Miyamoto Naotao said: "Okay, that's fine, but I have another suggestion, I hope sir can think about it seriously."

Hirobu Ito smiled bitterly, knowing that what Naotao Miyamoto was going to say was definitely not an easy task, but the suggestions he had made to him before were very pertinent, so he could not be underestimated, and said, "I wonder what suggestions are?"

Naotaku Miyamoto said: "We Japan should consider a peace talk with the East China government. Regardless of whether this withdrawal can be successful or not, I think the East China government should immediately negotiate peace talks, and the sooner the better."

Hirobuki Ito's eyes lit up and he said, "Why?"

Naotaku Miyamoto said: "I think the overall situation has been decided until now. Overseas Chinese will definitely win. The only difference lies in the size of the victory."

Hirobu Ito was stunned and said, "Is Miyamoto so pessimistic about the future of the war? I don't think so. As long as our army can successfully withdraw to Phoenix City and preserve its strength, overseas Chinese may not be able to win easily. Didn't you say yesterday that if the People's Army consumed most of its strength by the Russian army, then our army can join the war again, defeat the People's Army, and reap the benefits of Liaodong."

Miyamoto Naotao smiled bitterly and said, "I said that yesterday, just to persuade Mr. Husband to try his best to urge our army to withdraw from Liaoyang. However, I believe that even if our army can retreat to Phoenix City smoothly, it will only be able to preserve its strength at most. If you want to join the war again, it is impossible to capture Liaodong."

Hirobuki Ito said: "This is why you have such a pessimistic view on Miyamoto. Are overseas Chinese so powerful?"

Naotaku Miyamoto said: "Mr. Ito still despises overseas Chinese too much. Since they gained a foothold in China, they have been preparing for this battle. They have been planning for 4 or 5 years, and they have only made plans and then moved. It only depends on the timing of their move. It is the time when we fight with Russia to the last blow. The opportunity is amazing. If I were not a Japanese, I would have cheered them. And as soon as I went on the battle, we defeated our fleet and Russian fleet and obtained absolute sea control in the Far East. We Japan is an island country, and shipping is Japan's lifeline. Once the sea transportation is cut off, our army in Liaodong will lose its logistics and support. Even if the army successfully withdraws from Phoenix City, food and medicine can still be obtained from North Korea, but weapons and ammunition cannot be replenished. Without weapons and ammunition, even if there are millions of troops, they are just a pile of clay sculptures and wood carvings."

Hirofumi Ito still said silently, because what Miyamoto Naotao said was indeed the truth. The Japanese army in Japan and Liaodong had to support it by sea, and the East China government has now begun to block Japan's shipping route to the Korean Peninsula.

Miyamoto Naotaku said: "If Russia could put aside the conflict with our Japanese and work together to deal with overseas Chinese when they first participated in the war, they would still have a try, because our supplies could be transported through Vladivostok. Unfortunately, Russia is short-sighted and greedy, and forgets the big harm when seeing small profits. It actually wants to seek skin with overseas Chinese. As a result, Japan and Russia are not only unable to work together, but are also hostile to each other, and they can only be defeated one by one by one by the overseas Chinese. After our army withdrew from Phoenix City, only the Russian army will face overseas Chinese alone, and then they will suffer."

Hirofumi Ito said: "But Russia may not be easy to deal with. As far as I know, Russia has gathered more than 600,000 troops in the Far East, and is powerful. To be honest, even if Japan continues to fight, it may not be sure to win. Moreover, Russia has vast land, rich resources, large population, and strong national strength. Overseas Chinese may not be able to win. Even if it can defeat Russia, it will inevitably consume a huge amount of money, and it is not impossible for both sides to suffer."

Miyamoto Naotaku shook his head and said, "Soldiers are more important than elites, and generals are more focused on planning than courage. Russia has huge military strength, but no one who makes good use of them is also useless. Russia's territory, resources, and population are all the best choices, but the domestic political corruption is full of ills, fiscal deficits are rising, and the treasury is empty. However, the wealthy and powerful families are still arrogant and extravagant, drunk and dreaming of death, but the bottom is the people who live in poverty, poor, society is severely intensified, conflicts are extremely deep, and crises are everywhere, and it is about to break out. The "Bloody Sunday" that occurred in February this year was a crisis.

It has not been completely resolved yet. Of course, there are also the results of our Japanese intelligence personnel activities in Russia. However, as long as the war continues, the social contradictions in Russia will not be resolved and will sooner or later break out again. How can Russia fight against overseas Chinese? What's more, how can overseas Chinese fight against Russia? As far as our intelligence department knows, for this war, overseas Chinese have developed some advanced weapons, such as armored trains and cannons, and aircraft, which can allow them to defeat the Russian army with a small number of troops."

