Seeking Aid from the United States (Extra Update for 3500 Votes Last Month)

"Lord Yamagata, if we do not agree to the Germans' terms, they will continue their attacks. How many of our cities will be destroyed by then? How many people will die beneath their guns?" Kato Takaaki was deeply worried.

"For the Empire's grand hegemony, a certain amount of loss is entirely worthwhile. The Germans have no supply bases in the Far East. All their fleet's supplies come from merely a few transport ships. They certainly will not be able to hold out in the Far East for long!" Oka Ichinosuke said.

"The Germans are not fools. They can send more transport ships to the Far East. Although the Germans are about to launch an attack on the British mainland, with Germany's strength, handling their assault on us at the same time would be no problem at all. When that happens, the Empire will pay an unimaginable price!" Okuma Shigenobu said.

"Prime Minister, we can think of other ways. No matter what, we cannot give up Southeast Asia. From the information we have gathered, we can determine that aside from its abundant grain resources, Southeast Asia also possesses abundant Mineral Resources. Even Borneo, occupied by the Dutch, has plentiful oil reserves. If we can seize that place, the Empire's rise will be just around the corner!" Oka Ichinosuke said.

Okuma Shigenobu and Kato Takaaki both fell silent. They knew very well what Southeast Asia's abundant resources meant to the Island Nation. Resource scarcity had already become the bottleneck strangling the Island Nation's development. If that bottleneck could be removed, the Island Nation could indeed soar into the sky in a single bound. That was why those Army fellows had been willing to take such an enormous risk.

"But if the price is the destruction of the Empire's coastal cities and countless