1890 King of Southeast Asia

January 30, the third day of the first lunar month, Chang'an.

"Your Majesty." Jiang Wang stood at the door.

"Come on, sit down. I gave the secretariat a holiday, so I'm still a little uncomfortable." Liu Yiming looked up and smiled gently.

"Your Majesty, this is the latest situation in Japan. As time goes by, we can get more and more news." Jiang Wang put a stack of documents in front of Liu Yiming.

"Where to put it? Tell me, what's the situation." Liu Yiming said without looking up while handling other documents.

Seeing this, Jiang Wang organized his words.

"After a year-long blockade, we have achieved great success."

"Due to the shortage of raw materials, Japan's steel production has dropped by 80%. The data it published for iron production is 50,000 tons, but the actual data should be 48,500 tons. The steel production has dropped more, and the published figure is only about 30,000 tons."

Japan's iron ore is scarce and of poor quality, and coal production is insufficient, and there is not enough for coking, which has led to a cliff-like drop in steel production.

"Due to the serious decline in steel production, the private shipbuilding business has shrunk by 95%. Only four civilian ships were built normally last year, and the rest were either dismantled or converted into military ships."

"The same is true for industries such as machinery manufacturing. Except for industries related to military production, the operating rates of other industries are extremely low, and companies have laid off employees on a large scale."

"Because of export obstructions, Japan's economic pillar, the raw silk industry, has plummeted. Raw silk cannot be sold and cannot be exchanged. The capitalists transferred the losses to the silk farmers and refused to fulfill the contract, forcing the silk farmers to go bankrupt."

"Due to the lack of agricultural tools, labor and other factors, Japan's grain production has fallen by 13%. Even so, most farmers' grain is forcibly purchased by landlords at low prices."

"In terms of grain imports, Japan still maintains the transportation route from North Korea to Japan, and the reduction in grain imports is not serious, but North Korea has suffered a famine this winter and is currently in rebellion. This year's grain production is not good. .”

“Because of the shortage of food and meat in Japan, prices have soared. At present, the yen has actually depreciated a lot in Japan, and gold and silver transactions and barter have begun. ”

“Because of the shortage of food, many mulberry trees in mulberry fields have been cut down and converted into farmland.”

“According to incomplete statistics, at least 2,000 people starved to death in Japan last year.”

“Last year, Japan broke out more than 50 rice riots with more than 20 participants, all of which were suppressed.”

“Last year, Japan invested a lot of materials in the decisive battle plan on its homeland, and produced a large number of firearms, simple firearms, and earthen ammunition. ”

“This further led to the shortage of materials on the market. At present, the credibility of the Japanese government can only be maintained by the police and the army. ”

“Overall, our plan has been basically completed, Japan’s economy has basically collapsed, and the time for Japan to enter a total national collapse is not far away.”

Jiang Wang said while recalling.

“It’s still early. These dogs are really patient.” Liu Yiming said with a frown.

Jiang Wang was stunned. Isn’t this situation a precursor to chaos in the world? Generally speaking, the next step is that war will break out everywhere and the dynasty will change.

"The Japanese army is not in chaos yet, there are only some civilians. If nothing unexpected happens, the Japanese can still hold on for a few years. Without ideological weapons, they dare not resist even if they starve to death."

Liu Yiming sighed. His idea is to hold it in until 1917, which is next year.

Even if Japan cannot be in chaos and the dynasty cannot be changed, a generation of Japanese people and children can be starved to death.

In terms of obtaining food, adults are definitely more advantageous than children, and they can starve more than children.

This generation is exactly the group of people who started the war later. Liu Yiming will not feel sorry at all.

Starving a generation of people will take Japan 30 years to recover, and it will also face the problem of population decline and generational gap. There will be plenty of time to slowly train them.

But now...

"Let the Air Force Staff come over." Liu Yiming thought about it and shouted habitually.

Then he waited for a while, and didn't hear Wang Linhai's voice, then he remembered that his secretary was on vacation today.

"Let the Air Force Chief of Staff come to Ziwei Palace immediately." Liu Yiming picked up the phone.

Then he turned around and continued to discuss Japan's intelligence system with Jiang Wang.

Liu Yiming meant that there was no need to increase the investment in Japan's intelligence system. After this year, Japan would be like that anyway.

The next step is to further infiltrate Europe and the United States. This is a bit difficult. After all, the races are different. If they are not our own people, it is difficult to guarantee reliability.

"Your Majesty, you called me?" When Ma Cang arrived, he could still see the hesitation on his face.

After all, except for the Air Force, which has not played a big role so far, the biggest task is to train pilots.

The trained pilots have no combat missions. They either go to the flying club or the agricultural company. Aircraft aviation has not been opened yet, and it is only for internal military use.

It was only in the capital that the reconnaissance plane conducted a close-range reconnaissance. This was their most recent combat mission.

So even if the Air Force participated in the three-service combat meeting, they just listened on the side. The Air Force itself did not understand how to cooperate in combat.