The East China government did not hide the development of fixed-wing aircraft, and it was promoted in newspapers. However, in the eyes of people in this era, aircraft were just novel toys like cars, but Naota Miyamoto knew the great military value of aircraft. Although he did not know whether the aircraft developed by the East China government had combat capabilities, he knew that the East China government still had some helicopters. In this era, these helicopters were definitely like artifacts. In order to increase his persuasion, Naota Miyamoto also exaggerated the power of fixed-wing aircraft.

In fact, Hirofumi Ito doesn't know much about the performance of weapons, but the principles of armored train cannons are not complicated or difficult to understand. Hirofumi Ito still knows what an aircraft is. And it was an era of technological booming and changing with each passing day. Therefore, after listening to Naotao Miyamoto's explanation, Hirofumi Ito was a little bit skeptical.

Miyamoto Naotao then said: "Overseas Chinese have invested huge sums of money to prepare for this war. They have borrowed 30 million British pounds of treasury bonds. I heard that they are still negotiating with Germany and the United States and borrowing more foreign debts. The repayment of this money must be to ask for compensation after the war. However, this time the East China government is fighting with our Japan and Russia at the same time. Therefore, the party that negotiates peace with the East China government first will pay much smaller. If the Japanese army in Liaoyang can successfully withdraw from Phoenix City, then we will have greater bargaining chips at the negotiating table. Not only do we not have to pay compensation to the East China government, but we can also protect the interests of North Korea."

Hirofumi Ito sank for a long time before saying, "What you said does make sense, but neither Japan nor Russia are fighting alone. We have an alliance treaty with Britain, and Russia and France are also ally relations. Britain and France will never sit idly by and watch Japan and Russia be completely defeated."

Naotao Miyamoto was about to say it again, but Hirofumi Ito said again: "You want to say that this kind of alliance is not reliable, right?"

Naotao Miyamoto nodded and said, "Yes, the British-Japanese alliance is just the British use of our Japan to curb Russia. Of course, we are indeed facing the threat of Russia. Therefore, using this alliance relationship to expand the army and prepare for war can be said to be the need for each one, but Britain will never send troops to Japan, and the same is true for the French-Russian alliance. France uses this alliance to fight against Germany. They were unwilling to Russia to expand in the Far East, let alone fight a meaningless battle for Russia in the Far East."

Hirobuki Ito nodded in praise and said, "Miyamoto's knowledge is indeed extraordinary if you can see these principles clearly."

Naotaku Miyamoto said: "Sir, I'm too proud." He thought to himself that these principles had been thoroughly analyzed in the old time and space books on the Russo-Japanese War, but the people in this generation were just fascinated by the authorities.

Hirobuki Ito said: "But don't forget that Britain and France have a lot of interests in the Far East. Once these interests are threatened, they may still send troops. For example, overseas Chinese won the war and obtained a lot of compensation and geopolitical benefits. Do you think Britain and France can still sit still?"

Miyamoto Naotao was stunned. He did not expect this, because it had exceeded the scope of the Russo-Japanese War in the old time and space.

Hirobuki Ito said: "British and France were originally hostile relations, but because of Germany's rise, the relationship between the two countries has been greatly eased. At the beginning of this year, a Monaco crisis occurred in Europe. Britain supported France. If the two countries join forces, the pressure on Germany will be greatly reduced. Therefore, I think once the East China government wants to gain an absolute advantage in the Far East, Britain and France will definitely interfere."

After hearing this, Naotao Miyamoto admired himself. Hirofumi Ito is worthy of being one of the most outstanding politicians in Japanese history. His grasp and judgment of the world pattern is indeed very accurate, and he is much better than himself. However, this time he faced opponents beyond his imagination. Because of this group of time travelers, Naotao Miyamoto said: "I agree with your analysis of Britain and France, but I think that even if Britain and France participate in the war, it may not be an opponent of overseas Chinese. We, Japan, cannot pin our hopes on Britain and France to send troops."

Hirobuki Ito was really surprised this time. The reason why he was not very worried about Japan's future was that it was determined that when the time of Guanjian was established, Britain and France would inevitably send troops to intervene. Once the East China government became bigger and became the dominant force in the Far East, it was a result that Britain and France would absolutely not accept. Hirobuki Ito also firmly believed that as long as Britain and France sent troops, the East China government would definitely not be an opponent. Therefore, it is very likely that when the war came to a certain moment, Britain and France would put substantial pressure on the East China government to force the East China government to stop the war. Moreover, it would be difficult for the East China government to obtain much benefit at the negotiating table. It would be absolutely impossible to compensate 230 million silver like the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895.
Chapter completed!