The Second and Third Armies of the Eastern Army were annihilated by the Russian Army, making the main forces of the Russian Army already annihilated by the Russian Army. Even if the Eastern Army is still holding the Goryeo Peninsula, there are as many as nine infantry divisions.
However, of the nine infantry divisions under the First Army of the Eastern Army, except for the three infantry divisions drawn from the Fifth Army that remained at full strength, the remaining six infantry divisions were suddenly relatively large. In particular, the 2nd Infantry Division and the 12th Infantry Division, which were the first troops to land on the Goryeo Peninsula, suffered losses of more than 50 percent.
Under such circumstances, it is almost impossible for the First Army of the Eastern Army to hold the defense line of the Raoling River and resist the attack of the Russian army.
Especially when the Russian army has mastered the sea, it can land in the core area of the Goryeo Peninsula by sea at any time and launch an attack on the Orientals.
This made the First Army of the Oriental Army almost certain death.
At the same time, because the Toyo Army suffered heavy losses on the battlefield. In other words, the Toyo Empire 01 has no hope of winning in this battle. This made the high-level of the Eastern Empire have other ideas about this war.
Or rather, I have to accept this reality.
Dongjing, the Imperial Palace.
Ming Zhi Tianhuang summoned a senior cabinet and military officials to convene a pre-imperial meeting.
“Gentlemen, this war is fought like this, and I am very disappointed, and even more sad. The empire prepared for a whole decade, but in the end it lost badly. Are we too weak, or are our enemies too strong? Ming Zhi Tianhuang looked disappointed and decadent.
Originally, he was still dreaming of defeating the Russian Empire and stepping on the body of the Russian Empire to rise to become a world-class power.
But now, the cruel reality slapped him hard and made him wake up.
The top officials of the Eastern Army and Navy were all ashamed. They lowered their heads one after another, as if they did not dare to look at Ming Zhi Tianhuang.
“Well, gentlemen, this is the end of the matter, and it is useless to say any more. The current empire is already in extreme predicament. So, how can we protect the interests of the empire to the greatest extent? Ming Zhi Tianhuang asked.
“Your Majesty Tianhuang, I have to admit that we have lost this war, and we have lost miserably. Or rather, we no longer have the strength to defeat the Russians. If this war continues, the Russians will pose an even greater threat to us. Even, when they have sea control, they can directly threaten the security of the empire itself. Let’s make peace with the Russians as soon as possible and end this war! Prime Minister Senior General Katsura sighed.
“Yes, Your Majesty Tianhuang. Finding a way to end this war is the most beneficial to the empire at this stage! Foreign Minister Shoutaro Komura echoed.
Even Minister of Finance, Zeng Huangsuke, expressed his support.
You know, in order to prepare for this war, the Eastern Empire is already in debt.
After more than half a year of war, the finances of the Eastern Empire were almost collapsed.
If the war continued like this again, it would be even more devastating to the economy of the Eastern Empire.
If you can win this war, then blackmail the Russians after the war is over. Just like when they defeated the Great Qing Empire, they slaughtered the Great Qing Empire fiercely. In that case, the Eastern Empire may have great gains. But now, they have no hope of victory. If the war continues, it will only cost them a lot of casualties.
The generals of the army and navy of the Eastern Empire, although they felt that it was a great shame to seek peace with the Russians.
But the problem is that it is precisely because of their incompetence that the Eastern Empire has to do this!
If they had been able to defeat the Toyo Empire on the battlefield, they would not have become what they are now.
“There is really no problem in making peace with the Russians and ending this war. But, crucially, the conditions of the Russians were too harsh. Three billion rubles of war reparations, that is equivalent to 3.3 billion yen! Where did we get so much war reparations? Lieutenant General Masahiri Terauchi asked rhetorically.
The cabinet ministers suddenly fell silent. (Read violent novels, just go to Feilu Fiction Network!) ）
Indeed, it is not that they do not want to make peace with the Russians, but the appetite of the Russians is so great that the Eastern Empire simply cannot afford it.
You know, after the Eastern Empire defeated the Qing Empire, it extorted a total of 230 million taels of silver, which is only equivalent to 60 million pounds and 600 million yen.
Now the appetite of the Russians is much greater than theirs.
“Let the sun never set continue to mediate and negotiate with the Russians.” We can make some concessions appropriately. But we can’t let the Russians slaughter us like fools. If the conditions of the Russians were not so harsh, they could sign an armistice treaty with the Russians to end the war. If the conditions of the Russians were still so harsh. Well, the big deal is that we give up the First Army and continue to fight the Russians. If nothing else, there is always no 010 problem sticking to the local area, right? Ming Zhi Tianhuang gritted his teeth and said.
If the Russians continue to open their mouths, then the Eastern Empire will have no other way. The only thing they can do is stick to their homeland.
Although the navy was almost completely destroyed, the Eastern Empire with a long coastline was in an extremely unfavorable position in the face of the threat of the Russians. It is undoubtedly very difficult to resist the threat of the Russians.
However, at this point, they have no other choice!
“Hey, Your Majesty Tianhuang!” The cabinet of the Eastern Empire and the top officials of the military all answered one after another.
Although, if the situation was more difficult, they had to abandon the First Army. But for those generals of the Orientals, of course, they were distressed, but that’s it.
In the minds of these generals of the Orientals, even if the First Army still has more than 100,000 officers and soldiers, it is just a cold number. For the benefit of the Eastern Empire, everything can be abandoned.
Subsequently, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Eastern Empire, Shoutaro Komura, contacted Lin Dong, the Minister of the Eastern Empire in the Empire of the Oriental Empire, again and asked the Empire to mediate the war between the Eastern Empire and the Tsarist Empire again, hoping to end the war with the smallest possible point.
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