Chapter 572 Ceasefire Line
Blocking the Miyako Strait is not difficult for East Africa. East Africa’s expedition fleet can do it. At that time, the Miyako Strait was not a very busy route, so it was necessary to do it every day. By causing trouble for Japanese ships trying to pass through the Miyako Strait, a lot of fish would slip through the East African navy's daily cruises. As for those caught, they would have to pay a large amount of taxes to East Africa, otherwise the ship would be impounded.
Under the protection and escort of the East African Navy, the construction situation of the Southern Ryukyu Islands, which was almost interrupted, has also changed greatly, especially the northernmost Miyako Island. After East Africa resumed shipping between it and the Far East mainland , began to expand and repair its port on the island.
This time the East African fleet will definitely not be able to float on the sea all the time, especially the three ironclad ships will definitely return to East Africa, but the gunboats and some other purpose ships will stay in the Southern Ryukyu Islands for their defense.
“Now you Japanese war criminals, we have sunk seventeen ships, and most of the remaining creatures have surrendered. The Japanese war criminals no longer have the arrogance of the past, but they were defeated by our East African Navy, and you also You can be proud enough.”
Under the scorching sun, the East African Navy lectured the captured Japanese sailors that not all Japanese ships were sunk by the East African Navy. In addition, the East African Navy caught many people who fell into the water in time. These Japanese sailors are this time for East Africa. Japanese Navy disguised fishermen to attack "evidence".
The East African defenders and workers on Miyako Island also watched with interest as the navy drilled Japanese prisoners under the scorching sun.
"Death penalty can be avoided, but living crime cannot be escaped. From today on, you will start building a prison. I believe you will be proud of this new job. After all, you can personally participate in the enthusiasm of building your own prison. "
The trainer's words are not without prejudice. Let these Japanese build their own prisons, but criminals have no human rights, let alone criminals who try to attack the East African army, they are war criminals. Even less popular.
Of course, there are practical considerations in allowing these war criminals to build prisons in East Africa. There were prisons on Miyako Island before, but they did not meet the standards of East Africa. And now East Africa has arrested more than a hundred prisoners. The small prison left over from the Ryukyu Kingdom could not hold so many people.
Moreover, the words of the trainers in East Africa, "Death penalty can be avoided, but living crime cannot be avoided." It also needs to be considered. If the Japanese government does not care about their life and death, then it is really possible that they will die in hell. It mainly depends on whether Japan is willing to give them chips.
However, based on East African thinking, it is estimated that only big fish like Takayaki Morita may be redeemed. After all, his uncle is a senior official of the Japanese government, and his family still has some weight in Japanese politics.
Furthermore, Morita’s behavior is still highly respected in Japan. As long as it is packaged, he can become a "hero defending national interests" in public opinion. After all, fishing boats deal with large warships. This feat is indeed Quite shocking.
The situation of East Africa blocking the Miyako Strait was naturally quickly reported to the Japanese government by those "victimized" merchant ships and fishing boats. In fact, Ozawa Seiji had already reported the arrival of the East African fleet in the Miyako Strait before this. It was passed to the Japanese government, but I did not expect that East Africa would dare to block the Miyako Strait.
So the Japanese government quickly approached the East African Legation and asked Kad: "Minister Kad, by blocking the Miyako Strait in East Africa, do you want to declare war with our Empire of Japan? The Miyako Strait is natural The maritime channel is a fishing ground operated by our country's coastal citizens for generations. Your country's behavior is too domineering!" Card: "That's not the news I received. We have solid evidence. The evidence proves that Japan used serving sailors to pretend to be fishermen to harass and rob our merchant ships in East Africa. We in East Africa are just retaliating in kind. Your navy is doing piracy in the name of navy, and now you are here to beat them up. , our blockade of the Miyako Strait is considered a light punishment, and in my opinion, the punishment of cutting off your eastern route is not excessive!”
"Minister Card, please don't slander me. It is impossible for the Imperial Navy to pretend to be fishermen and attack merchant ships. As for any evidence, it must be fabricated by you."
"Humph, witness. We all have the physical evidence. As for you who refuse to admit it or want to deny it, of course we have nothing to do with the shameless country, but As long as you don’t publicly apologize and compensate for the losses suffered by East Africa, then you can’t imagine that our country will easily lift the blockade.”
Minister Kad is now proud. Kad remembers the previous attack on the embassy very clearly. No one wants to be plotted against, and now that he can embarrass the Japanese government, he feels very comfortable and feels that a great revenge has been avenged.
The Japanese diplomat said with a gloomy face: "Your country's conditions are too harsh and we will never agree to it. Moreover, the Sakishima Islands and the Miyako Strait are our country's inseparable interests. For your country, It is extremely uneconomical to say that our consumption is a bottomless pit for you. As long as 30 million Japanese citizens are still alive, they will not ignore the loss of their country."
Card: "Tsk tsk tsk, don't be so sanctimonious. Don't think that we in East Africa don't understand history. The entire Ryukyu Islands have nothing to do with Japan. Even if it is not an independent country, it is still a vassal state of the Far East Empire. You Japan was in The Han Dynasty also surrendered to the Far Eastern Empire. In this case, your so-called 30 million citizens might as well jump across the Pacific Ocean and return the land to the Far Eastern Empire."
Mr. Kad is sophistical, but there is some truth to what he said. , of course, the most important thing is to satirize Japan's shameless behavior.
Of course, East Africa is no less shameless. After all, the land was taken from black people and they enslaved black people. It is a typical ruthless country. However, East Africa's shamelessness can be seen and they will never deny it. Japan is secretive and wants to build a memorial arch.
The Japanese diplomat was very annoyed when he heard Kad's sarcasm, but when he thought about the fact that the enemy is strong and we are weak, he could only swallow his anger and said: "Minister Kad, what do you want from your country's conditions?" ?”
Kade: “This matter is actually very easy to discuss. Didn’t you want to create a so-called Ryukyu Islands dichotomy with the Far Eastern Empire? Now we in East Africa have helped you implement this plan. You, Japan, If you want to go back on your word, I think you shouldn’t bother anymore. The two countries will use the Miyako Strait as the boundary to completely divide the Ryukyu Islands into two.”
East Africa has little desire for the Northern Ryukyu Islands, so the dichotomy is acceptable. Japan has previously proposed to divide the Ryukyu Islands into two with the Far East, which shows that they can also accept this plan.
Of course, the Japanese ambitions cannot be hidden, but now East Africa does not care much. Without more than ten years of development, Japan will not easily start a war for the time being, so as long as the two countries can temporarily negotiate this time , East Africa can slowly operate the Southern Ryukyu Islands. As for the future, it is nothing more than the Miyako Strait becoming a temporary ceasefire line.
(End of this chapter)