After receiving Li Sanjie's report, the Executive Yuan immediately launched an emergency consultation. After all, this was indeed an unexpected news. Not only did Li Sanjie not expect it, but no one else expected it.

After the negotiations, everyone believed that although Russia's purpose of doing this was to differentiate the East China government and Japan, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages for the East China government, because the East China government had never thought of sincere cooperation with Japan, and it would be a matter of time before the war could be fought against Japan. Moreover, the war has reached this point and there is not much time left before the two sides will turn against each other, so the East China government does not have to care about its relationship with Japan at all.

If you can obtain a stronghold in the Northeast region without any effort and a strategic location, then it will be cost-effective no matter how you calculate it. Moreover, Japan's first suggestion to the East China government not to participate in the war was actually a violation of the cooperation agreement between the two sides, so there is nothing wrong with the East China government morally.

In addition, from a deeper perspective, the East China government's plan is to attack and participate in the war during the Battle of Takama, first annihilate the Japanese and Russian fleets and gain control of the sea. But Japan is not a fool, but in fact, it is always guarding against the East China government. When the People's Army Navy attacks and intercepts the Russian fleet, the spies arranged by Japan in Qingdao jump up and down, and the country is even more like facing a great enemy. It can be seen how tightly Japan's defense against the East China government is. Therefore, it is impossible for the East China government to fool Japan and believe that it will not turn its back. It is like there are only open conspiracies between countries, no conspiracy.

However, if the People's Army can enter Jinzhou, it can also attract Japan's attention. After all, the garrison in Jinzhou is indeed quite threatening to Japan. Japan will definitely pay more attention to the western part of Liao and relax its maritime precautions. This will of course be conducive to the implementation of the East China government's plan. Therefore, the Executive Council finally decided to continue consultation with Russia to strive to be able to station troops in Jinzhou.

In this way, Luo Yue proposed the tactical value of attack on Vladivostok is greater, because once the East China government defeated the Japanese army and started a full-scale war with the Russian army, since it had already obtained Jinzhou, the scale and scope of the war would probably be greater than that of the Russo-Japanese War, which would definitely force Russia to invest a large number of troops on the front line to fight against the People's Army. The defense in the rear would inevitably become more empty. Once the attack on Vladivostok succeeded, it would inevitably lead to the Russian army's overall defeat, and the People's Army's gains would naturally be greater.

Xiao Jianjun asked Luo Yue to submit the plan according to normal procedures, in order to officially launch the plan. After all, the plan proposed by Luo Yue is still in the primary stage, and it is just a general idea. There are many details to be further improved. It is necessary to conduct detailed reconnaissance and exploration of the terrain, landform, sea area, port, coastal defense, etc. in the Vladivostok area to have targeted system details. Of course, this is not a difficult task for the East China government. But these work must be carried out after the plan officially enters the implementation stage.

Another point is that if Luo Yue is the initiator of the plan to attack Vladivostok, he can formally participate and lead the implementation process of the plan. When it is truly implemented, he will naturally be the commander-in-chief. In this way, after the war, Luo Yue will naturally make the first contribution and lay a solid foundation for Luo Yue's future promotion. After all, the promotion of soldiers must be spoken with practical results.

Of course, from the perspective of selfishness, Xia Bohai and Xiao Jianjun are also interested in supporting Luo Yue. On the one hand, this is because of Xia Bohai, Xiao Jianjun and Qin Zheng's friendship. Moreover, they both travel through time and do not take care of their family members, so they also regard Qin Zheng's children as their younger generations. On the other hand, with Zhou Ping's arrangement, Xia Bohai and Xiao Jianjun finally got married. Of course, they are also time travelers, and they are not old, both under 35 years old. There is a high chance of having children. However, Xia and Xiao are both nearly 50 years old now, so it is definitely impossible to help their children completely. So supporting Luo Yue now is to give their children a support in the future.

Luo Yue is now the commander of the Marine Corps. Although the Marine Corps now has only one division, it is one level higher than the division, which is equivalent to the army level. Now the Army is only at the division level and there is no army level. Therefore, Luo Yue's level is second only to the army commander Zhu Yapinghe* in the army, and his rank should also be promoted to the general level. However, the Marine Corps is a navy and will not disturb the army. Now Luo Yue's rank is still a colonel, but the qualification to submit combat plans to the General Staff is enough. Of course, if this attack is successful, Luo Yue will definitely be promoted to the general level.

