Chapter 147 The Gloomy Japanese Congress!
For three full epochs, Togo Heikuro frowned tightly and locked his eyes on the Emerald Island military power investigation report in his hand.
After a long time, all the sad faces turned into a long sigh.
After carefully comparing the power of the fleet in his hands with the military power of Emerald Island, and taking into account all possible consequences, Togo Heikuro finally came to an almost unacceptable result .
However, the facts are like this, and there is no room for him not to accept it.
With a slightly apprehensive mood, Togo Heikuro picked up the communicator beside him and connected the phone call of Prime Minister of Japan.
After reporting his final conclusion to the prime minister who single-handedly promoted him, the other side fell into a long silence.
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after one day.
Inside the Diet Chamber in Tokyo.
The political circles of Japan and a few powerful figures in the military held a secret meeting here, and the main content of the discussion was how to deal with this confrontation.
After the meeting started, the representatives of the hawks and the doves, as in the previous meetings, started a long debate, and they seemed to have no intention of compromising with each other.
Especially the hawk faction members of the House of Representatives have a strong will for the resolution to send troops to Emerald Isle.
In fact, these days, representatives of the hawks have not only lobbied everywhere in the political and military circles, but also incited the citizens in private, spreading the threat theory of Emerald Island everywhere, intending to take this opportunity to make matters worse.
So even though this is supposed to be the final meeting where a decision is made, they are unwilling to make any compromises and are very determined.
Halfway through the meeting, seeing that it was about to break up again, the Prime Minister of Japan, who was sitting on the main seat, frowned slightly, then looked at Togo Heikuro who said nothing, and gave him a wink.
Seeing the Prime Minister's wink, Togo Heikuro realized that it was time for him to come forward.
Ever since, under the surprised eyes of all the congressmen present, Togo Heikuro took out some documents and distributed them to the high-level figures in the political and military circles present, signaling them to watch carefully.
The next time is a long wait.
After getting the document, the high-level figures present carefully watched it, but to their surprise, there was a long silence after seeing it, as if the entire venue was condensed.
Everyone's eyes were deeply attracted by the contents of the document, and they almost couldn't move their eyes.
The content of this confidential document is the military report of Emerald Island!
After a long time.
"This... this is impossible... how is this..."
A well-known member of the political circle with a mustache and a somewhat old face pointed at the contents of the document with trembling fingers, and said with an incredulous expression in his eyes.
At this moment, because he was too excited, he could barely speak clearly.
Obviously, he was greatly shocked by the report on Emerald Isle's military strength in the document.
"Baga, how could Emerald Island have such a powerful military force? This is nonsense, nonsense!" Another famous hawk said, with an angry expression on his face, and slammed the document on the table.
"Aida-kun, this investigation report was collected by the Intelligence Headquarters of the Defense Agency, and it was definitely not falsified. Please treat it with caution, Aida-kun."
Togo Heikuro on the side looked at Aida Kanno who was in a violent state, and said solemnly.
Togo Heikuro is very disgusted with these almost brainless hawks, but he has no choice. He still needs the support of these people for his eastward actions over the years, so he doesn’t dare to directly Against these people, he could only reply in a persuasive tone.
"General Dongxiang, under your command, you have the most powerful fleet in our Great Japanese Empire. In your opinion, if we go to war with this fleet of Emerald Island, what chance do you have of winning?"
At this time, another mature and prudent leader of the hawk faction asked Heikuro Togo.
Compared with other hawks, this leader is obviously very clear-headed, knowing that now is not the time to question blindly, but to figure out the strength comparison between the two sides first.
"Fifty percent!"
Togo Heikuro said without hesitation.
Dongxiang Heikuro had been thinking about this matter for a long time, so he had nothing to think about, and directly stated the conclusion he had already made.
"boom!"
As soon as Togo Heikuro's words fell, the whole venue fell into a commotion.
It should be said that when they just saw the Emerald Island military power investigation report, although they were shocked, they were somewhat skeptical, so they didn't overreact too much.
However, when the commander in front of him who had the most control over the Japanese fleet came to the same conclusion, they couldn't sit still!
Because, this mostly shows that it is really very likely that they will have difficulty taking down the Emerald Isle that has been underestimated before.
"How is this possible? It has only been two short years since Emerald Island was revealed to the world. Could it be said that this Jiangdao master really has the ability to go to heaven and earth? In such a short period of time, Just build such a powerful fleet?"
"That said, it's unbelievable!"
"Then what should we do now? The warships have entered a stalemate with each other?"
"The majestic Japanese Empire can't even take a small island. It's really a shame!"
"If Emerald Island cannot bear the consequences of this incident, it will really embarrass Japan in front of the world!"
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In an instant, in the conference room, all the congressmen expressed their views one after another.
Everyone's face was full of sadness.
Obviously, this result was unacceptable no matter what, but due to the opponent's strength, he couldn't immediately make a decision to counterattack.
Facing the venue full of discussions and the atmosphere full of depression, the Prime Minister and Heikuro Togo, who were sitting on the main seat, could only look at each other feebly, but there was nothing they could do.
However, the meeting will continue after all, and a final solution needs to be come up with.
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After nearly 7 hours, this highest-level meeting between the military and the government finally came to an end.
After the meeting ended, when the door of the venue opened, all the high-level leaders who participated in the meeting came out one by one like eggplants beaten by frost.
The expressions on everyone's faces were extremely difficult to see.
And Togo Heikuro, who walked out of the meeting at the end, held a copy of the final decision-making results in his hand, but at this moment, he felt that the report in his hand was very heavy, and he seemed a little unbearable.