Updated: 2012-12-18

Although he once stood on the side of the shogunate and opposed the joint rule of Emperor Meiji, the Satsuma and the Choshu vassal states in Japan, at the end of the day, Takeo Komoto was still a Japanese. Faced with the pressing of the Northeast, with the current situation in Japan, it has long been a critical moment for the country to be destroyed and the survival of life and death. Even though he was in his fifties and was no longer the passionate young man of the past, he still took the initiative to stand up and would not ignore the country and the people.

One difficult thing after another, after weighing it over and over again, Emperor Meiji still agreed to Takeo Hiromoto's request, but this matter still requires detailed planning. Gifts are not so easy to give, and relationships are not so easy to pull off. Another point is that this secret is only known to a few people present. Once the matter is exposed in the future, internal pickets will start with a few people.

Because the Northeast has increased troops in Hokkaido, the next discussion is naturally how to strengthen Japan's local defense.

The entire meeting lasted nearly three hours, and it was about four o'clock in the afternoon. After the meeting, Saigo did not go home directly, but went to the official office. In fact, the Navy Department arranged a meeting today, and there were about ten people sitting in the conference room. The leader was in his fifties, with a national face, a bit gray-white beard, and wearing a navy uniform. His name was Shiki Kaorama, Lieutenant General of the Japanese Empire, Director of the Navy Affairs Bureau, and Sub-Navy Navy.

The rest of the people were relatively younger, with three most important people. The first one in his forties was the Major General of the Navy, with his position as the director of the First Bureau of the Japanese Navy and also served as the president of the Japanese Navy University. His name is Ito Yuki.

The other person sitting next to him was younger, just in his early forties. He was called the God of Japanese militarism in later generations, together with Nogi Hiroshinomiya. He is now the Navy's Grandmaster and the rising star. It is said that the Navy Department has intended to promote him to the Navy's Colonel, which probably happened in the past or two years.

Another person is Yamamoto Honami! Although he is not as old as the first three, he is even better than the ones in terms of ability. He is the father of the Japanese Navy. Unlike later history, Yamamoto Honami had already entered the Navy beforehand. Although Saigo Congdao was the Minister of the Navy, in fact, this old man was more interested in the army and was basically the manager. Therefore, most of the relevant policies and policies of the Japanese Navy were formulated by Yamamoto Honami. It was his efforts that the Japanese Navy has emerged from the army.

This time, a group of people gathered together to plan how the Navy can increase its budget and purchase new warships next year. Speaking of which, in Japan, it is an open secret that the army and the Navy compete for military budgets, and behind it is a conflict of interest between the Satsuma and the Choshu vassal.

With the Northeast Autonomous Region continuing to increase troops at the north and south ends of Japan, and the navy occasionally appears near the coast of Japan, Japan's national defense pressure has increased greatly. Although Japan has developed more than before the Meiji Restoration, the cemetery compensation after the failure of the war with Northeast China has indeed greatly damaged its originally not-so-rich family fortune. On the one hand, it has to carry out national construction, while on the other hand, it has to maintain military development. How limited military spending should be distributed between the army and the navy naturally has become the focus of debate in the Japanese military, but in fact it is also a collision of the two concepts of Japan's local defense.

The army led by Aritoto Yama Prefecture advocates priority in the construction of the army, so that the Northeast army will never return when attacking Japan, in order to shock the Northeast with a powerful army and prevent it from acting rashly. Of course, this is somewhat wishful thinking. Regardless of whether Japan's backward army is the opponent of the Northeast's war-torn soldiers, just saying that the Northeast can choose its landing location with its powerful navy. This alone is enough to torture Japan to death and die.

But the navy's strategy also cannot stand scrutiny - offshore defense!

Although Saigo Congdao was already a naval general, he was not interested in the navy, which is well known. He was still in his mind as an army, and the most important thing was that he didn't want to understand the navy at all. Therefore, once someone introduced him to something new about the navy, the most common saying of the general was that it was! So that's it! Of course, we have to say it separately. Although this general did not seek much understanding of the navy and did not care about it, it did not mean that he did not care about the navy's construction and related funding budgets.

As a naval general, Saigo Congdao naturally hopes that Japan can enrich the country and strengthen its troops. There is no doubt about this. As a veteran of the Japanese political tycoon, he also knows that he was implicated by his brother Takahiro Saigo, who launched the Southwest War, and has no chance of being the position of Prime Minister as a great minister in his life. If he wants to maintain his current status, he must unite all the forces that can be united. In other words, everyone is carrying the flower sedan chair, and he needs a group of subordinates to sway flags and shout for him.

So after thinking about it, these young generals from the Navy Department are the best choice, and developing the navy and competing with the army for a limited Japanese military budget is the best slogan. The strength of the army can make the navy develop a unity from top to bottom, and as the leading figure of the Japanese Navy, Saigo Congdao naturally became the core of this force.

When everyone saw Saigo coming into the conference room, everyone stood up and saluted. Looking at everyone present, Saigo nodded and said, "Because His Majesty the Emperor summoned him temporarily, I asked you to wait here. Let's have a formal meeting below!"

"Hi!"

Saigo Congdo only explained the reason for being late, but he had no intention of apologizing. As the deputy, Shiki Karayama looked at him, obviously wanting to know the content of today's Emperor Meeting, and everyone was like this.

"The content of today's meeting is very simple! The Northeast Autonomous Region began to increase troops in Hokkaido, with a total number of around 10,000 people. The known news is that there are three special combat infantry regiments, all of which are composed of the included Russian prisoners."

Saigo Congdao did not introduce much, but just these contents shocked everyone here. However, they are soldiers, and there is no dissatisfaction.

"Okay, that's all you can say. Remember! When the country is in trouble, you should work together to make the community difficult for the country!"

"Hi!"

"The meeting is about building a new fleet and buying new warships..."

A few days later, Lin Tae-hee left a string of brisk footsteps on the floor of the corridor. The girl was holding a Northeast Daily in her hand, and the front page news was the first-hand news of the ultrasound abortion case.

"Sir, the husband of Senior Brother Yan Xie has publicly pleaded with the judge, hoping to give a lighter punishment to his wife and Senior Brother Yan Xie!" Lin Tae-hee's voice was filled with a hint of pride. Although the case was not officially sentenced, the ending may not be as tragic as she had expected.
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