Chapter 69 Diplomacy 1
"Japan? Those bantam monkeys actually dare to attack the merchant ships of the empire! These bastards! Tirpitz should kill them all!" Looking at the documents handed over by Frederick III, Prince William said with a pale face.
"Haha, Ruprecht is indeed a good person. It seems that it is more appropriate to let him work in the navy!" When he saw the war report behind, His Royal Highness's face turned cloudy. In his opinion, the Joker who dared to offend the dignity of the empire was punished and gave him a slight breath, but he thought this was far from enough!
"The Empire fleet should launch an attack on Japan! The Japanese must pay the price for their reckless actions!" The crown prince closed the document and said to Frederick III.
"Bismar, what do you think? The war report said that it was the Japanese who fired and attacked our warship first, which was a little difficult for me to understand." Frederick III ignored his son and asked the Prime Minister next to him. In his opinion, attacking merchant ships is one thing, and actively attacking warships is another thing. The former can just pay money and apologize, but the latter is equivalent to declaring war! This face is so fucked!
"This document should not be concealed." Bismarck thought for a while and said: "First of all, in the war report, the senior officers of Mainz were caught off guard at the beginning of the war, which has been confirmed in many aspects. If it weren't for a sneak attack, the Japanese would not have achieved such results."
"Secondly, the Japanese will choose to take the initiative under great pressure, or their nation is a nation that is superstitious about sneak attacks! Since they can attack the Qing Dynasty, they may also adopt this strategy when facing German warships that may fight at any time, but they misread the situation."
"Now, what's going on in the Far East? What are Tirpitz and the Bavarian princes doing?" Frederick III still did not express any comments. Instead, he continued to ask questions.
"His Royal Highness the Prince and the USS Mainz have joined Major General Tirpitz. They are now intercepting Japanese ships in the waters around Shanghai and have seized more than a dozen merchant ships of various types. They are waiting for domestic orders!" Bismarck replied.
"Well, I'm doing pretty well. I know how to advance and retreat." Frederick III nodded. "Is there any reaction from the Japanese?"
"They claimed that this was just an accident. They did not know that the Washington was a German ship, and that it was a conflict caused by the first fire of Mainz. At least Mainz first fired guns and demonstrations against the Japanese fleet!" Bismarck replied.
"If these shameless guys weren't for their sneak attack, how could the commander on the Mainz have suffered heavy losses! All the Japanese should go to hell!" William II said angrily!
"The responsibility for this matter is entirely on the Japanese side! They first opened fire when they knew the identity of the merchant ship, and when the matter was exposed, they tried to attack the Mainz! This is our attitude! Nothing else matters!" Frederick III's low tone revealed a hint of anger! In his heart, this could already rise to a provocation of the dignity of the empire! A guy from the Far East who didn't know that nowhere to come out of the corner of the Far East dared to attack the empire. If this matter was not handled seriously, then the Germans would be shameless to call themselves a great power!
The German Emperor did not plan to fight, but the premise was that the Japanese had to admit defeat and resist all the blame for what they should and should not take, and then give Germany a fairly satisfactory compensation so that it would be done! Want to get away with it? Was it a dream? But at this time, there were indeed a group of people within the Japanese government who planned to get through this! Japan was not a great power at this time, and it was difficult for them to understand what the great power was!
"This is a conspiracy! The Germans and the Qing people set up this whole set together, which caused us to suffer heavy losses! We must fight back!" In the Japanese temporary base camp in Hiroshima, Shiki Karayama's roar sounded throughout the room!
"But at present, the navy has no ability to resist the attacks of the navies of the Qing and German countries. Even the German cruiser squad is not something we can deal with! A warship easily destroyed one of our squads. It's terrifying to think about it! We overestimate the British ship!" Saigo Congdao said heartbrokenly.
"I have instructed Aoki Shuzo to lobby the British government immediately, hoping that they can come out to uphold justice. In this case, I think it is very important to accept the advice of the British and temporarily break away from the hostile relations with the Qing and Germany. We cannot go to war with the two countries at the same time." Nishiyuanji Gong Wang is much more sober than the Kamayama-level. The most important thing now is to avoid further expansion of the situation!
"We must put the blame on the Germans, and we must tell the world the shamelessness of the Germans! They sank our two warships, and it is impossible for us to fire first when the strength is very different. That's it!" Shiki Karayama emphasized.
"This is how did you tell Aoki Jun in the telegram? Why didn't I know about this?" Hirobuki Ito, who had not spoken, suddenly raised his tone!
"This was passed through the navy's own channels. I think it is necessary for Aoki to understand the truth!" Shiki Karayama's sudden reaction to the Prime Minister was a little puzzled. He had dealt with the Qing people so many times. It was the only way for Japanese diplomacy to shirk responsibility without saying a word at the beginning! Isn't it possible this time? If he doesn't do this, the Japanese government really intends to lose money?
"That's Germany! A group of pig teammates!" Hirobuki Ito felt his heart was broken! Can Germany be the same as a coffee table like the Qing government? They are called the great powers! Not to mention that this battle was the first to Japan. Even if the Germans took action first, they would have to vaguely be responsible if Japan suffered a big loss!
Germany and Japan have no equal status. From ancient times to the present, which weak country has ever seen that can take advantage of the powerful? International public opinion is worthy of a strong country! What's more, the Russians, Austro-Hungary must stand on the German side, France may be neutral, why should the British shelter Japan from the wind and rain? Even if you help, there must be a limit!
"This will anger Germany!" There were a lot of ice in Hirobuki Ito's voice!
"And the British cannot get into evil with Germany for Japan!" The Prime Minister's second sentence made the whole room fall into an ice cave.
"You are really not afraid of big trouble!" Hirofumi Ito said heartbrokenly: "From now on, no one is allowed to interfere in this matter! The Navy will return to the local area immediately! I will be responsible for it myself! If someone makes a decision without authorization, then he will be ****!" Hirofumi Ito said word by word!
In Japan, Hirobuki Ito has a correct idea to deal with this matter, that is, to settle the matter quickly. As long as the other party’s requirements are not high, he will immediately admit defeat and apologize for compensation! Then the UK said that Germany, which has face and inner strength, will naturally not hold on to it, but a group of pig teammates are still in a mess!
Chapter completed!