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In addition, Chongren was also inspired by the Central Plains Liberated Area, imported a large amount of potash fertilizer from Germany, and then promoted the planting of sweet potatoes and potatoes in Japan whose nutrition is far inferior to rice and flour but the yield is extremely high, because the yield of potassium fertilizer on these root crops is very obvious, so that the yield per mu can easily reach more than 1 ton, and the high-yield field can exceed 2 tons or even 3 tons, and at the same time, with Japan's mountainous terrain and mostly barren land, the arable land area that can grow sweet potatoes and potatoes is much larger than that of rice fields. As a result, by replacing rice, which has a higher nutritional value but a much lower yield, as the staple food of the Japanese people, Japan has not only surprisingly achieved food self-sufficiency, but also has surplus grain for export (some high-yield fields are reserved for high-quality rice for export), thus greatly alleviating Japan's economic and financial crisis. However, Japanese teenagers who are in the middle of their growth in these years have generally affected their physical development and become shorter than other Japanese people who are already short, and the average height of men is only 1.5 meters after adulthood, which is called the "short generation" by later generations

In addition to the hundreds of millions of dollars worth of stolen money and goods recovered from the middle and high-ranking officers of the old army, and the cheeky loans of $200 million from the Americans (Note 1), the Japanese government not only paid off the down payment and compensation to China according to the agreement, but also had a large surplus in its hands, and it can be said that the series of reforms carried out by Chongren have achieved initial success.

If it is in general. Chongren's drastic reform, and almost all the people have to suffer with him, but I am afraid that before any results have been achieved, he will be ousted from power, but Japan is currently facing the biggest dilemma since the Meiji Restoration, and once even on the verge of extinction, under this adversity, the strong cohesion of a single nation-state has been revealed, and Chongren as the emperor has taken the lead in cutting down on food and clothing, and Japan is deeply moved. They devoted themselves to hard work, study, and training with enthusiasm that was unmatched even during the Meiji Restoration. We are working hard for the revival of Japan, just like the Japanese who were defeated in the war

Of particular note are the changes in the Japanese Navy, which was modeled under the British navy and learned not only from the British Royal Navy in terms of formation and tactics. Even the extravagance of the empire on which the sun never sets has been copied. Before the First Sino-Japanese War, Japan's finances were very tight. Even Emperor Meiji reduced the number of meals a day to promote frugality, but the soldiers of the Japanese Navy still had fish and meat every day, and the officers served a full Western meal every day. The cost is conceivable, and what is even more surprising is that the navy is generally comfortable with this, as if they think that the navy should be like this.

After studying at Kang University, Chongren returned to China and saw the aristocratic style of the navy, and his heart was dissatisfied, but even after he became the emperor, he still did not dare to publicly criticize the tradition of the navy, because Japan did not have an army and could not expand externally, but if there was no navy, it would only be waiting for the death of the country.

Therefore, when the new Minister of the Sea, Yamamoto Isoroku, met with Emperor Takahito and proposed that the navy should reduce the basic treatment such as food and so on, and tide over the difficulties with the whole country, Takahito could not help but be extremely surprised

Due to the help of radar and the advantage of speed, the two Chinese heavy cruisers were always able to avoid the main force of the encirclement and suppression fleet, and when the Japanese dispersed the fleet to carry out a dragnet search, the task force took advantage of the performance of its own single ship to attack boldly, and successively sank many Japanese ships, which greatly angered the Japanese Combined Fleet, but at this time the task force unexpectedly fought with the British Far East Fleet

Despite taking advantage of the results, the weak Chinese Navy task force was forced by the powerful Japanese Combined Fleet to retreat south to avoid its powerful capital ships, and as a result, it unwittingly approached the strategically important Strait of Malacca. Seeing that the flames of war were about to burn to his own territory, the British Governor of Malaya, Sir Shenton, became anxious and hurriedly asked the British Far East Fleet stationed in Singapore to drive the Chinese and Japanese warships out of the waters around Malacca.

Although it is said that the Chinese fleet was driven to Malacca by the Japanese fleet, as long as the Japanese fleet withdraws, the Chinese fleet will naturally not stay in this area, but the British Far East Fleet has limited strength and is no match for the Japanese Combined Fleet, so it decisively chose to "pick the soft pinch of persimmons" and force the Chinese fleet to stay away from Malacca in order to solve the threat of the Sino-Japanese war on shipping in the strait.

It is worth mentioning that in history, before the successful development and use of the American Mk3 radar in 1943, the British radar jishu was far ahead of other powers (and the performance of the American radar caught up with the British radar until after the advent of the Mk8), and in this time and space, because China was the first to develop a practical radar and played a significant role during the Anti-Japanese War, the British naturally increased the intensity of radar research and development, not only installed it on warships in advance, Moreover, the performance has almost reached the level of 1941 in history, and it can detect warships within 60 kilometers in the absence of rain, snow and haze, so the British Far East Fleet can do what the Japanese fleet cannot do.

After discovering that an unknown fleet seemed to have locked onto itself, and no matter which direction the task force was going, they could immediately adjust their direction and continue to chase after them, the more than 2,000 naval officers and men below Commander Ye Fei couldn't help but feel nervous. It wasn't until the fleet sent a telegram to identify themselves that everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but Ye Fei and they refused to agree to the request made by the British. Besides, this is obviously the high seas, what right do you British have to ask us to leave?

Note 1: In order to trick the Americans into giving money, Chongren even cooperated with the Japanese Communists (see below for details) to create some armed riots with terrifying effects but not very destructive power in reality, in order to show the United States that "if you don't give money, there will be a revolution in Japan." And it worked. However, the Americans are not stupid, and after all, they still discovered the problem, and after that, the loan card to Japan was stricter, and unless the Japanese were willing to exchange the islands in the Pacific Ocean, the US government would never again be the culprit of this injustice. Anyway, the United States only needs to make sure that Red China does not annex Japan, and at this time, the Sino-Japanese peace agreement has been reached, and the Americans are not willing to continue to bleed for Japan without compensation (to be continued......