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Volume 1: The Arms Dealer¡¯s Feast Chapter 39: Should we declare war?

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    Chapter 39: Should we declare war?

    The naval battle on the Bund in Shanghai gave newspapers from all over the world a new subject, and telegrams were sent from Shanghai to all over the world.

    On April 1st, the front page headline of Bald Eagle¡¯s newspaper was ¡°The End of the 5VS28 Chicken Navy.¡±  The above describes in detail the fierce naval battle that took place on the Bund of Shanghai and the Zhongtian family's declaration of war on the Foot Pot Chicken. Through the debut of the Zhong Tian Family's new navy, it easily sank the Foot Pot Chicken with a tonnage twice its own at the cost of minor damage to three ships.  The matter of the navy predicts the rise of a new naval power in Asia.

    It¡¯s just that the people of the Bald Eagle family obviously don¡¯t care much about this news, because today is April Fool¡¯s Day, April 1st. On this day, it is normal for newspapers to deceive people. They have done this before, and they have to read it as fake.  Not to mention the Little Eagles, even the Chinese people in the Bald Eagle family are still doubtful. The fact that the armored ship suddenly appeared like this without even telling when they bought it is very unconvincing.

    On this day, the front page headline of John Bull's newspaper was "Seven Ships of the Treaty Die, Super Battleship is Birth". The content was similar to that of Bald Eagle's newspaper, but at the end there was more concern about the control of Hong Kong and the Yangtze River Basin in the comments.  Due to treaty ship restrictions, John's family has not started manufacturing super battleships for many years.

    It¡¯s just that the calves of the John Bull family don¡¯t believe it. It¡¯s April Fool¡¯s Day. The newspapers are too funny. How is it possible that such a backward country has a battleship that is stronger than the John Bull family¡¯s Royal Navy that has been inherited for hundreds of years?  You should know that John's family's laugh point is actually very low, but even when he saw this kind of explosive joke, he smiled slightly and continued to deal with the dark and dark dishes for breakfast.

    ??Similarly, people in Gaul and Noodle Country regard this news that came back from thousands of miles away as an April Fool's Day joke.  After all, it is absolutely impossible for the Zhongtian family to produce a super battleship that surpasses the treaty ship, and there is no news from other countries. You must know that it takes at least one or two years from the start of construction to the completion of the launch and outfitting of a super battleship. Those who have the ability to build ships can  How is it possible that there has been no news from so many countries for a year or two, and then suddenly April Fool's Day comes?

    But even after the celebration of the Zhongtian family¡¯s centenary republic, many Europeans still believed that all men in the Zhongtian family had big braids. It was really difficult to convince them of this.

    This is not the case on the front page of Hansi's newspaper.  As an Allied country declares war on a country, the Allies are obliged to declare war on its enemy country. At this time, Mustache has just come to power and has not yet established a foothold. Last night, I heard that the Zhongtian family declared war on the foot pot chicken. I had a headache. If I don't declare war, I will automatically  Lose an ally.  Besides, Mustache doesn¡¯t want to engage in treachery as soon as he comes to power. Will he still have allies in the future?

    The most important thing is that the economies of the Zhongtian Family and the Hansi Family can complement each other. The Hansi Family imports a large amount of industrial raw materials and rare mineral products from the Zhongtian Family every year, while the Zhongtian Family purchases a large amount of industrial finished products and mechanical steel from the Hans Family every year.  wait.

    Now the Hans family has begun to prepare for revenge after Mustache ascended the throne.  Declaring war at this time does not seem to be a good thing.  Mustache called Bauer, who had served as a military adviser to Zhongtian's family, and asked: "Look at this time, should we declare war on the chickens?"

    Ball avoided the question and said: "Based on my several years of living in the Zhongtian family, I discovered some problems."

    "If it is useful to our conversation, just say it."

    "That's why I discovered that people in the Zhongtian family don't hate their enemies. As long as the enemy declares defeat, they can receive a large amount of financial subsidies and live a noble life."

    ¡°Since they don¡¯t even hate their enemies, what do they hate?¡±

    "Bauer replied categorically: "Traitor. No matter who it is, as long as they betray their covenant back then, they will be pursued relentlessly."

    Mustache nodded and said, "I think I understand."

    "I forgot to mention one thing. The Zhongtian family also declared war on us back then."

    "I know." Mustache also knows what Bauer is talking about. It was the declaration of war caused by the embarrassing government dispute caused by the Beiyang government of the Zhongtian family during World War I. At that time, the Zhongtian family was also a country with a large army.  One, but after declaring war on the Hans family, no soldiers were sent to the battlefield until the end of the war.

    What Bauer means is that declaring war is one thing, fighting a war is another. Hans's family is thousands of miles away from Tiaobaji's family, and they really don't have the ability to go on an expedition. Even if they have the ability to go on an expedition, that's fine. There's no need to actually start the movie.  .  How could someone as smart as Mustache not hear it?  Anyway, Tiaobenji doesn¡¯t have the ability to march thousands of miles to the Hans Kingdom. So what if he declares war on him?

    So after urgent discussions, the belated front page headline of the Hans family newspaper was "Hans Country Responds to Allies' Decision, Declare War on Foot Pot Chicken". The second article was about the naval battle on the Shanghai Beach, and the following pages reviewed it  Let¡¯s go to Zhongtian¡¯s house some time ago.??The victory of the chicken invasion battle.  Anyway, the Zhongtian family camp finally has a flag-waving person.

