Hearing Chang Ruiqing's answer, several naval and air force leaders looked at each other, and no one knew what to say. In the end, it was the British consultant Cunningham who came to the meeting today who could speak English. With him, the English consultant, everyone talked in English, and he naturally spoke English too.

"Mr. Chairman, judging from the current defense situation around Shanghai, it is absolutely impossible for the Japanese army to occupy Shanghai. But if they target the combat targets to shell Shanghai, the Chinese economic center, I think they can still do it. It's just a little trouble."

As he said that, Cunningham placed a military map of Shanghai on the chart table, pointed a baton at Hengsha Island, Changxing Island, and Chongming Island on the map, saying: "These three islands are silted, flat like a tabletop, absolutely no danger to defend, and no solid fortifications have been built on the island. If the Japanese Marine Corps, with the support of large-caliber naval guns, they should be able to easily occupy Hengsha, Changxing Island and the eastern part of Chongming Island. Then, the island will deploy shore-based artillery to block the nearby waterways.

, and suppress Wusongkou Fort and Gaoqiao Fort. Cover minesweeping boats to clear mines in nearby waterways, so that Japanese battleships can enter the northern channel of the Yangtze River, that is, between Changxing Island and Chongming Island. The naval guns of their battleships can obtain Yangshupu, Wusong and Pudong Gaoqiao in Shanghai! And under the cover of Changxing Island, you can also launch artillery battles with Wusongkou Fort and Gaoqiao in the Gaoqiao area. Theoretically, the 7-inch cannons and 240mm cannons deployed in Wusongkou and Gaoqiao in Gaoqiao cannot fight Japanese battleships!"

Chang Ruiqing remained silent. "Mr. Cunningham, do you have any solutions?" Cunningham shook his head and said to Chang Ruiqing solemnly: "Mr. Chairman, the strength of your country's navy is clearly here. What can I do? If I have to make suggestions, then the best way now is to hold a peace talk with Japan... Can I take the liberty to ask a question?"

"Please ask." Chang Ruiqing smiled.

"What exactly do you want to get from Japan? Reimbursement? Cut land? Or something else?"

Chang Ruiqing smiled at him: "Of course compensation is necessary. This war has cost us a lot of military expenditure. Japan, as the failed party, should compensate. As for cede land, uh, we have no territorial ambitions for Japan, but I hope China can take back the cedents to Japan, Taiwan, Penghu and its affiliated islands in history. In addition, I also want a rational Japanese government. I have the exact information about the "King Kong Incident" that Hirohito was instructed behind the scenes! I think the British Empire doesn't want a madman like Hirohito to become the emperor in the future, right? After this battle, Japan's idea of ​​expanding to the mainland should be completely dispelled, but will they seek to expand to the South China Sea? Japan has the third largest navy in the world! Such power is in the hands of a madman, it's really terrible!"

Cunningham was certainly not asking questions out of curiosity. Behind him was the British government! He heard the conditions for the ceasefire proposed by Chang Ruiqing, he immediately made a plan. According to the exact outcome of the Sino-Japanese War revealed to Britain by France, the Chinese would definitely win a great victory! Maybe the entire Far East and North Korea of ​​Huatai Island would be occupied by China. There are almost 500,000 square kilometers of land! It has rich resources and fertile land. It is a very reasonable requirement to exchange such a large piece of land for some compensation and Taiwan Island. Moreover, for the British Empire, it is not reassuring to let Japan, a naval power, control Taiwan, control Taiwan. It is better to let China, a mainland country, own it. As for changing a Japanese heir to the throne... this requirement is nothing. The Emperor Taisho of Japan has several sons. It should be the same if he replaces the crown prince?

Thinking of this, he nodded slightly and asked again: "So do your country have specific requirements for the amount of compensation?"

Chang Ruiqing stretched out two fingers and smiled: "Two million US dollars! There are more than this crops that are about to mature on the land of Far East alone. My requirements are not high, right? Of course. If Shanghai is bombarded by Japanese battleships, they must also compensate for this."

Cunningham shrugged and smiled, "I think if such conditions are available, the Japanese Combined Fleet should go home, right?"

