in2ebook Chapter 543: The Junkers' Attitude
Chapter 543: The Junkers' Attitude
Just as the Prime Minister reached the door, a naval captain came hurriedly down from upstairs, heading towards the communications department.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister."
When the telegraph director saw the Prime Minister, he quickly put his telegram aside.
The Prime Minister did not ask any more questions, but nodded with a smile, and then left the Admiralty with his entourage. The Admiralty, which seemed strict, also had its own people. As long as you report by telegram, it will reach your desk in a while.
"what's going on?"
It was not brought by an ordinary telegraph operator, but by the director of telecommunications himself. The Minister of the Navy also knew that something big must have happened.
"The 72nd Division's News Department has just announced that four airports will be built in the island city. Aside from one civilian airport, which is the existing airport, the remaining three will all be military. Construction will take only two months."
When this telegram reached the hands of the Minister of the Navy, his pupils obviously shrank. He didn't know how to describe this matter. We were still discussing how to retaliate, but others were already planning to turn the island city into a fortress.
"There's another thing. The Junkers-Krupp Group has announced that it will donate eight 280mm coastal defense guns to the island city."
After hearing this, the Minister of the Navy frowned even deeper, and the others also had expressions that looked as if they could kill a fly by pinching it.
Eight 280mm coastal defense guns may not sound that serious, but the serious problem lies in the word "gift".
The Junkers were afraid that others did not know about their relationship with the 72nd Division, so at such a sensitive moment, they even announced in a high-profile manner that they would donate artillery to strengthen the island city's coastal defense.
"Mr. Minister, according to the intelligence we have, an attack on the island city would expose our naval capabilities and potentially be ineffective. Currently, we only have two combat-capable aircraft carriers. Unless we send both, the risk is too great. If we lose any, we'll lose our chance to dominate the Pacific."
The Navy Chief of Staff's words meant that they were going to give up on revenge against Li Shaoyi. This incident could only be resolved through diplomacy. If they really resorted to force, it would not be something that could be resolved with just a few warships.
Li Shaoyi rebuilt the airport, which is definitely much larger than the existing airport. With three military airports, the number of aircraft in the island city must be more than 600.
And this is just a conservative estimate. No one knows how many planes Li Shaoyi has. When the First Air Division was destroyed, the whole of Japan was shocked. Japan's annual aircraft production could not last on the battlefield for half a year. This was just a warlord in Longguo.
After provoking the army, this guy started to provoke the navy, and he even acted like, "Come if you want, I'm not afraid. I just don't know if you are afraid or not."
"A little impatience can ruin a great plan. Back then, the Qing navy was among the top six in the world, but what could they do in the end? Our Japanese navy endured humiliation and ultimately defeated them at the Battle of the Yellow Sea. Now, let Li Shaoyi reign supreme for two years."
The Minister of the Navy said viciously that he had originally decided on a plan to attack the island city, but now the situation has changed suddenly and we must keep pace with the times. If we still implement the original plan, we will be sending two aircraft carriers to their deaths.
"Mr. Minister, although we cannot send warships to the island city, we can definitely intercept Dragon Country merchant ships outside the range of their aircraft..."
The Navy's Chief of Staff smiled sinisterly and immediately proposed another plan. As long as it was beyond the range of their aircraft, they would have no way to stop us from doing anything. Let Li Shaoyi try it and see how it felt to want to do something but not be able to do it.
"Yoshi..."
The Japanese Navy Minister also thought this was a good idea, at least it could help us regain some face.
"Your Excellency, Commander, I think this is inappropriate. If we intercept the Longguo merchant ship without authorization, our Japanese merchant ships will not have a good life in Longguo, especially Pujiang and Daocheng. Although Pujiang is not under Li Shaoyi's control, he controls the Pujiang Police Department. The entire Pujiang has more than 5,000 armed forces. If we intercept the Longguo merchant ship, he will not dare to detain the Japanese cargo ship."
The telecommunications director frowned and said, the two officers in front of him are like idiots. You only think about how to bully the Dragon people, but now is not the past. In the past, you could bully them however you wanted, and they had no way to fight back anyway.
But do you think it's still the same now? Those guys are no longer the Wuxia Amon of the past.
If you dare to do it on the first day, they will dare to do it on the fifteenth.
The two men were originally discussing things well, but after hearing what the Director of Telecommunications said, the frost on their faces became even colder. It seemed that there was no way to deal with Li Shaoyi unless they launched a full-scale war. However, the right to launch a full-scale war was not in their hands, and the army was not cooperating now.
In the past, dealing with China's coastal cities was the simplest. You could just send a few gunboats over, without even firing a shot. After a few rounds of patrolling, they would surrender. But would you still dare to send them now? Li Shaoyi, with so many planes, would immediately send these warships to the bottom of the sea.
"Minister, the families of the fallen soldiers have already started gathering in front of the gate and want to see you..."
Another person from the secretariat came over hurriedly. Outside the Admiralty building, more than a thousand families of the fallen soldiers had gathered. These people had also heard some rumors that the Admiralty knew that this was a suicidal act, but still wanted their families to go. They were now here to seek justice.
"Notify the Port Police Department and have them disperse all these people. I don't have time to meet with them. They're a bunch of ignorant people."
The Minister of the Navy said very angrily, then turned around and went back to his office. Although his subordinates felt that it was inappropriate, this was an order from the Minister, and we had to carry it out honestly. Otherwise, how could you face the excited families of the fallen soldiers?
Many people in the Nanjing National Government were dissatisfied with Li Shaoyi's large-scale construction in the island city, but he had sunk the Japanese warships and the Japanese had not reacted much yet. He was qualified enough to build an airport in the island city. If you had this military achievement, you could do it too.