    But it¡¯s not just the Zhongtian family who are waving flags and shouting, the Puppet Manchuria, which is only recognized by the Da Mao Xiong family, is also waving flags and shouting on the side of the Tiaopanji family.  But just by waving the flag and shouting, most of the Puppet Manchukuo's troops had already been withdrawn to the Great Wall line by the Tiaopanji family.

    Since the February revolutionaries and royalists compromised to establish a constitutional monarchy, the Big Bear family has stipulated that each family use the front page of the newspaper for one day.  Odd-numbered days are used by the royal family of the Big Bear family, and even-numbered days are used by the cabinet.  No matter how exciting foreign news is, it has to go to the second page.  Today is a day for the royal family. Emperor Alexek made an important speech, asking farmers everywhere to overcome the severe cold in the new month and respond to the call of the parliament to start spring plowing work and contribute to the cause of Big Bear's imperialism.

    After the publication of newspapers in various countries, the Yomiuri Shimbun and the Asahi Shimbun of the Takumi Shimbun Company both ceased publication.  Various opinions were discussed in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo whether to declare war on the Nakaten family.  At this time, the Takumi family was divided into the ruling faction and the Imperial faction. Among them, the ruling faction was dominant, and among them there were many familiar generals such as Okamura Neiji, Ishihara Kanji, and Tojo Hideki.  The Imperial Way faction is a group of passionate young officers who worship the Emperor crazily. As long as the Emperor says a word, they can eat noodles with their noses and walk with their hands.

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? out out out of the Ruling Faction, if there is Ishihara Kanji, who occasionally has a clear mind, then the Imperial Faction is a bunch of lunatics.¡±

    The ruling faction headed by Kanji Ishihara put forward the following opinions: "Our navy and army have been hit repeatedly. What we need to do now is not to declare war but to cease war and eat most of the Rehe that we have already obtained. And keep Tianjin, Shanghai, etc."  If we declare war on our concession, when the imperial navy passes by, all we will get is a piece of scorched earth and the corpses of the residents above. If we don¡¯t declare war now and ask other countries for mediation, we will get the greatest benefits. Even if the mediation by various countries fails,  , we can also make all preparations during this truce. Time is too important to us."

    The leader of the Imperial Sect, Sadao Araki, was furious when he heard this: "All the people of my family should be determined to sacrifice themselves for the emperor at any time. Even if the concessions in Shanghai, Tianjin and other places are razed to the ground, it will not matter, as long as  As soon as several major standing divisions of our imperial army arrive, we can conquer the entire Zhongtian family in three to five months. When we die for the emperor, we will have the courage and strength to match a hundred. His majesty, the emperor, has a long military career and a holy life.  No borders.¡±

    Ishihara Kanji stopped talking for a moment. Normally, Ishihara Kanji wouldn't argue with the big boss Sadao Araki, because every time he argued, Araki Sadao would lower Ishihara Kanji's IQ to the level of an idiot. At this time, Araki  Sadao will defeat him with his rich experience.

    Since both sides have expressed their stance, it¡¯s time for the Emperor to make a decision.  Hirohito asked: "I heard that the Nakaten family's new armored ship is bigger than our Nagato, right?"

    Sadao Araki, who was in charge of intelligence gathering and reporting, replied: "Yes, Your Majesty. The Nakaten family's new ironclad ships use four groups of eight sixteen-inch naval guns similar to the Nagato class. It can be seen that the protection of the new ironclad ships is  It is slightly higher than the Nagato-class, and according to observations, the speed seems to be higher than the top speed of the Nagato-class. However, they only have one battleship of this class, and we and the country have two. Your Majesty."

    "Heguo" is the name of the country of this space-time devil, but some people from the Zhongtian family like to associate it with: He = Crane = Chicken in the foot basin.  As a result, after word spread, not many people knew where He Guo was.  In the end, many Japanese people had to say that they were footbath chickens in order to let foreigners know where they were from.

    The power of habit is powerful.

    Although Hirohito graduated from the Army, he also knew some common sense in the Navy. He asked: "Their speed and protection are beyond our Nagato class, which means that we can't catch it. And it can choose to invest anywhere."  Is this what fighting is like?¡±

    Araki Sadao continued his efforts: "In addition to battleships, we also have aircraft carriers. The aircraft on our aircraft carriers can detect him and track him. Then eliminate him. On the Bund in Shanghai, we have proven to the world that neither we nor the Japanese will embarrass His Majesty the Emperor."  ,not a single one."

    At this time, the aircraft carrier's aircraft capabilities were not enough to pose a threat to battleships, so Sadao Araki only used the word "find."

    Hirohito asked Ishihara Kanji again: "Ishihara, our country just withdrew from the League of Nations a few days ago. Is the League of Nations still willing to host an armistice for our country at this time?"

    Ishihara Wanji replied confidently: "Your Majesty, as long as there are enough benefits, Westerners can eat shit."

    "There is nothing wrong with eating shit, but there are still people in China who spend money to eat it.  But Hirohito was a little worried about his small treasury: "Westerners have a huge appetite."

    "Your Majesty, the navy has suffered successive casualties. It has lost more than 60 large and small ships in one month, although they are all old ships."??But it is imperative to rebuild new ships.  We can give part of the ship order to John Country, and at the same time increase the orders for scrap steel and rubber oil from Bald Eagle Country, and ask John Country and Bald Eagle Country to mediate.  "

    Ishihara Kanji knew that these two countries would definitely do it. If it weren¡¯t for the support behind the scenes from the John Country and the Bald Eagle Country, the He Country would not have the resources to launch an aggressive war.  If he, a big benefactor, collapses, it will not be easy for the two countries that are suffering from economic depression.

    Hirohito thought about it for a long time but still had no idea, and finally decided: "You guys should discuss a plan first."

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