Chang Ruiqing looked at Cheng Biguang and Yang Shuzhuang. The two Chinese Navy leaders were frowning and shook their heads. The latter said: "Committee, the Japanese are probably not that easy to talk to. They are not as stubborn as the Yellow River."

Chang Ruiqing whispered to Cunningham: "Sir Colonel, it seems that we need to think of something else."

Cunningham thought for a while and said, "Only by using a shipwreck to block the waterway, two 10,000-ton cargo ships may need to sink themselves on the north and south routes of the Yangtze River."

Chang Ruiqing said to Navy Minister Cheng Biguang: "That's it, the Navy will immediately implement a plan to block the Yangtze River waterway. In addition, I am planning to establish the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Governor General Lu Zixiu, with Deputy Chief of General Staff as the commander, and the deputy commander is sent by the Navy."

"The Ministry of Justice recommends Major General Chen Ce, the commander of the First Fleet." Cheng Biguang said.

"Okay, that's it." Chang Ruiqing said and turned around and prepared to go out. He entered the war room for only ten minutes and discussed a solution and left. It seemed that his mind was still in Manchuria and the Far East.

"Wait a minute." Cunningham shouted suddenly. Chang Ruiqing stopped and looked at the British naval colonel, as if waiting for him to ask a question. Cunningham said: "Mr. Chairman, will the surprise attack plan be implemented?"

"No, it won't be implemented." Chang Ruiqing replied with a smile, "If the Japanese agreed to my conditions, I will certainly not take such risky revenge. I really hope for peace."

After leaving the naval combat room, Chang Ruiqing, accompanied by Deputy Chief Chen Cheng, walked through a long corridor and came to the army combat room on the other end of the building. Wang Junhao and Zhao Zhenzheng met and discussed something on the map table. A map of one in 50,000 was covered with a huge map table. The symbols were marked densely around several key points of fierce fighting. Seeing Chang Ruiqing walk in, both of them straightened up at the same time. Wang Junhao said excitedly: "Brother Yaoru, the Japanese and Korean troops are trapped. They are attacking Fengcheng County."

Chang Ruiqing walked to the map platform and looked at Fenghuang Mountain above the military map. The enemy and us around Xinkailing smiled and said, "It seems that the little Japanese is really anxious. Even though he knows Fenghuang Mountain, Xinkailing dares to cover his head and fight to Fengcheng under our control."

Zhao Zhen said: "It's not easy to be impatient. The attack on Shuangchengzi Fortress has come to an end. Wu Yuxun reported that he could wipe out Shuangchengzi's enemies within 12 hours. Moreover, two of the three armies besieging Shuangchengzi have been withdrawn and deployed to the Xingkai Lake blocking battlefield in the north."

Chang Ruiqing nodded and asked, "How many Japanese troops are there on the front line of Xingkai Lake? Have you found out the number?"

Zhao Zhen picked up a telegram and took a look. "There are two divisions, namely the 19th Division and the 20th Division, who have been brave enough to attack with our superiority for three or four days. The casualties are estimated to exceed 15,000 people, and their shells should be almost exhausted."

"Where is the front line of the Ussuri River? Is there any latest news?"

"There is still fierce fighting, but the most difficult time has passed, and the Japanese ammunition is almost exhausted. The main force of the 11th Army has been transferred. We are preparing to launch a counterattack with the 8th Army. In time, we will launch the offensive of the Fifth Army on the Xingkai Lake line at the same time."

"Where is Jiamusi?"

"It's still in our hands. The Japanese army gave up the attack yesterday afternoon and left half of the division to guard the troops. The remaining troops were advancing towards Qitaihe. The 11th Army had set up a division there and built solid fortifications, which the Japanese could not defeat."

