The East China government would not miss such an opportunity. After Japan launched the Battle of Fengtian, it not only immediately increased troops to Jinzhou and transported materials, but also sent troops north to Guangning and Heishan Fort areas, which had approached the Liaohe River, which was enough to pose a threat to Liaoyang and Shenyang.

Japan ignored this and attacked the Russian army with all its might until it won the Fengtianhui victory, and then mobilized its troops and arranged along the Liaohe River to prevent the expansion of the People's Army. In the Fengtian Battle, Japan failed to pursue further, which was related to the People's Army's advance. However, although the People's Army failed to cross the Liaohe River and enter the Liaodong Peninsula, its troops in western Liaoning had reached 3 divisions, 2 regiments, and nearly 40,000 people. At the same time, it transported a large amount of military supplies. Weiran was about to officially intervene in Liaodong immediately. At the same time, it further complicated the situation on the Liaodong Peninsula.

But Britain and France have no way to blame the East China government because it was Japan that broke the mediation situation first, so the East China government also had sufficient reasons to send more troops from western Liaoning and even intervene in the war.

Of course, this situation is not what the UK wants to see, because the overly complex situation makes it difficult for Britain to control, and it is also worried that the East China government will join forces with Russia to deal with Japan. During the Battle of Fengtian, Russia frequently showed goodwill to the East China government. Britain knows that although the East China government did not reach any agreement with Russia, the relationship between the two sides has improved significantly, at least not hostile, which is also a fact. The UK is well aware of the truth that "there is no eternal enemy, no eternal friends, and only interests are always the only ones". Therefore, there is a great possibility for the East China government to cooperate with Russia. Although Japan is actually at the end of its strength, once the East China government and Russia join forces, Japan is definitely not the other side. What a reason just the East China government is enough to defeat Japan, which is almost exhausted.

Although Japan is not controlled by Britain, its actions are generally beneficial to Britain. If Japan is really joined forces with the East China government and Russia, or defeated by the East China government alone, it is not in the interests of the UK. Therefore, it should continue to support Japan and let Japan win completely, or let Japan lose the war. Learning a lesson will become a multiple-choice question before Britain.

If Japan helps win, it will only allow Japan to grow bigger in the Far East. Although Japan will not immediately become enemies with Britain, it will not be controlled by Britain. Moreover, it acts according to the interests of its own country. However, Japan's interests and Britain's interests may not be consistent. Britain only hopes to use Japan to curb Russia's expansion and the rise of the East China government to protect its interests in the Far East, but does not want Japan to become the new overlord of the Far East.

However, if Japan does not support Japan and let Japan lose this war, it will be difficult to achieve the goal of curbing the Russian and East China governments, and it is easy to cause Japan to be centrifuged, which is obviously not the British goal. Of course, the ideal result is that Britain still gives Japan a certain amount of support and can successfully hold Japan and make Japan not enough to win the battle, but it will not lose too badly. However, the difficulty of achieving this result is not ordinary, and even Britain is not sure to operate well. Therefore, the British government has been negotiating urgently for several days, what strategies should be adopted to deal with the current situation.

Of course, Japan's courage to launch the Fengtian Battle without regard to the mediation between Britain and France is not entirely a gamble, but a certain degree of confidence. After all, Britain still needs Japan to maintain a balance of power in the Far East. From this perspective, Britain cannot completely give up on Japan. After the Fengtian Battle, Japan also took frequent actions in diplomacy to ensure that it is not isolated.

The first focus of Japan's diplomacy is still the United Kingdom. After all, the British-Japanese alliance is still the greatest confidence and guarantee for Japan to continue the war. Although Britain cannot completely give up Japan, Japan also cannot do without Britain's support. Moreover, Japan still has two battleships being built by Britain, and the joint fleet also urgently needs these two battleships to be put into service. Therefore, after the end of the Battle of Fengtian, Japan immediately explained to the United Kingdom the reasons why Japan launched the Battle of Fengtian through the ambassadors of the two countries. At the same time, it also promised that Japan would do its best to help Britain, suppress the Russian and East China governments, and ensure the interests of Britain in the Far East. Of course, this is actually a reminder to Britain that Japan still has a great effect on Britain.

However, Japan did not put its hope entirely on Britain, so the second key country in diplomacy was the United States. As for this war, the United States' help to Japan was not weaker than that of the United Kingdom. In the event of unstable situations in the United Kingdom, it must stabilize the United States. Moreover, Japanese Ambassador to the United States Kentaro Kaneko and the current US President Theodore Roosevelt are classmates at Haval University and have extensive connections in the United States. Japan also fully utilizes this relationship to carry out activities. Domestic authorization of Kentaro Kaneko to propose to the United States that once Japan wins the war, it will help the United States win the railway construction rights in Northeast China, on the condition that the United States strengthens its support for Japan.

