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After leaving Wuchang, Long Yufei went downstream and arrived in Jiangning, he secretly met with the commander of the 9th Infantry Army deployed in the general. After staying in Jiangning for two days, Long Yufei left again on a naval battleship and arrived at Shanghai, located at the mouth of the Yangtze River. Although Shanghai is now just a small county town, and Jiangbei is the territory of the Qing Dynasty, which is far less prosperous than later generations. However, in Long Yufei's plan, Shanghai will become an important city in the future. After the Qing Dynasty is completely destroyed, everything will be carried out according to his plan.

The headquarters of the 11th Army is in Shanghai, and the defense zone of the 11th Army is from Shanghai to Jiangning. Together with the 5th Army deployed in Wuchang and the 9th Army deployed in Jiangning, it assumes the important task of defending the Qing Dynasty. These three infantry troops are also the front-line troops of the army's Yangtze River defense line. In addition, there is an infantry army in Changsha, Nanchang and Hangzhou. In this way, there will be a total of 6 infantry troops, and more than 200,000 people will be responsible for fighting the north. Now the Imperial Army has a total of 18 infantry troops, one third of which is deployed along the Yangtze River, one third is located in Nanyang and Australia, and the other third is deployed in various provinces south of the Yangtze River. On the one hand, it maintains local stability, and on the other hand, it acts as a reserve force. Once a war against the Qing Dynasty begins, it is mainly the reserve force of the six infantry troops and the reserve force of the six armies along the Yangtze River.

Long Yufei was hurting and meeting Major General Hu Tao, the commander of the 11th Army, encouraged him to defend the Yangtze River defense line, stabilize public security, and seize the time to train new recruits, so as to make the newly formed troops form combat effectiveness as soon as possible. Be prepared for the final decisive battle against the Qing Dynasty in the future!

While the Imperial Army was actively preparing for war, the Qing Dynasty did not stop military actions. In order to expand the scale of the new army as much as possible, the Qing Dynasty adopted the method of catching strong men and forcibly recruiting young people to join the army. This caused the number of Qing Dynasty troops to continue to increase. Of course, because weapons and equipment could not keep up, many people used old-fashioned firearms or even cold weapons. Once they went to the battlefield, such troops would only become the target of the Imperial Army's massacre.

Long Yufei stayed in Shanghai for two days before leaving. This time he did not choose to return to Guangzhou by land, but continued to return to Guangzhou by sea. When the warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait, Long Yufei suddenly became interested and went to Taiwan and stayed in Taipei for a few days. Long Yufei instructed Taiwan officials to speed up Taiwan's development speed, handle the relations between various ethnic groups in Taiwan, and maintain the stability of Taiwan.

On June 18, 1844, Long Yufei returned to Guangzhou. This private visit that lasted nearly four months came to an end. Although Long Yufei had only passed a small part of the place, he saw the most real situation. In addition to the garrisons in various places, the senior government officials did not know that Long Yufei had already been there. Overall, although the current situation is still relatively bad, everything is developing in a good direction. Especially after the imperial government increased its attack on the residual feudal strength, the lives of the people began to get better and better, and everyone's support for the empire and the emperor continued to rise. The entire empire, like the rising sun, began to flourish. Long Yufei had reason to believe that if this continued, the lives of the people would be improved within two or three years at most. The strength of the country would gradually increase.

The day after returning to Guangzhou, Long Yufei held a meeting of the imperial front and discussed some of the problems found during this private visit with the important officials of the cabinet, and asked the cabinet to find ways to solve these problems. Especially the local feudal strength, the instability of public security caused by the officials and bandits, etc., which must be resolved as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will cause serious consequences to the empire.

In the afternoon of the same day, Long Yufei went to the General Staff to listen to the General Staff’s war preparation plan. When Long Yufei began to conduct a private visit, the General Staff had already begun to plan a war action. The goal of this time was to slander the Japanese who slandered the Empire during Long Yufei's ascension ceremony. Although Onodera Sannoha had already apologized, Mabu Shinsaki, a senior Japanese official, also repeatedly apologized to the Empire. However, the Empire obviously did not plan to just do it. Japan was not large in size, but its population was large, with more than 20 million. Japan was barren and could not even be self-sufficient in food, but Japan was rich in gold and silver. Although the lives of the lower-level people were very difficult, the ruling class was arrogant and extravagant. After taking this opportunity to conquer Japan, the Empire could not only be able to do so.

