1890 King of Southeast Asia

On December 1, Liu Yiming made a public speech, claiming that he was "not seriously injured".

On the same day, the state of emergency was lifted in Nanhua, but the army did not withdraw, because the police were still busy and had to temporarily play a guest role.

After the state of emergency was lifted, news could flow freely, and the British, Americans and others knew that their spies had been discovered.

However, for various reasons, they did not use this as an excuse to come to the door.

Anyway, they were just some banana people consumables, and if they were gone, they were gone.

The Japanese, on the other hand, were recalled in disgrace, and the military attaché Qingmu Isoro acted as the consul.

As a hawk, Qingmu Isoro came to question.

On December 6, on the eve of the Qing Empire's attack, Liu Yiming focused his energy on the Qing Empire. After Qingmu Isoro was rejected by Liu Yiming, he went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Lin Anmin, with a stinky face, publicly received the acting ambassador of the Japanese Empire Embassy in Nanhua Empire-Aoki Isoro.

"Mr. Lin! I know that many things have happened in Nanhua recently, which makes you very nervous, but this is not a reason for you to attack the people of the Great Japanese Empire!" Aoki Goro walked into the reception room and started to make a scene before he even sat down.

Lin Anmin's face turned black with anger. Where did this idiot come from? He was so arrogant and domineering, and he had no brains.

"Mr. Acting Ambassador, are all Japanese diplomats like you, not understanding basic diplomatic etiquette?" Lin Anmin scolded without giving any face.

This is an extremely serious accusation.

Regardless of the era, diplomats are very tired. This job not only has a lot of troubles, but also requires you to be able to control your emotions and words and deeds.

As an ambassador representing a country, you must pay special attention to your words and deeds in public, otherwise you will not lose your own face, but the face of the country.

Of course, in private negotiations, quarreling and swearing are basic skills, and quarreling is a basic diplomatic skill by default - but any ugliness is in private.

"Baga!" Aoki Goro's eyes were bloodshot, and Bushido occupied his few brains.

Acting ambassador, Japan... I don't understand...

Every word was irritating him.

"Asshole! Who do you think you are!" Lin Anmin slammed the table and pointed at it.

"Mr. Acting ambassador, I advise you to calm down. It would be very ugly if a diplomat was accused of attacking the foreign minister of another country." Lin Anmin sneered at the restless Aoki Ichiro and gave him a mocking and provocative look.

It can deal with ten opponents of this level at the same time with its eyes closed.

Describe it in one sentence: the cerebellum is not fully developed and the brain is completely underdeveloped.

"You! Then! Your Excellency the Minister! Please explain why you detained our citizens." Aoki stared at Lin Anmin, still very angry, but did not take any further action, even without verbal provocation.

The Japanese are like this. If you are stronger than him, he would feel honored to play with his wife.

They are rude and unreasonable, and only target the weak. This military attaché who has just been transferred from the cowardly Qing Empire is not used to the days of being depressed.

Lin Anmin did not hold on to Aoki Isoro's disrespect. Of course, all of this will appear in tomorrow's gossip and unscrupulous tabloids.

The title has been thought of: "Shocked, the Japanese ambassador is such a person..."

"Citizen?" Lin Anmin pretended to be thoughtful.

"The consulates in various places have responded. You have arrested hundreds of citizens of the Japanese Empire. I demand that Nanhua release them immediately, apologize publicly and compensate..." Aoki Isoro said quickly.

"Oh?! I know, which spies are you talking about, right? According to international practice, spies are not protected."

"I also want the acting (emphasis) ambassador to give me an explanation, why would there be citizens in your country who would engage in espionage activities in our country? Does Japan want to start a war between the two countries?!"

Lin Anmin pretended to be enlightened, then became furious and took the path that Aoki Isoro wanted to take.

Aoki Isoro was at a loss. He wanted to pester Lin Anmin and then, regardless of whether he released the people or not, pretend to be wronged and finally issued a war threat.

Japan's new ships have already started sea trials. Two battleships are equipped with ten 356mm guns. When they are put into service, Japan will have an absolute advantage in the number of battleships.

After gaining a certain advantage on paper, Japan can no longer hold back.

At the very least, it wants to take back the Ryukyu Islands and gain a strategic advantage, and is connecting with the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries.

"Eight... um!" Aoki Isoro almost blurted out.

"Hmm? Bah! My son... Mr. Aoki, the acting ambassador, don't use personal attacks." Lin Anmin said with disdain.

Aoki Isoro did not react and looked at Lin Anmin in confusion.

"No matter what, Nanhua must release the citizens of the Japanese Empire immediately! Otherwise, we will not hesitate to start a war to give justice to the Great Japanese Empire!" Aoki Isoro shouted.

"Okay! Then please, Mr. Acting Ambassador, go back and pack up your gifts and take your diplomats with you, and go!" Lin Anmin said with a smile.

Don't mention it, Lin Anmin was really tempted. Judging from the various news from the revolutionary army, the decisive battle was imminent.

A small fight with Japan could disrupt the layout of all Western countries and reduce variables.

The biggest variable was Japan, which wanted to send troops, but was suppressed by Britain.

Britain did not want Japan to focus too much energy on the land.