After Luo Yue officially submitted the combat plan to the General Staff, it was soon recognized by the General Staff. Luo Yue and the General Staff had a discussion on this combat plan. Both believed that reconnaissance in Vladivostok must be carried out as soon as possible in order to formulate a detailed combat plan. So the Military Commission immediately agreed to send the Kunming ship and Huaihua ship to carry out the reconnaissance mission in Vladivostok, and Luo Yue will set out with the warships to be the person in charge of the reconnaissance mission.

The Kunming ship is the strongest among the five modern warships and the highest technical level. Whether it is radar or sonar, information level, and ship-based electronic equipment, they are the best. They are radar and sonar, both have the ability to form images on the ground, so they are most suitable for reconnaissance tasks. Moreover, the 130mm naval gun is enough to cope with general conflicts and there is no need to use valuable * or *; however, the disadvantage of the Kunming ship is that the hull is large and the draft is deep, so it cannot be carried out close reconnaissance. The Huaihua ship's draft is nearly two meters less than that of the Kunming ship, which can make up for the shortcomings of the Kunming ship to a certain extent. Of course, dispatching these two modern warships to perform reconnaissance tasks also shows the importance of the East China government in attacking Vladivostok.

At the same time, this time, a special forces brigade was brought to the shore for on-site survey and reconnaissance when necessary. Although the East China government has advanced technology, no matter how advanced the technology is, it cannot be completely reliable. It is a survey of complex terrain. Even in the old time and space, it cannot rely entirely on radar, and manpower still requires on-site reconnaissance. Therefore, it is completely necessary to bring some special forces soldiers with the ship.

Now the special forces of the People's Army have expanded to more than 800 people, and the main members are also composed of local soldiers. Of course, they are all elite soldiers selected from each unit and then undergo rigorous training. The time-travel warriors basically serve as senior commanders or instructors, and some of the weapons and equipment used are brought by time-traveling, but most of them have been replaced with products from this era. After all, after 5 years, a large part of the time-traveling weapons and equipment cannot be used anymore.

This reconnaissance mission is expected to take about a month. Fortunately, the training of the Marine Corps has now been on track. Even if Luo Yue leaves for a month and the troops are led by other officers for training, it will not have much impact. Therefore, three days later, Luo Yue arranged to say goodbye to his family and troops and board the Kunming ship to set off.

On the second day after Luo Yue and his party left Qingdao, Japanese Foreign Minister Sutaro Komura visited Qingdao again and negotiated with the East China government on the issue of participating in the war. Moreover, this time Japan's attitude was very firm and clearly required the East China government to give up participating in the war. However, Richard still used the French-Russian alliance as an excuse. Of course, he promised again that after the war ended, China's interests would be protected, so the East China government could be completely relieved.

It turned out that the Japanese Consul in Qingdao, Keishiro Matsui, passed the results of his communication with the East China government back to the country, and also attached his own opinions, believing that once Japan refuses the East China government to participate in the war, the cooperation between the two sides will definitely break down, and the East China government also has a great possibility of sending troops to participate in the war alone. The reason is that since the establishment of the East China government, it has always paid great attention to the credibility of the government, and the external and internal propaganda is all about maintaining China's territorial sovereignty. If it does not send troops to participate in the war, it is obviously impossible to justify itself.

Moreover, the East China government has done a lot of work to prepare for war and has raised a lot of debts. Therefore, if it cannot participate in the war and reap benefits from the war, then debt will become a huge burden for the East China government. Therefore, the East China government cannot accept Japan's suggestions, unless Japan handed over all the occupied land to the East China government after defeating Russia, which may make the East China government give up participating in the war.

After receiving the report from Keishiro Matsui, Katsutaro's cabinet also held a discussion. Although a few ministers believed that they should continue to cooperate with the East China government, they could even share the results of the post-war to the East China government in order to maintain cooperation between the two sides and jointly fight against the United States and European countries. However, this suggestion was opposed by most people, and the opposition from the Ministry of Army and the Ministry of Navy was still strong. Army Minister Masato Desunari said: "The victory of the Russo-Japanese War was exchanged for the blood of the soldiers in front, and I gave it to the East China government in this way, so that the soldiers in front would feel what they would feel? Who would be willing to join the army and fight for the country in the future?"

Yama Prefecture Aitomoto also believes that at this time, Japan cannot be the first to be the two sides of the rat. It must make a decision. One of them can only be chosen between enjoying the dividends of war and maintaining cooperation with the East China government. Yama Prefecture Aitomotomoto believes that it should choose to enjoy the dividends of war, because this is the maximization of Japan's interests, and cooperation with the East China government is not that important. After all, Japan has signed an alliance treaty with the United Kingdom. And now, without the help of the East China government, Japan can defeat Russia alone.
Chapter completed!