Chapter 897 The Far East War Ends

While East Africa was carrying out a massive national construction, the Far East was in the midst of war. Although it had the support of East Africa, the performance of the Far East Empire Navy was still very unsatisfactory. You must know that the Far East Empire Navy at that time was stronger than the same period in history, but it was difficult to open up the situation in the face of the treacherous Japanese Navy.

Not only the Far East Empire was uncomfortable, but the Japanese government was also quite uncomfortable. After all, the Far East Empire Navy was larger in scale and had an additional place. Even if the quality of the Japanese Navy soldiers was higher, it would be difficult to open up the situation in a short time. The rising military expenditure became a haze that lingered in the heart of the Japanese government all the time.

"Baga, the Imperial Navy has been slow to open up the situation, which is simply a disgrace to the Imperial soldiers. Your navy has no Bushido spirit at all, otherwise the war would not have been delayed until now, and so much military expenditure every year would have been fed to the livestock!"

In order to end the war as soon as possible, Japan formulated an arrogant plan shortly after the outbreak of the war, that is, to land in Zhili and force the Qing government to surrender by attacking the Far East Empire Capital.

The first step of this plan is to capture and control Lushun and Weihaiwei in Bohai Bay, and completely eliminate the Beiyang Fleet to prevent the Beiyang Fleet from interfering with the landing operations, and at the same time serve as a springboard for the landing operations.

Regarding the duties of the army idiots, the Japanese naval leaders certainly could not swallow their anger: "The Far Eastern Empire Navy's military expenditure and ship expenditure far exceed ours. Our navy can tie with the Far Eastern Empire, which is already an extraordinary performance. Your army is not much better. The advancement speed on the Korean Peninsula is so slow..."

"Assholes, if your navy was not afraid of our merits and tampered with the transport ships, we would have invaded the Far Eastern Empire from land! You naval idiots..."

In the final analysis, the Japanese Navy did not do things right this time, so it eventually lost in the quarrel. At the same time, because of this experience, the Japanese army leaders also strengthened their idea of ​​building their own warships in the future. They cannot be bound by these naval idiots. The Japanese navy and army retain the tradition of infighting and will further carry it forward.

"Okay, stop arguing! Now that the war is going on, the whole country should be united instead of looking for someone to blame. Now you can talk about how to deal with it!" The Japanese emperor pretended to be angry.

"Humph..." The generals of the navy and the army glared at each other.

"Your Majesty, I think we did underestimate the strength of the Far Eastern Empire before. As a region in East Asia, the Far Eastern Empire still has considerable strength, which is why this war did not achieve the expected results." Ito Hirobumi said.

"Before the war, our strategy was to directly threaten the Far Eastern Empire and Korea from both the sea and land directions, but now it seems that as a late-developing country, Japan is inevitably unable to cope with the huge Far Eastern Empire, so the focus should be on the Korean Peninsula next."

The Japanese government obviously does not think that the Far Eastern Empire is its opponent, but it has to admit that it does not have the ability to annex the Far Eastern Empire now.

"Moreover, the war cannot continue to stalemate, otherwise the Tsarist Russia and other countries will definitely not be able to hold back, so we must ensure that this war will not be a loss, and we cannot get too entangled with the Far Eastern Empire."

Japan is very vigilant about the great powers. After all, the reason why this war was tacitly approved by the great powers is that Japan knows very well that they are just a knife in the hands of the great powers. If the role of the knife is not reflected, Japan may be destroyed by the great powers.

The Japanese Emperor of Japan agrees with the Prime Minister's statement: "In this case, the navy and the army must go all out to capture Korea first, so that we can get out of the quagmire of war in time. If we compare consumption with the Far Eastern Empire, it will be greatly disadvantageous to our country."

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As the Japanese government changed its strategy, the war situation suddenly changed. First of all, the Far Eastern Empire's garrison in Korea felt great pressure, while the pressure on the navy suddenly decreased.

However, the Japanese Navy did not give up completely. It launched a wave of offensives in winter and fought a battle with the Far Eastern Empire Navy in the Yellow Sea. Although it did not destroy the Far Eastern Empire Beiyang Fleet, it also caused it to suffer heavy losses.

This also made the Beiyang leader in the Far Eastern Empire government feel extremely frightened. He ordered the Beiyang Navy to defend instead of attack, not to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese Navy, and preserve its strength.

After the Far Eastern Empire Navy retreated, the Japanese Navy did not continue to pursue the victory as in history, after all, the Far Eastern Empire Navy was still very powerful.

Then Japan fought North Korea with all its strength from both sea and land. The Far Eastern Empire Army suffered a series of defeats. In September, Japan advanced from land to Pyongyang.

Then Japan and the Far Eastern Empire Army fought a decisive battle here. On September 20, the Far Eastern Empire Army was defeated and withdrew from Pyongyang.

In early October, Japan advanced to the "Two Rivers Basin" and both sides stopped the offensive because the "Two Rivers" was the red line set by the powers before the war.

With the end of the war, the Far Eastern Empire completely withdrew from the Korean Peninsula. At this time, Japan and the Far Eastern Empire signed an armistice agreement in Pyongyang.

The reason for choosing Pyongyang was that the Japanese government was worried about interference from the great powers. After all, this war would be a "lose-lose" situation for both the Far Eastern Empire and Japan. Although there was a gain in Korea, it was far from meeting Japan's pre-war psychological expectations.

Finally, in early December, the armistice agreement officially came into effect. The Far Eastern Empire paid 20 million taels of silver to the Japanese government and recognized Japan's de facto occupation of Korea.

Although, due to various reasons, the Far Eastern Empire still ended in failure in this war, it was much better than the same period in history.

As for Japan, in order to make up for the losses in the war, it could only rule Korea more cruelly than the same period in history. After all, the benefits it gained from the Far Eastern Empire this time were too little, not enough for the military expenditure of the Japanese Navy.

After Japan negotiated peace with the Far Eastern Empire, the powers got the news. East Africa was relatively satisfied with this result. After all, whether Korea lived or died would not affect East Africa's interests in the Far East at all.

Although Britain and the United States were somewhat dissatisfied with the development of the war, they could barely accept it. After all, the main purpose of this war was to strike the Far Eastern Empire government and prevent the expansion of Tsarist Russia in the Far Eastern Empire.

As for Tsarist Russia, it only hated Japan. After all, in its eyes, Japan ate up his "share".

The result of the war between the Far Eastern Empire and Japan still has a certain "positive" meaning. The performance of the navies of the two countries meets their strength standards, at least better than some countries that are just monkeys in disguise, and above the passing line. This has led to the great powers having to admit that the naval strength of the two countries has the standards of great powers, at least at the same level as Turkey, Spain and other countries.

In fact, it may be a little stronger than East Africa, but East Africa has the record of a draw with the British Royal Navy. Even for its own face, Britain will not say that the East African Navy is too bad, after all, world public opinion is in the hands of Britain.

Another result of this Far Eastern War is that Japan has half-stepped into the ranks of great powers and replaced Spain as the goalkeeper of the great powers. After all, although the Far Eastern Empire has poor combat power, it has always belonged to the ranks of "great powers", and there are only a handful of countries in the world that can beat the Far Eastern Empire.

And Japan can fight and win against such a big country, although it is only a small victory, it is enough for European and American countries to recognize it.

The "corruption" within the Far Eastern Empire's army was further recognized by the great powers. If nothing unexpected happened, the external situation faced by the Far Eastern Empire in the future would only become more and more serious. However, only Ernst knew that the Far Eastern Empire's situation was much better than the same period in history.