At around 3 pm, Japanese Prime Minister Mutanto Yamamoto received a telegram from the Nishitao Cheng. He was so scared that he was out of his mind. Unexpectedly, such a major incident occurred in Nagasaki.

Before this visit, I had repeatedly advised the Emperor Higao Zhuang, not to have any problems, but it still happened. And it was an uncontrollable event. Thinking of this, Yamamoto Honbuki couldn't help but greet all the women in the Emperor Higao Zhuang's family. But now the matter has happened, and it's too late to say anything, so I just see how to solve it.

At this moment, the US ambassador to Japan came to visit, and Yamamoto Kobe had to bite the bullet and receive the US ambassador.

In fact, the request made by the US ambassador to Yamamoto Kyotoe is similar to that of Spare, which is to release the arrested persons, treat the wounded, severely punish the perpetrators, and compensate for the losses. Yamamoto Kyotoe could not say anything else at this time, but could only ask the US ambassador to be tolerant for some time to deal with it. Of course, this request is not excessive. Therefore, the US ambassador gave 48 hours to end the visit.

After seeing off the US ambassador, Yamamoto immediately recruited cabinet members to discuss how to resolve the Nagasaki incident.

However, the ministers of the cabinet also said that the Tibetan prime minister Takahashi was the Qing Dynasty and Foreign Minister Lin Dong, both advocated calming the situation and releasing the arrested American soldiers as soon as possible, and let the American and East China fleet leave to avoid recurrence. Now Japan can no longer stand the torture. However, the plan to Kato Gaoming believes that letting the American and East China fleet leave at this time will only cause the people's anger to be transferred to the cabinet. It is better to temporarily leave the United States and East China fleet waiting for the local police station in Nagasaki to find out the true image and collect evidence. If it is really the responsibility of the Japanese side, it will also apologize to the United States and East China. However, if it is the fault of the United States and East China, Japan cannot lose its national system. It only publishes the evidence to the public. I believe that the international community has its own opinions.

Army Minister Kae Taro advocated that Japan must not give in at this time, and must treat the United States and East China with a tough attitude and severely punish the arrested American soldiers. At the same time, he also severely accused the Navy of not strict supervision, so that such a thing happened and demanded that the Navy bear full responsibility for it. In fact, when the cabinet received a telegram from the Japanese Grand Master, the Japanese Army General Staff had learned about the incident.

It turned out that after Yamamoto Honbuki became prime minister, the Japanese Army had been resentful and always kept looking for the navy's faults, drove Yamamoto Honbuki from the position of prime minister and regained the throne of the prime minister. Therefore, a large number of intelligence personnel were stationed in Nagasaki. Whenever there was any disturbance, they would immediately report to the Army General Staff, because Nagasaki was the base camp of the Japanese Navy and it was easy to seize the navy's handle here. After learning about the Nagasaki incident, the army was ashamed of the army, and believed that this was a great opportunity to bring down the cabinet of Yamamoto Honbuki. So at this cabinet meeting, Katsurao intends to lead the finger at the navy.

But the Navy is not a vegetarian. Navy Minister Yueho Ito immediately stood up to defend the Navy, saying that the Nagasaki incident was just an accident, not a navy's fault, and then accused Katsutaro of still ignoring the overall situation and seeking selfish interests at this urgent moment. This time, Katsutaro was also a little embarrassed and angry, so he fought back. Suddenly, the conflict between the Japanese Navy and Army broke out again. The two became more and more intense and started arguing at the cabinet meeting.

Others hurried to answer the persuasion, and finally persuaded the two of them to leave. At this time, someone proposed another suggestion, thinking that it would be better to take advantage of the Nagasaki incident to push all the mistakes on the United States and East China **, and then detain the warships of the two countries for Japan. In this way, Japan can get 20 warships at once, 16 of which are battleships, and its strength can rise to the third place in the world, far exceeding the Navy of East China **, so Japan does not have to swallow its anger at East China **. After losing the global navigation fleet, the US Navy was unable to compete with Japan at all, so it could only endure this breath.

After listening to this suggestion, Yamamoto's Honbuki almost spit out blood. Is this a gang fight? Not to mention that most of the fleets in the United States and East China have sailed out of the port and are stationed outside the port. Even if they are parked in the port, it is not Japan who can just say it. They are 16 battleships. Even in a narrow area of ​​waters in the port, they also have extremely strong combat power. Even if Japan wins with the firepower in the port, at least nearly half of the warships can break through successfully, and the other half in the port is large.

