"Your Highness, now is the time to demonstrate our country's stance. Based on the intelligence we have compiled, we can basically conclude that Tsarist Russia and Japan are bound to fight sooner or later, and both sides are already making preparations for this war," Felix said.
"There have been ideas within Russia about a war with Japan. According to unofficial reports, the Russian government had long concluded that a war with Japan would break out sometime between 1903 and 1905."
"So their attitude toward war was not a sudden notion, but a major undertaking Russia had long been plotting. Intelligence gathered from Europe and the Far East also indicates that the Russian government has recently been strengthening its forces in the Far East."
"Therefore, the reports of war leaking out of Russia are clearly not groundless. They are very likely to launch an attack on Japan first."
Ernst largely agreed with Felix's deduction. However, in his previous life, the Russo-Japanese War had begun with Japan launching a surprise attack on the Russian Army. Still, Felix could hardly have imagined that Japan, such a "small" country, would behave with so little martial virtue.
Naturally, Ernst did not interrupt Felix. Instead, he let him continue.
"At the same time, Japan is also actively preparing for war. Especially after signing the relevant agreements with Britain, military cooperation between the two countries has become increasingly frequent. Japan is likely also backed by the United States and forces from the Far East Empire."
It was impossible for Britain and Japan's cooperation not to be frequent. After all, most of the Japanese fleet's warships either came from Britain or were copied from British designs.
Nor was it surprising that the Far East Empire supported Japan. This was not wild speculation by East African officials, but backed