Chang Ruiqing just looked at the map with his waist and pondered slowly: "There are more than 120 kilometers from Jiamusi to Qitaihe. The Japanese army has to walk at least one and a half days, and then spend half a day preparing to attack the city. A division in Qitaihe can last at least three days. It seems that the Japanese army's surprise soldiers can do nothing... The Japanese army's second army will soon be besieged by our six armies. They are already tired divisions, and the logistics cut off ammunition is insufficient, and they are about to collapse. As for the Korean army's

The defeat of two divisions is certain, and the only suspense is whether the entire army will be wiped out. In this way, nine of the seventeen divisions in Japan in the Far East, North Korea and Manchuria were annihilated or lost their combat effectiveness. Two of the remaining eight divisions could not come out in Vladivostok, four in the hinterland of North Manchuria, and two in North Korea... It seems that Manchuria and the Far East are already expected. The next struggle may be around the negotiating table. Self-reflection. Youlin, what about your opinions?"

Zhao Zhen looked at Chang Ruiqing with warm eyes. "What else can I talk about when I've played this way! The Far East Coast will definitely be taken. It's almost 300,000 square kilometers, rich in resources and fertile land. Historically, it was our China's territory. No matter what he said, he can't be returned to Japan! And we all shouted the slogan of "expelling the Japanese invaders and returning my rivers and mountains". If you repent, it would be unfavorable to your prestige, Brother Yaoru!"

"The Korean Peninsula must also be defeated!" Wang Junhao nodded and added: "The Korean Peninsula must also be defeated! After the battle of Fengcheng, the Korean army should have suffered heavy losses and could not stop us at all!"

Chang Ruiqing glanced at his two confidants and sneered: "I have already proposed peace terms to Cunningham in the naval war room just now: take back Taiwan and Penghu, pay 200 million US dollars in compensation, and depose Hirohito's crown prince."

"That's all?" Wang Junhao and Zhao Zhen looked at each other and said in unison. "Just let go of the little Japanese?"

"Let me go?" Chang Ruiqing smiled coldly and looked at the map with cold eyes. "Things that cannot be obtained on the battlefield can also be obtained on the negotiating table!"

Zhao Zhen was stunned again and again. "Then why did you have to offer such conditions?"

"Is it a delaying strategy?" Wang Junhao said in thought. "Is it for the joint fleet of the Japanese?"

Chang Ruiqing almost snorted coldly: "The negotiating table is also a battlefield. There is no need to win Xinyi against the enemy on the battlefield. There is no promise at the negotiating table!" He paused and sighed softly: "But this war cannot be concluded through peace talks, because we do not have a strong navy and cannot threaten Japan's mainland. No matter how much we win on the mainland, it is impossible to force Japan to surrender. Therefore, negotiations are destined to have no result, and it is only part of the battlefield."

"Then how should we end the war?" Wang Junhao frowned slightly. China's foreign trade routes are now blocked by Japan! If the war continues, it may be very detrimental to domestic construction!

A strange smile appeared on Chang Ruiqing's lips. "Don't worry, this war will definitely end in September. Before September, the National Defense Force must seize as much territory as possible! Eliminate as much Japanese troops as possible and have the strength to live!"

...

The 10th Japanese Division's division command center in Shuangchengzi Fortress was already a doomsday scene. This fortress, which took three years and cost more than 20 million yen, had become a pile of ruins after being bombarded by the powerful Chinese artillery group for three days and three nights! The 10th Japanese Division, which was guarding here, was destined to become the first division in the history of the Japanese Army to be wiped out!

Now the Chinese army's encirclement in Shuangchengzi has shrunk to less than five square kilometers. The city of Shuangchengzi has been completely occupied by the Chinese army. Tens of thousands of Japanese pioneers and the remnants of the 10th Division living in this city, and some miscellaneous troops squeezed into the fortress that had turned into ruins, making a mess! The Japanese army's logistics supplies were long gone, and the ammunition was almost exhausted, and almost all the heavy firearms were destroyed by the Chinese artillery fire. Fifty or sixty thousand Japanese were mixed together. Some were wearing military uniforms.

The remaining defeated generals, as well as the elderly, weak and young women and children wearing civilian clothes, were desperately trying to find a safer place. However, shells fell everywhere, and piles of people died everywhere. The besieged Chinese army had sent letters of surrender to the fortress through the captured Japanese pioneers. However, Kawahiro Kazuo and Ugaki Kazuna! They even disagreed with handing over the Japanese women and children in the Shuangchengzi Fortress to the Chinese army for proper resettlement... The subjects of the Japanese Emperor would rather die than surrender to the Chinese army!