The United States supports Japan's war against Russia, on the one hand, to curb Russia's expansion, and on the other hand, to seek benefits in the northeastern region of China. Now China has basically been demarcated by various countries. Britain occupies the southeast and the Yangtze River basin, France occupies the southwest, Russia occupies the northeast, Japan occupies Taiwan, and overseas Chinese occupies Shandong. Only the northwest has no clear ownership, but the northwest is too barren and countries are reluctant to occupy it.

Although the United States proposed an open-door government, requiring all countries to share the interests of all countries. Although they can be unobstructed within the sphere of influence of various countries, they will suffer a little if they do not have their own sphere of influence. The United States has always been eyeing China's Northeast region. It has proposed to the Qing court many times before to build railways in the Northeast, but they were rejected by Yuting. Therefore, the suggestion made by Japan did indeed make the United States very excited, because it was the steel king Andrew Carnegie, after learning the news, immediately met with Kentaro Kaneko, asked about the details, and immediately subscribed to 5 million US dollars of Japanese government bonds.

As Japan has won consecutive military victories, national debts are also very popular in the United States, and it has achieved the decisive victory of the Battle of Fengtian. It immediately launched another subscription. Carnegie's subscription undoubtedly added another handful of firewood to the boiled water. As a result, Japan sold another US$20 million in national debt within a month after the Battle of Fengtian and raised 140 million yen.

In addition to Britain and the United States, Japan's third diplomatic focus was the East China government. Although the relationship between the East China government and Japan had deteriorated at this time, Japan still hopes to improve its relations with the East China government and concentrate its efforts against Russia. Since it is Russia's efforts to pull the East China government, Japan of course also knows what kind of situation it will face when Russia and the East China government join forces. Therefore, it is better not to be an enemy if it is not an enemy.

On the third day after the end of the Battle of Fengtian, Japanese Consul in Qingdao, Keishiro Matsui, met with Li Sanjie and conveyed the attitude of the Japanese government to him. The Japanese government still hoped to ease the relationship between the two sides and proposed that Japan could agree with the sphere of influence of the East China government in western Liaoning to ensure that the Japanese army would not cross the Liaohe River and intervene in western Liaoning, but hoped that the East China government would not intervene in the war and control its actions to the west of the Liaohe River. The distribution of interests in Liaodong can be negotiated and decided after the war is over, and the Japanese government would guarantee that it would respect China's territory and sovereignty.

The East China government did not refuse Japan's suggestions, but hoped that Japan could come up with a practical solution. Otherwise, the East China government would find it difficult to believe the sincerity of the Japanese government. The cooperation between the two sides of the Bishops to fight against Russia and the mediation between Britain and France were all destroyed by Japan first, so Japan must first show enough sincerity. However, it did not refuse to continue negotiations with Japan.

Of course, while working hard on diplomatic efforts, Japan has not forgotten its military preparations. After all, diplomacy is based on national strength. It is based on military strength. It cannot be won on the battlefield, and it cannot be obtained at the negotiating table. Japan understands this principle better than anyone else. Therefore, although Japan is also trying its best to stabilize the East China government, it is also ready to be an enemy of the East China government and Russia.

After the Battle of Fengtian, the Japanese Army Base Camp evaluated the future development of the war and believed that Russia was indeed defeated poorly in this battle. It would take at least 6 months to restore its combat effectiveness, which would be difficult to pose a threat to Japan in the short term. However, Russia's Second Pacific Fleet had set off at the port of Bey Island, Madagascar on the west coast of the Indian Ocean on March 15, and it is expected to take two months to reach the Far East. Therefore, the focus of the next war between Japan and Russia will return to the sea.

However, at this time, the Russian Pacific Fleet had been annihilated and Lushun was also lost. Therefore, the Russian Second Pacific Fleet could only return to Vladivostok. Then Japan had many places to ambush the Second Pacific Fleet along the way. The joint fleet had ended its renovation and entered the training and preparation period, and would face the Second Pacific Fleet in the best condition. Now what Japan is most worried about is that the Russian and East China governments reached a cooperation agreement in a short time, so that the Second Pacific Fleet could be anchored at the entrances of Qingdao, Yantai, Weihai and other alleys, and even joined forces with the People's Army Navy to be enemies with Japan. In this way, Japan would be very sick. If that is true, the joint fleet must enter the Kaohsiung Port in Taiwan to face the Second Pacific Fleet. It must not allow the Russian and East China government navies to join forces.

On land, although the East China government has basically controlled the western Liaoning region, the preparation time is too late, and there is no railway from western Liaoning to Liaodong, and the port's throughput capacity is limited. Therefore, it is estimated that it will take more than 3 months to start a war.

However, although Japan won the victory in the Battle of Fengtian, its own losses were not small. Moreover, after 15 months of war, although Japan can still raise funds to maintain the war, its domestic resources, manpower, material resources, and production potential have reached its limit. Therefore, these three months can also help Japan take a breath and accumulate some strength again.
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