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Ask for votes March 30, 1913, 2754 AD, Nagata Town, Tokyo.
"Pa" Commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, Shigetaro Yoshimatsu, slapped the small table hard.
The wine bottle on the small table was shaken and fell down, rolling to the ground with a gurgling sound.
The sake inside flowed all over the floor. .
"Baga, the Chinese are going to start construction of three more super-dreadnoughts and two super-dreadnoughts this year."
Shigetaro Yoshimatsu said with a livid face: "China started construction of the Houyi and Chiyou super-dreadnoughts in April 1911, and the Yandang The super patrol cruiser No. 1 and Tianshan No. 1 have been launched and are now being Outfitting.
The Xuanyuan and Shennong super-dreadnoughts they started in February 1912, and the Qixia and Daxing'an super-armored cruisers are about to be launched.
This year, they have added a super-dreadnought.
Damn it, if this continues, use In less than three years, China’s navy will surpass the empire in strength.”
Minister of Military Order Ijuin Goro said dullly: "One of the super-dreadnoughts was built for the Ottoman Empire.
The industry of the Chinese is still not as good as that of the Omi ghosts.
Now the independent countries are starting to build about 5 ships every year, and the United Kingdom can even reach nine.
Although the United States is now It’s also two ships per year, but they can definitely reach more than six ships per year.”
Navy Minister Minoru Saito sighed and said: "Our Kongo and Hiei will not be completed until next month, and they will not be ready for combat until at least the end of the year.
Haruna and Kirishima will not be completed until at least the second half of the year.
As for the Fuso The Yamashiro, as it is our empire’s first self-designed super-dreadnought, is more difficult than the Kongo class and will not be completed until at least next year.”
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, what do you think?"
Yoshimatsu Motaro stared at Yamamoto Gonbei, who had been silent, with red eyes, and asked eagerly.
Yamamoto Gonbei was silent for a while, then sighed helplessly and said: "The economy of the empire is very pessimistic right now.
The construction of the Ise and Hyuga that started last year was only possible with the hard-earned funds and loans from Britain and France.
Yes.
Hey, I will try my best to persuade other ministers and try to start construction of two more super-dreadnoughts this year, but don’t put too much hope in it.
The Army is also very tight.”
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, you are the senior of our Navy.
Those Army horse dung, don't care what they do," Yoshimatsu Shigetaro said without giving up.
Yamamoto Gonbei shook his head: "Just because I am the Prime Minister now, I cannot only consider the navy."
Yamamoto Gonbei was the first prime minister born in the navy.
The news of his appointment as prime minister greatly encouraged everyone in the navy, thinking that this time they could completely overwhelm those humble army horse dung.
But things didn't go as smoothly as they imagined.
The Army bastards are not fools.
It’s okay for you, Yamamoto Gonbei, to lean towards the Navy appropriately, but if you go too far, the Army will also fall.
Of course, the main reason is that Japan is very poor now, and the pie is so big.
If one family has more, the other must have less.
It is impossible to satisfy both families.
And the Navy is a big spender.
The money to build one super-dreadnought ship is enough to form two army divisions.
Although the navy is definitely not enough, China is now mobilizing troops in places such as the Liaodong Peninsula, the Sino-North Korean border, and Fujian.
Although this kind of mobilization in China is like a steady flow, which started last year, no matter how small the flow is, once it accumulates to a certain extent, it cannot be concealed.
Now China has deployed twenty divisions in these places, and the Japanese have reacted even if they are slow.
Looking at this posture, it is obvious that he has bad intentions.
With the army under pressure, no one dares to reduce the army's share.
Otherwise, even if the navy wins the battle, it will be a waste of time if the land is pushed to the sea.
Whether you are farming or running a factory, you have to do it on land.
Since the Russo-Japanese War and a large amount of foreign debt owed, the Japanese economy has been sluggish.
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After the Socialist Party of Science and Technology took power in China, it vigorously developed local industry, and the market share occupied by Japanese goods shrank rapidly.
China has almost all agreements on balanced trade with all the major powers, but Japan has no share in it and can only swallow its saliva while looking at the booming Chinese market.
Last year, Japan's exports to China were less than 1 million yen, while imports exceeded 4 million yen, not counting those smuggled into the Japanese market.
Those money-minded profiteers had no intention of dedicating themselves to the imperial country, and actually smuggled large quantities of Chinese goods.
Although the bosses were angry, there was nothing they could do.
Thanks to China's cheap labor costs and higher technological power, the cost-effectiveness of similar products produced in China is far superior to that of Europe and the United States, not to mention Japan's own products.
And there are many things that are unique to China, such as "Dali Pill", "Compound Berberine", "998" and other special medicines, as well as radios, tape recorders, video cameras, new cameras, washing machines, air conditioners, cars, and color talkies.
Many of these new products are patented, and only a few companies from European and American powers have obtained the authorization.
Japanese companies have no share.
The domestic demand for these new products is also very large.