Throwing bombs? Airships can also carry more, are bigger, fly farther and longer, and drop bombs more accurately.

If Liu Yiming had not reduced his investment in the Air Force, Ma Cang would have thought that the Air Force would be disbanded.

"How many airships does the Air Force have that can carry out bombing missions?" Liu Yiming asked straight to the point.

Ma Cang was a little excited and a little disappointed. He was excited that the Air Force finally had another mission, but he was disappointed that the airships were still used in the battle.

The Navy, Army and Air Force all have airships, but airships are not regarded as equipment unique to the Air Force. In fact, the scale of the Air Force's airships is not as large as that of the Navy and Army.

However, the Army's airships are mainly for long-distance transportation, the Navy's airships are mainly for long-distance reconnaissance, and the Air Force's airships have been developing in the direction of large bombing ratio.

This large is not about the bomb load, but about the things on it - heavy bombs weighing more than one ton, the largest of which is 2,400 kilograms and has a charge of more than one ton.

"The Air Force has a total of 18 bombing airships. They were sent to Madang to deliver supplies the day before yesterday and are expected to be back this afternoon." Ma Cang said honestly.

"Let them go to Ryukyu after resupplying. I will allocate some of the Army and Navy's airships to you. Next, the Air Force will carry out the bombing of Japan." Liu Yiming opened the drawer and took out a map of Japan.

"Japan?" Ma Cang repeated it softly, and various plans that he had prepared began to appear in his mind.

The role of the staff is to make feasible plans for possible problems and command the troops to achieve the results required by the plan.

Since the war has started, the Air Force has already conducted simulations, and because there is no complex air combat and air defense system, he only needs to think about how to bomb.

"Your targets are major Japanese cities, population centers, warehouses, docks, and even farmland."

"The main task this time is to burn Japanese war materials, and the main means are incendiary bombs. Go down and think about how to maximize the power of incendiary bombs. After all, they are not cheap, so save as much as possible."

Liu Yiming said in a mumbling manner.

Incendiary bombs are certainly not cheap, but white phosphorus bombs are not expensive, but it is not easy to use them to cause fires. This is more targeted at people.

As for the others, there is only the secret weapon of the Huaxia Empire, napalm bombs. Every time these weapons are used, Nanhua will carry out "clearing the field", so it is still a secret until now.

The price of napalm bombs is expensive. After all, rubber is used. Isn't it good to sell them? Rubber has risen again during this period.

"Japan? Is it Tokyo? It's too wide, and a lot of bombs are needed." Ma Cang's mind flashed a map of Tokyo.

There are not many airships, but if we concentrate on bombing Tokyo, it can also play a role.

"All, all important cities, this bombing will last for a long time until we confirm that Japan has lost its ability to resist." Liu Yiming said coldly.

"This will consume a lot of money." Ma Cang grinned.

Prices have risen, and the cost of long-term bombing is not small.

"That's why I asked you to study low-cost bombing methods. By the way, Japan's main buildings are wooden buildings." Liu Yiming waved his hand and motioned him to leave.

"Yes!" Ma Cang saluted, turned around and walked away, muttering as he walked: "Wooden buildings?"

"You go back first, help me call Ambassador Bi Sheng, and tell him that I'm inviting him to lunch." Liu Yiming suddenly thought that in terms of procedures, procedural justice should be pursued.

…

“This mutton is very good. It is goat meat from the northwest of China. You can try it.” Liu Yiming looked at Bi Sheng, who was worried, and smiled.

“Thank you very much, Your Majesty.” Bi Sheng picked up a piece of mutton, looked at Liu Yiming in confusion, and ate it with a smile.

“Your Majesty, may I ask why you are looking for me on this special day today?” Bi Sheng asked in confusion.

Bi Sheng has been in Nanhua for many years and knows the custom of Nanhua. There will be holidays during the New Year, including Liu Yiming himself.

“I want to ask you to convey some words to the Japanese for me. You know, since the war started, our contact with Japan has been interrupted.” Liu Yiming said with a smile.

Bi Sheng was so excited when he heard this that he almost jumped up.

“Your Majesty, do you want France to intervene and mediate?” Bi Sheng asked with a ruddy face.

"Almost. I hope France can tell Japan."

"We urge Japan to accept all our conditions as soon as possible, abolish the emperor and surrender to us, and dispose of the army harmlessly. We will help them recover after the war."

"If Japan agrees, I think France and Britain can buy battleships from the Japanese Navy at a more favorable price."

Bi Sheng was a little moved when he heard this, but he didn't think about it after thinking about it. After all, who would surrender with empty words?

"If Japan continues to be stubborn, we will take the initiative to launch military operations in order to end the war. By then, they will be the defeated country."

"Don't worry, the Huaxia Empire is ready and will not affect the supply of materials to Europe."

Liu Yiming reminded.

Just don't know why, after Liu Yiming said these words, Bi Sheng's face turned darker.