1890 King of Southeast Asia

"Sir, the 1st Division Headquarters was destroyed, the division commander was injured, and the 1st Division lost unified command." Erlang rushed in hurriedly.

"These idiots finally did something smart." Terauchi softened his expression and nodded.

He also heard the explosion just now, and he was familiar with the sound of the cannon. It was the sound of the 38-type 120mm howitzer.

During the Russo-Japanese War, his army had many 38-type 120mm howitzers to prevent the German 120mm howitzers.

"The 1st Division Headquarters was destroyed and temporarily lost its command ability. Order the General Staff to take over the command of the 1st Division." Terauchi thought for a while and said.

"This... Sir, we shouldn't..." Erlang didn't understand.

If the 1st Division was left alone, the 1st Division would definitely fall into temporary chaos, which would buy a lot of time for the rebels.

As for the General Staff, even if Erlang was pure, he knew that this was the gathering place of Japan's best officers. Wouldn't it make things worse if he handed it over to them?

"Stupid, the soldiers of the 1st Division are all elite. Even if they lose the command and dispatch of the division headquarters, the brigade, regiment, and even the battalion level will fight on their own."

"The composition of the rebels is complex. They are still blooming in many places and have not gathered together. They are temporarily unable to stop the attack of several times the enemy, even if these enemies do not cooperate."

"Send people to persuade the rebels to surrender and tell them that the 1st Division has been directly taken over by the General Staff and will be encircled and suppressed."

Terauchi said to Erlang.

"Hai!" Erlang nodded thoughtfully and answered.

Terauchi's goal is to delay the attack of the 1st Division while revealing the news so that the rebels can integrate as soon as possible.

How to delay the attack? When the 1st Division headquarters was destroyed and the brigade below was carrying out the suppression, the command was handed over to the General Staff, which was to delay.

Originally, the division headquarters commanded the brigade, the regiment, the battalion, and the squadron.

Because the garrison troops were scattered, the soldiers did not gather in advance, and time was tight. The division headquarters directly ordered all the troops that could be ordered. This was the fastest way to react.

Now it has become the General Staff that has taken over. The first thing the General Staff did was not to organize an attack, but to understand how many people they had and which ones were trustworthy.

Then, the safety of the Imperial Palace and the residences of the ministers must be guaranteed before organizing the rebellion.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. There will be no shortage of arguments.

The people sent by Erlang to persuade them to surrender worked. In the last afterglow of the sunset, the rebels such as Asakuchi Yamada began to gather.

When Terauchi heard the news, he drank a big gulp of wine.

He didn't understand why these troops under the banner of clearing the court did not attack the Imperial Palace or the residences of the ministers, but shrank and waited for death.

"Sir! The call from the Navy Minister's Mansion. A group of 6th Army soldiers just broke into the Navy Minister's Mansion, shouting that the traitors would be punished by heaven and killed the Navy Minister." Erlang walked in nervously.

As someone close to Terauchi, Erlang knew that all this was achieved with Terauchi's tacit approval or even direct promotion.

The Minister of the Navy of a country was killed by the rebels. Erlang, even though he was from the 6th Army, found it incredible.

"Got it, call the General Staff and ask them to immediately strengthen the defense level of the ministers' residences and the Imperial Palace. Never allow this to happen again." Terauchi shook his head gently.

What is a Minister of the Navy? Is this the way these rebels clean up the court? Sure enough, he expected too much.

"And..." Erlang said hesitantly.

"What?" The voice was too small, and Terauchi didn't hear it clearly, causing him to be in a very bad mood.

"My lord, the rebels want to negotiate and want to talk directly to His Majesty the Emperor." Erlang straightened up.

"These idiots, daydreaming! Reject... No! Send someone to negotiate with them and tell others that this is a delaying tactic." Terauchi wanted to refuse it outright, but suddenly thought that this was also a good way to delay.

"We can talk, and verbal promises are also fine. The most important thing is to delay them, and finally stimulate them to enhance their fighting spirit."

"Also, urge the 4th Division to get them to Kyoto as soon as possible."

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At the same time as the Kyoto rebellion, in the East China Sea, about 260 nautical miles away from Japan, a huge fleet was slowly sailing westward.

"Mr. Yamamoto, do you think we will encounter the Chinese fleet?" Kato put down the telescope and rubbed his sore eyes.

Since setting sail, the Japanese Combined Fleet has been very vigilant, fearing attacks by submarines or Chinese high-speed warships.

For this reason, the Combined Fleet changed its course several times in a row, not heading north along the Pacific coast of eastern Japan, but first heading south, then west, and then heading north from the East China Sea to the Sea of ​​Japan.

This was to avoid possible interception by the Chinese and to avoid fighting. After all, the Japanese Navy no longer had the resources to repair ships.

"We didn't know about the expedition in advance. Even if the spies found out about the fleet's expedition, the Chinese would not guess our purpose." Yamamoto 7x8 made a strange gesture like a clown.

"I heard that the last time the combined fleet went out, the opponent had only four main battleships, but they beat more than ten of our warships." Kato said with emotion.

In the eyes of the Japanese, the modern arms race has been going on for 67 decades, and the Qing Empire has gradually fallen behind in this competition because it always spends money on the back of the knife.

Originally, many Japanese thought that the day of turning over had come, but they did not expect that in just a few years, Nanhua emerged and merged with Huaxia to become the Huaxia Empire.

In terms of arms race, Huaxia has a full set of new battleship manufacturing technology and advanced combat concepts, which has suppressed Japan again.

"There is no doubt that the Chinese will appear. The only question is whether it will be a large fleet, a small fleet, or a submarine attack." Yamamoto 7x8 said confidently.

"It shouldn't be. The departure of the combined fleet is top secret. We have been silent all the way and should not be discovered." Kato said uncertainly.

"If this is true, the combined fleet should not have been attacked by a submarine at sea last time." Yamamoto 7x8 sighed, feeling very powerless.

"Submarines are assassination weapons with great power, but they are very slow, especially underwater, and they are not even as fast as transport ships cruising."

"Under such circumstances, submarines can quickly reach the battlefield and attack warships. If I am not mistaken, the combined fleet was discovered when it left the port."

"If I were a Chinese commander, I would definitely find out what the combined fleet is here for and then send someone to intercept it." Yamamoto 7x8 was still talking big, but Kato looked to the southwest in horror.

"Warships! Enemy warships!..."