African Entrepreneurship Records

Chapter 897 The End of the Far East War

While East Africa was undergoing massive national construction, the Far East region was in the smoke of war. Although there was support from East Africa, the performance of the Far East Imperial Navy was still very unsatisfactory. You must know that the Far East Imperial Navy's comparison at that time It was even stronger at the same time in history, but it was difficult to open up the situation in the face of the treacherous Japanese navy.

It is not only the Far Eastern Empire that is suffering, but the Japanese government is also very uncomfortable. After all, the Far Eastern Imperial Navy is larger in scale and has an extra location. No matter how high-quality the Japanese naval personnel are, it will be difficult to open up the situation in a short time, and military expenditures are rising steadily. , has become a haze that haunts the Japanese government all the time.

"Baga, the Imperial Navy's delay in opening up the situation is a disgrace to the Imperial soldiers. Your Navy has no spirit of Bushido at all. Otherwise, the war would not have been delayed until now. So much military expenditure every year is all fed to the livestock. It’s in!”

In order to end the war as soon as possible, Japan formulated an arrogant plan shortly after the war broke out, that is, to land in Zhili and force the Qing government to surrender by attacking the capital of the Far East Empire.

The first step of this plan is to capture Lushun and Weihaiwei, which guard the mouth of the Bohai Sea, and completely eliminate the Beiyang Navy to prevent the Beiyang Navy from interfering with the landing operations and at the same time serve as a springboard for the landing operations.

Regarding the responsibilities of the Army Red Deer, the senior Japanese Navy officials certainly could not swallow their words: "The Far Eastern Empire Navy far exceeds our country in terms of military expenditures and ship expenditures. If our Navy can tie with the Far Eastern Empire, it is already an extraordinary performance. Your Army is not much better. Go, the advance on the Korean Peninsula is so slow..."

“Asshole, if it weren’t for your navy being afraid of our meritorious service and manipulating the transport ships, we would have invaded the Far Eastern Empire from land long ago! You navy red deer...”

In the final analysis, the Japanese Navy did not act in an honest manner this time, so they ended up at the disadvantage in the quarrel. At the same time, because of this experience, the Japanese Army's top brass became more determined to build their own warships in the future and could not be constrained by this group of naval red deer. Hands and feet, the Japanese navy and army retain the tradition of fighting among themselves and will further carry it forward.

"Okay, let's stop arguing! Now that the war is ruined, the whole country should be united as one, rather than holding anyone responsible. Now you guys talk about how to deal with the aftermath!" said the Japanese Emperor, pretending to be angry.

 “Hmph…” The generals of the navy and army exchanged angry glances.

“Furthermore, the war cannot continue in a stalemate, otherwise Tsarist Russia and other countries will be unable to bear it any longer, so we must ensure that this war will not be a waste of money, and we must not get too entangled with the Far Eastern Empire.”

The Japanese Emperor agreed very much with the Prime Minister's statement: "In this case, the navy and army must go all out to capture North Korea first, so that we can get out of the quagmire of war in time. If we compare consumption with the Far Eastern Empire, it will be greatly detrimental to our country. "

"Your Majesty, I think we did underestimate the strength of the Far Eastern Empire before. As a region in East Asia, the Far Eastern Empire still has considerable strength, which is why this war did not achieve the expected results." Ito Hirobumi said.

Japan is very wary of the great powers. After all, the reason why this war has been acquiesced by the great powers is that Japan knows very well that they are just a knife in the hands of the great powers. If the role of the knife cannot be reflected, Japan may The foreign powers will cross the river and burn down the bridge.

The Japanese government obviously does not consider the Far Eastern Empire to be its opponent, but it has to admit that it currently does not have the ability to annex the Far Eastern Empire.

"Before the war, our strategy was to directly threaten the Far Eastern Empire and North Korea from both sea and land directions. But now it seems that Japan, as a latecomer country, will inevitably be unable to cope with the huge Far Eastern Empire. , so the focus should be on the Korean Peninsula next.”

