the war reparations. And now in the Far East, in the war that broke out between China and China, the British also did not want to see the balance between China and China get out of control.

Before the outbreak of the Kanto earthquake, the British side had already taken the initiative to jump out and say that they wanted to mediate between the two countries, but then they said that they ignored him, and now after the outbreak of the Kanto earthquake, they said, "Although the army wants to continue fighting, the navy already wants to stop this damn war, and now it is said that "this political axe is the Yamamoto military defense cabinet, with this naval boss presiding over the political axe, in fact, this term said "this political axe is the naval cabinet, Therefore, it has already leaked to the British side, saying that it is ready to accept mediation.

However, the conditions for mediation depend on another matter, and when it was revealed that in addition to accepting mediation, Chen Jingyun, who already wanted to end the war, also took this opportunity to send a letter to the British, saying that it was not impossible to accept mediation.

When the upper echelons of both countries had the intention of ending the war, the secret talks between the two sides began quickly.

The Americans are very dissatisfied with the fact that the British are peacemakers who stand up to mediate, and the United States today still regards the United States as its greatest enemy, not for anything else, just because it says, "This navy is the third largest navy in the world!" Although China and the two countries also broke out in a naval battle in the East China Sea, saying that "the main force of the navy did not suffer much losses, and after announcing the unilateral termination of the Washington naval treaty, the navy is already rapidly arming the Aiyan, Kaohsiung, and Tosa, and these three capital ships will be able to complete construction and put into service in a few months, and when the time comes, the strength of the navy will rise instead of falling." As for the news that Aiyan was scrapped due to the Great Kanto Earthquake, it is still a secret, and except for a few high-ranking generals of this navy, no one else knows about it at all.

The United States has always maintained a vigilant mentality against the fact that it still has a huge naval strength, and from the perspective of the United States, it hopes that China will continue to fight with the country, and that if it can weaken by one point, it will weaken by one point. However, the Americans hope so much, but Chen Jingyun does not think so, and the war of "Ben has been fought to the point where it is today, not to mention that China is not the only enemy, there is still a huge Soviet Russian monster in Omsk, Chen Jingyun does not want to continue to fight on two fronts all the time, which is not feasible for China's existing military strength and industrial capacity."

After the upper echelons of the two countries had the intention of ending the war, the first mediation presided over by the British was officially launched in London, but the secret negotiators of the two countries broke up unhappily as soon as they came into contact, and the secret negotiators of the two countries, who were shouldering the national mission, opened their mouths one by one, saying, "I ask China to push out Korea, and I think that China has provoked this war, so I demand that China pay war reparations of up to 500 million yuan." In the face of his own demand, China's negotiator Gu Weijun did not shy away from it, and opened his mouth to take back Korea, Taiwan, Lushun, and the South Manchurian Railway, and then directly demanded that he pay up to one billion yuan in war reparations.

Naturally, there was no result in such uncoordinated negotiations, so on the first day of contact, Gu Weijun, the Chinese ambassador to Britain and the presiding officer of the secret talks, said to this representative: "Since there is no sincerity in the peace talks, then let's continue to meet on the battlefield!" ”

On September 4, in order to cooperate with the secret negotiations, Chen Jingyun sent a telegram to Liang Xunqin, asking the Third Army to display the patriotic spirit of not being afraid of sacrifice, fight for the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and conquer Lushun as soon as possible. He immediately ordered the whole army to make preparations for landing on Taiwan and for saying "this is the mainland." In short, it is to make a posture that if it does not land and "will not give up." As for whether it is true or not, it depends on how the intelligence officers who say "this will judge."