Most of them will be sunk. The best result of Japan's ability to capture 3 or 4 warships is the best result, and the captured warships must be seriously damaged. It is impossible to repair them without 1 or 2 years. At that time, even though the US Navy did not have the ability to cause trouble for Japan, the Navy of East China was not an opponent that the Japanese Navy could compete with. According to the information obtained by Japan, the Navy of East China had repaired 6 battleships captured in the Far East War. Even though two were retired, the number of battleships now reached 12. What would Japan do to fight against the Navy of East China?

To take a step back, what's the use of Japan even if it was finally able to obtain these 16 battleships intact? Because it had completely offended the two powerful forces of East China and the United States. At that time, the Expeditionary Fleet had 22 battleships, but it was not that it was still defeated by East China. Although the US Navy suffered a short-term setback, with the United States' strong industrial manufacturing capabilities, at most 5 or 6 years, it could build another fleet of the same size. Moreover, Japan's reputation was completely destroyed internationally. It was impossible that a country would come to help Japan. At that time, East China and the United States joined forces to attack Japan. Therefore, this suggestion was simply a joke.

As a result, in the afternoon, there was no way to solve the problem, so Yamamoto Honbuki had to announce the end of the meeting and continue to discuss it tomorrow. Fortunately, there was still time, Yamamoto Honbuki was not too concerned, and he could think about it carefully this night, or recruit his confidants and staff to discuss it.

But what Yamamoto Kyotoe didn't expect was that just that overnight, things changed significantly, making the situation even more complicated and worse.

It turned out that just early the next morning, several major newspapers in Tokyo published in advance to report the Nagasaki incident. The content of the report not only turned black and white, but also pointed the finger at East China **. It is said that East China ** soldiers committed murder in the streets of Nagasaki, beating passers-by, robbing shops, and killing innocent people. More than 10 Japanese people have been killed. The perpetrators have fled back to the warship to hide, but the navy stationed in Nagasaki was afraid of East China ** and dared not get on the ship to catch people. Now the warships of East China ** are about to leave Nagasaki, and this blood debt will probably never be recovered.

Of course, these news were released by the Army Department. It turned out that after yesterday's cabinet meeting, Katsurao immediately recruited the main personnel of the army to his home to discuss how to take advantage of the Nagasaki incident and drove Yamamoto Kyoto off the stage. After everyone negotiated, they agreed that to make things worse. Only by making things out of control can Yamamoto Kyoto no longer control the situation, and there is only the way to resign and step down.

The best way to make things bigger is to get into the media. Once the media spreads it, it will make people know it and finally arouse public anger. Then the matter will naturally become a big deal. However, some people have also suggested that this can make things bigger, but in this way, the relationship between Japan and the United States will be completely over, because the image of the United States in Japan will inevitably plummet, and it is hated. Now that Japan's vitality has not recovered, it still needs the support and help of the United States. Moreover, most of the American fleets are now sailing out of the port and stationed outside the port. Once both sides really turn their faces, these 16 battleships are indeed enough for Japan to have a drink.

Although the goal of the Army Department is to drive Yamamoto's Hon Bingwei off the power, the ultimate goal is to come to power. If the situation is not easy to deal with, wouldn't it be digging a hole for itself? Even if the Army wins the throne of the Prime Minister again, I am afraid it will not last long. The people of the Army Department still understand this overall situation.

So some people suggested that it would be better to target East China**. Anyway, the folk image of East China** in Japan is not good at all. Therefore, as long as the Nagasaki incident is said to be done by East China**, it will definitely arouse huge public grievances. In this way, Yamamoto's Honbuki Cabinet will completely lose the support of public opinion. Only by resigning and stepping down can we go, and at the same time, it will not damage the relationship with the United States. When the people point all the conflicts to East China**, naturally no one cares about the true appearance of things. Then, the arrested Americans will be released, and there will be no public grievances. It can be said that this is a trick to kill birds with one stone.

After hearing this, Kanetaro also thought that this move was good. It was not important to the true situation. As long as it was beneficial to the army, the Army Department immediately took action and informed several major newspapers in Tokyo overnight that they had been processed by the Army Department to several major newspapers in Tokyo. After receiving this news, the newspaper was like a treasure, because the revelation was too strong and the news was of great value. Moreover, Japanese news in this era still had a certain degree of freedom. Most newspapers, by such major newspapers, had their own backstages, and there were no taboos in this news.

Of course, some of the newspapers in Yamamoto's Cabinet chose to be cautious and decided to wait until they find out the true image. However, most newspapers did not check the true image at all. After all, the earlier the news reports, the better, and the faster the better. Therefore, they worked overnight to reprint the newspapers that were arranged immediately or add them. The newspapers that were not released the next day issued special issues, and the time for the new newspapers to be sold in advance.
Chapter completed!