The incident of Ueno Tsuhei being forced to be expelled from the Tang Empire caused quite a stir in Japan.

Since the victory of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese have thought that Aunt Amaterasu was the first, and they were the second. They didn't even take traditional Western powers such as Britain and the United States seriously, and their arrogance was unprecedented.

Ueno Tsuhei was forcibly expelled from the Tang Empire, so the Okushi Hamaguchi Cabinet naturally wanted to save face, otherwise it would be thrown to Mars.

Of course, this is also the result that Hamaguchi Yuyuki is most happy to see. Because he wanted to force the Tang Empire to resist, so that Japan could just invade the Tang Empire and plunder the huge wealth that everyone in the world was jealous of.

For the Japanese, they believed that the Tang Empire at this time was a three-year-old child who was swaying on the street with millions of dollars. Of course, he had to start quickly, otherwise he would be stolen by others.

At the same time, the cabinet of Okushi Hamaguchi also believed that the increasingly disobedient Japanese military headquarters should not attack China at this time, because Japan is not fully prepared and the European and American powers have great interests in China. Rampant action against China may cause strong backlash and interference from the great powers.

The three countries' interference in Liao was still scared by the Japanese government, so the cabinet of Hamaguchi Yuki's first was not the time to attack China. In order to divert the attention of the Japanese military, Hamaguchi Yuki immediately summoned the Minister of Military Order Kato, hoping that the military would prepare to send troops to the Tang Empire.

"The wealth of the Tang Empire is conservatively estimated to be tens of billions of dollars. If we can quickly occupy it, the wealth we obtain will be enough for the imperial government and military to spend the next ten years."

After reading the report about the Tang Empire, Kato also felt that it was a huge piece of fat, which made people drool. But he also had concerns, after all, the Tang Empire was still a protector of Britain.

Knowing Kato's concerns, Yuyuki Hamaguchi immediately explained: "You don't have to worry about the British side. As long as you quickly complete the military occupation of the Tang Empire and create a fait accompli, then I have a way to shut up the British. The worst case scenario is that Japan and Britain go to war, but it is obvious from the British's compromise attitude, they cannot go to war with the Japanese Empire because of a small protector. Of course, in the face of the pressure from the West, we may eventually withdraw from the Tang Empire, but I think we had already looted the Tang Empire by that time, right?"

Yuyuki Hamaguchi's words dispelled Kato's doubts and immediately replied: "Since you are absolutely sure, I will immediately call the military to hold a meeting and try to take action as soon as possible. However, I must remind you that the military will not give up on attacking China."

Yuyuki Hamaguchi smiled slightly and said, "I know, so I will give your military a chance to make extra money. After getting the wealth of the Tang Empire of 10 billion US dollars, we have enough capital to attack China!"

Kato looked at Yuyuki Hamaguchi deeply and nodded, "I hope you can keep your promise, otherwise I will really find it difficult to restrain the military!"

Looking at Kato's back as he left, Hamaguchi Yuyuki suddenly turned black. He knew that it was not a simple threat. He had been assassinated by the military once, and he knew that he would not have survived so lucky next time.

Kato returned to the military headquarters and immediately convened a meeting of important Japanese military officials. After repeated discussions, the military did not want to tear the last face and fight to the end with Yuyuki Hamaguchi's cabinet. Since Yuyuki Hamaguchi promised, they believed him once.

Since the Tang Empire was a British protector, the Japanese military had to have enough excuses. Although the Tang Empire drove away Japanese special envoys, that was not enough to serve as an excuse to let the Japanese military use force.

Therefore, the meeting decided to send two old light cruisers to the offshore of the Tang Empire first. The mission was to explore the offshore defense system of the Tang Empire, clear mines and open up safe waterways. The most important purpose was to provoke the royal navy of the Tang Empire and force the other side to fight back to create an excuse for the Japanese Navy to attack the Tang Empire.

Based on all aspects of consideration, the Japanese Military Command selected two Tianlong-class light cruisers to take on this mission.

The two Tianlong-class light cruisers have reached ten years of age and are warships that the Japanese Navy is about to retire. As early as 1914, Britain began to build the epoch-making Linxian-class light cruisers. Compared with the protective cruisers with coal bins on the side of the side, the new ship has certain armor protection, and has a prominent role in suppressing torpedo boats and destroyers, and serving as a fleet avant-garde reconnaissance. After World War I, Japan also began to design its first modern light cruiser, and included eight 3500-ton construction plans in the "Eight Fourth Fleet Case" in 1917. Later, due to the reconstruction of six larger 5500-ton light cruisers, only 2 Tianlong-class light cruisers were completed, namely the Tianlong-class and the Ryuta.