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As the Japanese government changed its strategy, the war situation suddenly changed. First of all, the Far Eastern Empire's garrison in Korea felt great pressure, and conversely, the pressure on the navy dropped sharply.

However, the Japanese Navy did not give up completely. It launched a wave of offensives in winter and had a battle with the Far Eastern Empire Navy in the Yellow Sea. Although it did not annihilate the Far Eastern Empire's Beiyang Navy, it also suffered heavy losses.

This also made the person in charge of Beiyang within the Far Eastern Empire government feel extremely frightened. He ordered the Beiyang Navy to use defense instead of attack, and not to engage in a decisive battle with the Japanese Navy in order to preserve its strength. After the Far Eastern Imperial Navy retreated, the Japanese Navy did not continue to pursue the victory as it had in history. After all, the Far Eastern Imperial Navy was still very powerful.

Subsequently, Japan used all its strength to deal with North Korea from both sea and land directions. The Far East Imperial Army suffered consecutive defeats. In September, Japan advanced from land to the Pyongyang area.

 A decisive battle ensued between Japan and the Far Eastern Imperial Army here. On September 20, the Far Eastern Imperial Army was defeated and withdrew from Pyongyang.

 At the beginning of October, Japan advanced to the "Two Rivers Basin" and both sides stopped their offensive because "Two Rivers" was the red line drawn by the great powers before the war.

 With the end of the war, the forces of the Far Eastern Empire completely withdrew from the Korean Peninsula. At this time, Japan and the Far Eastern Empire signed an armistice agreement in Pyongyang.

Pyongyang was chosen because the Japanese government was worried about the intervention of the great powers. After all, this war would be a "lose-lose" for both the Far Eastern Empire and Japan. Although there was a gain in North Korea, it was far from Japan's pre-war psychological expectations.

 Finally, in early December, the armistice agreement officially came into effect. The Far Eastern Empire paid an indemnity of 20 million taels of silver to the Japanese government and recognized Japan's de facto occupation of Korea.

Although, due to various reasons, the Far Eastern Empire still ended in failure as a result of this war, it was much stronger than the same period in history.

As for Japan, in order to make up for its losses in the war, it could only rule Korea more cruelly than during the same period in history. After all, the benefits it gained from the Far Eastern Empire this time were too few, and they were not enough to cover the military expenditures of the Japanese navy.

 After Japan negotiated peace with the Far Eastern Empire, the major powers received the news. East Africa was quite satisfied with the result. After all, whether North Korea was alive or dead would not affect East Africa's interests in the Far East at all.

Although Britain and the United States were somewhat dissatisfied with the development of the war, they were reluctant to accept it. After all, the main purpose of this war was to attack the Far Eastern Empire government and prevent the expansion of Tsarist Russia's power in the Far Eastern Empire.

As for Tsarist Russia, it only hates Japan. After all, in its eyes, everything Japan eats is its "share."

The outcome of the war between the Far Eastern Empire and Japan still had a certain "positive" significance. The navies of the two countries performed in line with their strength standards, at least better than some countries that were indifferent, and above the passing line. This resulted in the great powers having to It is recognized that the naval strength of the two countries meets the standards of great powers, at least on the same level as Turkey, Spain and other countries.

In fact, it may be a little stronger than East Africa, but after all, East Africa has a record of drawing with the British Royal Navy. Even for its own sake, the United Kingdom will not say that the East African Navy is too bad. After all, world public opinion is in the hands of the United Kingdom.

Another result of this Far East War is that Japan has semi-entered the ranks of the great powers and replaced Spain as the gatekeeper of the great powers. After all, although the Far Eastern Empire is incompetent in combat, it has always been among the "great powers". There are no countries in the world that can defeat the Far Eastern Empire. There are only a handful of them.

 And Japan can win against such a big country. Although it is only a small victory, it is enough to be recognized by European and American countries.

The "rottenness" within the Far Eastern Empire's army has been further recognized by the great powers. If nothing unexpected happens, the external situation faced by the Far Eastern Empire will only become more and more serious in the future. However, only Ernst knows the situation of the Far Eastern Empire. , much better than the same period in history.

 (End of this chapter)