It is not impossible to buy European and American products, but the price will be much more expensive.
Japanese consumers are not stupid, so they naturally give priority to buying Chinese products.
Therefore, not only can we not make any money from China, but we have a deficit of several million every year, and this number is rising every year, not counting the smuggling.
Fortunately for the Japanese government, China and Japan have signed a human resources exchange agreement and a cross-border marriage agreement.
Every year, they import, er, I mean, exchange hundreds of thousands of girls to China.
With this, the Japanese government not only equals Instead of running a deficit, we made a lot of money.
This manpower exchange officially started in early 1911.
By the end of last year, Japan had sent more than 600,000 girls to China.
According to the price during this period, the average price of a girl is 65 pounds.
The Japanese government can earn an average of about 50 pounds from each girl.
Japan has earned 30 million pounds from here.
Not only has it greatly alleviated the domestic economic crisis, it has also Military expenditures are much more generous than at the same time in the original time and space.
Therefore, despite Japan's economic downturn, its army is much stronger than at the same time in the original time and space.
The army already has 21 regular divisions, 120 divisions, Guards divisions and 6 independent mixed brigades responsible for regional defense.
The Navy already has 2 new Hanoi-class 6-turret Orion-class ships and 2 King Kong-class ships.
There are also 2 Kongang-class ships and 2 Fuso-class ships under construction.
This is probably a blessing in disguise.
Of course, the Japanese are not stupid.
Most of the girls they sent to China during this period were Korean, Ryukyu and Ainu girls.
There were less than 30,000 real Japanese women.
Although this kind of business is easy to do, the Japanese government itself knows that this kind of business cannot continue forever.
Even if China is willing to be open to buying, Japan cannot be open to selling.
After all, the total population of Japan is only 71.65 million.
Females aged 10 to 30 account for about 17% of the total population, which is about 12 million.
However, it is impossible to give all of this to China.
At most, ten percent can be transferred.
One is the limit.
The current population of North Korea is about 13.46 million.
If calculated as 17, it can provide about 2.28 million people.
Ryukyu and Ainu combined can also provide about 100,000 people.
These can be sold more, but the quantity is very limited, and the business will not last for a few years.
Minister of Military Order Ijuin Goro said: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, we must start construction of two more super-dreadnoughts this year no matter what.
Otherwise, not only will we not be able to protect Taiwan, we may not even be able to protect North Korea."
Yamamoto Gonbei said with a bitter smile: "The Army is also under great pressure.
Now China has deployed more than ten divisions in Manchuria and Fujian, while we only have 6 divisions in North Korea and Kanto Prefecture, and 2 divisions in Taiwan.
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The regiment is completely weak."
"Moreover, since the merger of Japan and South Korea last year, those damn North Koreans have been rioting, which has taken a lot of our energy.
If we go to war with China, North Korea will be even more unstable.
I now feel that directly annexing North Korea may be a mistake."
Saito Minoru said: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, the army's red deer have always been brainless.
In order to get North Korea, they even killed Hirofumi Gong."
The assassination of Ito Hirobumi caused an uproar in Japanese politics.
Under the cover of the army, several assassins quickly "absconded without a trace."
After this roadblock was removed, Katsuraro's cabinet immediately began a plan to merge Japan and South Korea.
In September 1911, the last king of Korea, Yi Jian, "voluntarily" announced the annexation to Japan and abdicated.
However, the merger of Japan and South Korea did not bring much benefit to Japan.
Uprisings occurred frequently everywhere, and Japanese were constantly attacked.
Moreover, the Korean uprising in this dimension received strong support from China, which was much more powerful than in the original time and space.
The Korean rebels not only have sufficient arms, they even have mortars and recoilless rifles.
It turned out that the two divisions stationed in North Korea had to suppress them everywhere, but there were too many uprisings.
They were exhausted and could not hold on.
At one time, even Seoul was almost captured by the rebels.
Japan had no choice but to transfer two more divisions and two independent mixed brigades to North Korea.
As a result, it has wasted hundreds of millions of yen and failed to completely suppress the uprisings in various parts of North Korea.
At the end of last year, another major event occurred in Japanese politics.
Two of the assassins of Ito Hirobumi were caught.
Although they denied having anything to do with the Army, their Army background could not be erased.
So the navy took the opportunity to launch an attack.
Prime Minister Katsura Taro, who was born in the army, could not hold on for a few months.
Under the turbulent public sentiment, he finally had to resign.
So Yamamoto Gonbei of the Navy came to power and formed a new government.
However, even the Yamamoto cabinet with a naval background cannot just abandon North Korea.
Even if North Korea is a big pit now, they can only jump in with their eyes closed.
Just as the navy bosses were sighing, an attendant suddenly ran in in a panic.
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, the Taiwan Governor's Office sent an urgent message to Taiwanese bandits who attacked the 13th Division camp last night, and Army General Sakuma Mata, the Governor, was seriously injured":