Unlike the great powers who mainly used light cruisers for main fleet escorts and reconnaissance and surveillance at that time, the Japanese Navy decided to design the Tianlong class as a mine team flagship (B-schedule), so it has heavy armed forces, torpedo equipment and high speed, and its appearance is similar to the amplified Peak Wind-class first-class destroyer.

At this time, two Tianlong-class light cruisers were on duty to alert mainland China to the Taiwan Strait. They were the two closest warships in the Japanese joint fleet to the Tang Empire.

The Tendon and Ryuta set out first. The headquarters of the Japanese Joint Fleet sent four battlecruisers, six heavy cruisers, six light cruisers, two submarines and a 2,000 Japanese troops to form the Tangt mixed fleet to set off secretly, maintaining a one-day voyage with the two ships of the Tendon and Ryuta.

According to the plan of the Japanese Military Command, once the Tianlong and the Longtian provoke successfully, the Tang-Te-Cross fleet will suddenly appear in the waters near the Tang Empire within one day. The British side failed to respond in time and respond in time before conquering Chang'an and taking down the entire Tang Empire.

It can be said that the Japanese made a loud abacus, but they made a fatal mistake, that is, they despise the Tang Empire too much. They did not know at all that the Tang Empire had, how many troops, how many strategic material reserves, and how many combat effectiveness, how many weapons and equipment the Tang Empire had, how many combat capabilities, how well the combat capabilities, how well the combat capabilities, etc.

In their eyes, the Tang Empire was vulnerable at all. Just waiting for an excuse to start a war, the Tang Dynasty's special fleet was enough to level the entire Tang Empire.

Just when the Japanese were about to find an excuse to start war against the Tang Empire, Zhang Meng, the crown prince of the Tang Empire, the minister of national defense, and the commander of the army, navy and air force, had issued a secret order to start war against Japan to the entire army, because he had no way out to compromise, and had no choice but to fight.

According to Zhang Meng's order, the army, navy and air forces of the Tang Empire must resolutely defend the imperial territory, and the absolute sovereignty of the territorial waters and airspace are intact and unviolable, and have the right to warn and take military action against hostile countries or hostile forces that invade or intend to invade the Tang Empire or pose a threat to the Tang Empire.

Zhang Meng directly authorized the command personnel of the front line of the Tang Empire's army, navy and air force, and allowed them to carry out preemptive military strikes.

Zhang Meng also considered this decision completely. The Japanese were greedy, and other powerful people were also greedy. If they could not completely hurt the Japanese for the first time, they would repeat the mistakes of defeat in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, and other powerful people would follow one after another to completely kill the Tang Empire, the new country, into the cradle.

Therefore, Zhang Meng decided to use the tough trick of Japan in the first battle. As long as he defeated the Japanese, even if he just tied with the Japanese, the Tang Empire would be safe.

But this is not easy. Because Japan's military strength is very strong.

But Zhang Meng dared to do it because he expected that the Japanese would underestimate the enemy.

As long as the Japanese despise Zhang Meng, Zhang Meng will inevitably make the Japanese pay a heavy price.

The Japanese military thought that sending a warrior to the Tang Te fleet could hide it from people all over the world, but they despise the Tang Empire too much, but they did not know that Zhang Meng never believed that any country was so-called friendship with the Tang Empire. He was always guarding against the possible sudden attacks of the Tang Empire by various powerful countries. Therefore, most of the submarines of the Royal Navy submarine fleet of the Tang Empire were sent to various strategic sea areas and strategic routes in the Pacific Ocean. While conducting daily training, they conducted secret surveillance of countries around the Pacific, especially Japan, with more than 20 submarines operating near various naval bases in Japan, always monitoring the movements of the Japanese navy. Even the British military ports in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Australia were under the surveillance of the Tang Navy submarines.

When the Japanese Navy was dispatched, the Carp submarine, which was responsible for surveillance and alerting near Sasebo, immediately sent an alarm to the Tang Empire.

After reading the emergency telegram, Zhang Meng smiled slightly, his eyes rolled and his plan immediately came to his heart, and then he picked up the phone.
Chapter completed!