Chapter 714: Had to Fight

Island country, Tokyo, Prime Minister's Office.

Prime Minister Okuma Shigenobu felt an inexplicable irritability, as if something big was about to happen. The German expeditionary fleet is not far from Tokyo, which makes him very worried that the expeditionary fleet will break into Tokyo Bay. In that case, God knows what trouble will happen.

"I hope the guys in the navy will guard the Uraga waterway! If the Germans break into Tokyo Bay and open fire on Tokyo, then the problem will be troublesome." Okuma Shigenobu murmured.

He now feels more and more that it is not so easy to defeat the German fleet. They thought everything was too simple before. However, even if you want to stop now, it is impossible. Those guys will not be willing to give up the vast territory of Southeast Asia.

At this moment, Shigenobu Okuma's secretary broke in sweating profusely. This made Okuma Shigenobu frowned, he was very unwilling to see the people below not following the rules.

"What happened? It's unreasonable to be so panicked!" Okuma Shigenobu reprimanded.

The secretary was taken aback, and then replied: "Your Excellency, the Germans bombarded Shizuoka. The entire Shizuoka was blown into ruins, and the people suffered heavy casualties!"

"What?" Shigenobu Okuma was stunned for a moment, as if he had been hit by a bolt from the blue.

"Yaga! What's going on here? Why did the Germans launch shelling on Shizuoka? Don't they worry about being condemned by the international community for massacring civilians like this?" Okuma Shigenobu roared angrily.

The secretary lowered his head and said nothing.

"Immediately summon the other cabinet ministers and come to the prime minister's office immediately. Also, inform the elders about this matter!" Okuma Shigenobu ordered.

The German fleet launched shelling on the coastal cities of the island country. This is obviously a major event, and it must be properly negotiated and handled. Otherwise, this will have extremely serious consequences for the island country.

"Yes. Your Excellency the Prime Minister!" The secretary immediately went to make arrangements.

In less than twenty minutes, all the other ministers of the island's cabinet gathered in the prime minister's office. Everyone already knew what happened, so their faces were very ugly. Especially Admiral Yatsushiro Rokuro, the Minister of the Navy, the navy was under tremendous pressure. Now, the Germans are actually bombarding the coastal cities of the island country. This is clearly to force the island country's navy to go to sea for a decisive battle! If they choose to avoid war again, who knows if the German fleet will continue to bombard their coastal cities? In that case, the loss of the island country will be great. And the navy of the island country will inevitably face the unfavorable situation that thousands of people point out.

"Okay, everyone is here, so let's start the meeting!" Prime Minister Shigenobu Okuma said with a dark face.

"Your Excellency, the elders are here." The secretary suddenly came in and reported.

Okuma Shigenobu and others immediately stood up and left the meeting room to meet the elders.

"Your Excellencies, it is really my sin to trouble you to come to the Prime Minister's Office." Okuma Shigenobu said with his head down.

"Okuma-kun, now is the time when the empire is in a difficult situation, so there's no need to talk about these hypocrisy. You guys continue with the meeting, we're just here to observe!" Yamagata Aritomo said.

"Hi, Yamagata-sama." Okuma Shigenobu nodded.

Although a friend from Shan County said that the elders were just here to observe, who would dare to take his words seriously? In any case, when the cabinet meets, they must give priority to their opinions. If they turn a deaf ear to it, then their current term of cabinet may be over, and they will be kicked out soon. These veterans definitely possess such powerful energy.

"Everyone, I just got the news. The Germans brazenly launched an attack on Shizuoka. The entire Shizuoka has been blown into ruins. According to preliminary estimates, there are more than 20,000 people killed and injured! There are more than 100,000 people who are still missing." Home. I have ordered Shizuoka Prefecture to start resettling those people immediately. But, the big question now is, is the German shelling of Shizuoka an exception or will it continue? If the Germans will continue to attack our other The city, what should we do then?" Okuma Shigenobu said.

"We can't let the Germans go on like that! All the key cities of the empire are in the coastal areas. If the Germans are allowed to bombard our coastal cities, it will cause a devastating blow to the empire!" Reijiro Wakatsuki Said.

"It's already at this time, why doesn't the navy go out to fight? Only the navy can deal with the German fleet! If the navy can defeat the German fleet in one fell swoop, then our coast will be truly safe." Oka Ichinosuke shouted again.

General Yatsushiro Rokuro's complexion became very ugly. He had known for a long time that the guys in the army would definitely take the opportunity to make trouble. However, the current situation is too difficult for the navy of the island country. No one thought that the Germans would take such a way to force them. If it is only attacking their merchant ships and fishing boats, then the navy can continue to hold on. But when the Germans started attacking their coastal cities, they had no more excuses.

After all, the navy was built by the people tightening their belts. If they continue to preserve their strength at such a critical moment, it will undoubtedly make the people completely angry. At that time, the navy will not have to fight the Germans, it will be directly overwhelmed by the anger of the people.

"Everyone, the Germans have only one purpose in doing this, and that is to force the Imperial Navy to fight them. If everyone thinks that the Imperial Navy should fight the Germans, we can send the combined fleet to fight the Germans to the death! However, what I want to tell you is that so far, we have not been sure of defeating the Germans. In other words, if the United Fleet goes to sea to fight the Germans, we will have a very high possibility of losing!" Yashiro General Liu Lang said.

The senior officials of the island's cabinet are naturally not fools. They can also easily guess the intentions of the Germans. However, at this time, if the navy has not yet fought, how can they explain to the people! Of course, the people of the island country are easy to fool, but the more so, once the anger of the people erupts, it will be even more terrifying. At that time, their ruling class will probably be overthrown.

"Hmph! Is this how the navy fights? Before they started fighting with the Germans, they already expected that they would lose. If this is the case, do you still have the confidence to continue fighting?" Oka Ichinosuke said disdainfully.