In Britain's imagination, Nanhua balances the maritime power of Japan and the United States, and the Qing Empire or a future land country balances the Russian power on land.

Nanhua also contacts Britain, France and Russia to exclude German power.

Multiple countries are mutually restrained, each with its own interest disputes. If a fragile balance is reached, Britain can maintain its position at the lowest cost.

There is also enough time to deal with the Germans.

Because the French are caught in the vortex of the continental balance policy, they have to cooperate with the British to jointly maintain this balance.

There were several conflicts between the two countries, and Britain and France stood up to mediate. Because they wanted to do business, Nanhua had to accept it.

"What? This..." Aoki Ichiro blushed.

He didn't expect that as a foreign minister of a country, he dared to talk about war so easily.

Thinking about the consequences of this matter being spread to the headquarters, Aoki Ichiro's face showed a hint of cruelty.

"Private Marseille! Aoki was reckless! But! These citizens of the Japanese Empire are not spies! Please release them as soon as possible from Nanhua!" Aoki Ichiro bowed decisively to apologize, a standard 90-degree bow.

"Mr. Aoki, I have already said that they are spies. We have collected comprehensive evidence and will make a public verdict in two days."

"Releasing them is tantamount to telling everyone that it is okay to send spies to us. We will release them if we catch them~~This is impossible!"

"This is the bottom line of the South China Empire. If Japan wants to break the bottom line of South China, then do it yourself. When language cannot communicate, let the cannons and warships speak!"

"I am very busy. If Mr. Aoki has nothing to do, please go back!"

Lin Anmin stood up and smiled at Isoro Aoki.

What they did today was not in line with diplomatic etiquette at all, but he was right, whether in terms of reason or physics.

It will take at least one year for the warships on trial to formally form combat effectiveness.

And diplomacy is not for etiquette, but for interests.

...

The incident spread quickly, but it did not cause a big wave. It was only used as a topic of conversation.

Until December 10th.

"Is Isoro Aoki dead? Bad luck!" Liu Yiming frowned, because Isoro Aoki committed suicide by seppuku outside the embassy.

"It's okay, it's none of your business. The Japanese just want to disgust us, or want to put a filter on us that is overbearing and unreasonable. It's not a bad thing." Liu Yiming waved his hand to reassure Lin Anmin.

"It's not good to spread it out. The Japanese are really... barbaric!" Xu Hui held it in for a long time before thinking of a suitable word.

"Not only barbaric, the Japanese are a group of crazy people, unreasonable crazy people." Liu Yiming nodded.

"Maybe they were stimulated. The Japanese agreed to the Qing Empire court's request to borrow troops. We don't know what agreement they negotiated, but the four divisions are real."

"Next, we may have to increase our intervention." Liu Yiming looked at Xu Hui.

After all, Nanhua can be said to have just gotten rid of the spy incident and repaired and restored production order.

"Do you want to send troops?" Xu Hui rubbed his eyebrows.

Liu Yiming looked at Wang Yang.

"No need to send more troops. These four divisions are equipped with Japanese weapons and equipment. Japan is not ready for war, and the ammunition and material reserves should not be enough to support the war." Wang Yang shook his head.

"Just send the navy to confront Japan and create a tense relationship... It's best to launch it after the Japanese mercenaries land."

"I believe that if it's just defense, Huang Zhengfang and others can defend it."

"After that, it depends on how Japan chooses. If a lot of war materials are really consumed in this battle, we are not incapable of further progress."

"It mainly depends on how the British react. Don't stand up and take sides again."

Several military leaders were discussing somewhere, looking forward to Japan sending troops out.

A hasty cross-sea attack requires a lot of materials, and even a big country will not store much materials in non-wartime.

After all, they have not experienced the baptism of the world war and the iron curtain, so they don't have so much sense of crisis.

"The British have eased their attitude a lot. This time the Japanese's actions are beyond their expectations." Lin Anmin said.

"I don't recommend going to war at this time." Gu Fan stood up.

Everyone looked at each other, and then nodded regretfully.

They are confident that they can defeat Japan, but what happens next?

How to ensure that the fleet's losses are within a controllable range?

If the fleet suffers too much loss, it will not be worth the loss.

After all, Japan has no interests. There are only a few broken islands, and there are still lunatics on them. It is not very useful to occupy them.

"Then we should focus on naval deterrence, and the main target should be these Japanese divisions.

When the Japanese land, it should be a month later. In this month, send more weapons and equipment.

Especially machine guns and ammunition. The Japanese like to rush in in a swarm, and machine guns are very effective..." Liu Yiming said that if they can't attack the mainland, they will collect interest first.

Tens of thousands of people died, and Japan would not feel good.

Still can't get the reward - that was promised by the Qing Empire, what does it have to do with my revolutionary army?

"Japan broke the rules and sent troops ashore, why can't we?" Xie Hui suddenly said.

"Yes!"

"Let's send a few divisions too!"

"The First Heavy Artillery Division, bomb its grandmother..."

"Hmm..." Liu Yiming touched his chin.

"Gather a field light artillery division, no heavy artillery, heavy artillery can't be used in winter, and temporarily form two light infantry divisions and a rocket artillery brigade."

"Almost done, load all their weapons onto the ship, release the news, and see what the reaction is..."

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