Taking the opportunity to harvest a large amount of wealth from Japan, we can also obtain a large amount of free labor. The empire is now carrying out large-scale infrastructure construction and industrialization. Although the Nanyang army is constantly sending indigenous people, it is not enough. Due to the conditions, many dangerous work casualties are relatively large. For example, the construction of railways in the mountainous areas of northern Guangdong often involves a corpse of an indigenous person under each sleeper. For this reason, the Ministry of Transport repeatedly contacted the General Staff and demanded that the indigenous persons be increased to ensure the smooth progress of the construction period. Although the empire had a large population, the people of the empire would never be sent to those dangerous construction sites. If Japan was taken down, this labor gap would be well solved.

After several months of preparation, the General Staff had formulated a complete set of plans and waited for Long Yufei to review and pass. As long as Long Yufei nodded, the Imperial Army and Navy would start to take action as soon as possible and defeat the Japanese archipelago.

"Your Majesty, the Operations Department has already formulated a plan. Below, Major General Liu Zhongming, Deputy Minister of the Operations Department, will repay His Majesty!" General Niu Meng said. Niu Meng is now an admiral, and he is not young anymore, so he is not as impulsive as before. In the General Staff, he holds more leadership positions, and the specific affairs are handed over to those young people. In Niu Meng's words, he was just a pirate guy. In military terms, he became a monk halfway through military affairs. Even after so many years of study, he could not compare with professionals. Therefore, he trained young people as much as possible and gave them all opportunities. Major General Liu Zhongming, Deputy Minister of the Operations Department, is undoubtedly the most outstanding among those young people. He became the deputy minister of the Operations Department in his thirties. He had a bright future.

"Yeah!" Long Yufei nodded. Japan in this era is still under the rule of the Edo Shogunate. The conflict between the emperor and the shogunate in China is becoming more and more intense. If China attacks Japan now, the Japanese will not be able to resist it. Long Yufei is full of confidence in this battle against Japan. As long as there is no natural disaster like the "Kamikaze", Japan will be dead this time!

"Your Majesty, the General Staff expects that in this battle against Japan, a total of two infantry troops and three Marine brigades will be invested. The 1st Navy Fleet will be responsible for the destruction of Japanese naval divisions and coastal targets. The specific combat plan is as follows: The 1st Navy Fleet escorted three marine brigades and landed directly in Edo Bay and attacked Edo. After taking Edo, the two infantry troops of the army landed in Edo and southern Japan respectively, gradually advancing, and destroying the entire Japan." Major General Liu Zhongming said. In fact, the plan for combat against Japan is very simple, and can be summarized in one sentence, that is, to use the strong strength of the imperial army and navy to directly destroy Japan with the force of Mount Tai.

"How many troops does Japan have? Can we win easily?" Long Yufei asked.

"Your Majesty, according to the current situation, Japan has about 200,000 troops. More than half of them are in the hands of the Edo Shogunate, and the other half are in the hands of local vassal lords. Among those local vassal lords, some support the Edo Shogunate, and some support the Emperor of Kyoto. Others remain neutral. Judging from the strength of all parties, the Edo Shogunate undoubtedly occupies an absolute dominance. The Emperor of Kyoto is just a puppet without any real power!" Major General Liu Zhongming said.

"Hmph, a small small land, the king dares to call the Emperor, which is simply arrogant. After taking Japan, the Emperor will no longer exist. The Emperor family that has been passed down for thousands of years, pull me out!" Long Yufei said coldly. Long Yufei lacked any favors for these little dwarfs. The reason why Japan is deeply invaded by the bones is the existence of the Emperor family. Although the Emperor family is a spiritual symbol of the Japanese, pulling out the Emperor family will inevitably arouse the resistance of all Japanese people. But what can that happen? Long Yufei believes that even if all the Japanese resist, the Imperial Army and Navy will have the ability to deal with it. At worst, the blood will flow into a river of killing in Japan.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Major General Liu Zhongming nodded. The other generals of the General Staff also looked a little serious. Although they didn't know why Long Yufei hated Japan and the Emperor's family so much, they didn't need to know the reason. As long as Long Yufei gave the order, they would just execute the order. What's more, these generals really felt a little arrogant about the king of a small country who called himself the emperor.

"In addition, the General Staff should pay attention to the fact that the Japanese are crazy or paranoid. Especially those samurai are even more timid and fearless. After attacking Japan, all departments should pay attention to it. Whether it is men, women, elderly or children, as long as they are threatening, they will be killed. The most important thing is to ensure the safety of our soldiers!" Long Yufei reminded. (To be continued...)
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