A large-scale suicide wave has begun within the encirclement. The first ones to commit suicide were thousands of wounded and dead wounded. These wounded people had no medicine at all, no clean gauze, no drinking water that meets hygiene standards, and even no food. All food must be left to those who can still fight! The Japanese medical staff had to send grenades to the wounded with tears. Ten wounded people formed a circle and used a melon grenade to kill their lives!

Then, the staff of the Far East Railway, living in Shuangchengzi City and their families began to commit suicide collectively. The male owner, as the head of the family, first killed his wife and children with his own hands! Then he cut his neck or belly with a knife. The wailing and screaming sounds one after another, making people sound like he was in the Avici Hell.

The suicide method of Japanese officers and soldiers who can still fight is attack! Suicidal attack! Such tactics are very common in the end of World War II in another time and space. I don’t know what these Japanese thought. If they were guarding this ruins, they might be able to hold on for a few more days and cause greater casualties to their opponents. However, the Japanese officers and soldiers who had completely collapsed morale no longer had the courage to live a few more hours or more on this hell-like battlefield, and were eager to be a god at Yasukuni Shrine. So a group of Japanese people holding rifles and wearing tattered military uniforms charged towards the Chinese positions, saying "Onzai!Onzai!", basically they fell under the firepower of machine guns and mortars, which saved the Chinese army a lot of trouble.

"... After a rough inspection by the division headquarters, the 10th Regiment was found, and the 63rd Regiment had been wiped out. The 10th Regiment had been burned down. The 63rd Regiment had lost the flag. The 39th Regiment, the 10th Cavalry Regiment, the 10th Field Artillery Regiment, the 10th Regiment, the 10th Regiment, the 10th Regiment, the 10th Regiment, the 10th Regiment, the 10th Regiment, the 10th Regiment, the 10th Regiment, the 5th Regiment of the Shuangchengzi Fortress, the Railway Guard, the 5th Regiment of the ** Heavy Artillery Regiment, all the heavy firearms and ammunition were exhausted! The 10th Himeji Division, with the expectations of His Majesty the Emperor and the people, the jade was broken soon... The final general attack of the Chinese army is about to begin, and we have burned the military flag to prepare for the final battle with the enemy, hoping that the soul after death can be attached to the flag of our imperial army, and accompany our invincible imperial army soldiers to sweep the 400 states in China!"

Lieutenant General Ugaki personally handed the final report of the 10th Division he drafted to the communications staff of the division headquarters. Then he looked at General Kawaka and smiled reluctantly. "General, General, the 10th Division has done its best."

Kawaka nodded numbly. He knew that Ugaki was reminding him that he could have a septile! It was embarrassing enough to wipe out a whole division. There could be no more generals and lieutenant generals. So they could not participate in the final suicide attack, so they could only find a place where no one could break themselves secretly. He stood up and grinned at Ugaki. "Ugaki, please help me get it wrong."

Then he looked at the soldiers in the room who were crying silently with their heads down. These were the staff officers of the 10th Division or the Far East Army who followed Kawaho to Shuangchengzi. But now they have all changed into the uniforms of ordinary Japanese soldiers! They are not holding flashy samurai swords, but the Type 38 rifle.

Kawaka nodded at them and said, "Very good! You all know what your responsibilities are! You are the seeds of the 10th Division and are officers who have competed with the most elite army in China. Although they have not won, you know the characteristics of the Chinese army and their tactics. This is very important for the imperial army to make a comeback to defeat China! So, I order you to break through! You must live to Yanpu and return to Japan alive! Do you understand?"

Watching these officers rush out of the room and disappear on the battlefield filled with smoke, General Kawaka's face became distorted, and he pulled out his samurai sword with his trembling hands...

On the afternoon of July 12, 1923, Shuangchengzi, an important town in the Japanese Far East Prefecture, was captured by the Central ** team, and the entire Japanese 10th Division was wiped out. Former commander of the Far East Army, General Kawahira Kawaka, and Lieutenant General Ugaki, was defeated and committed suicide!

The moment when the Japanese Far East Army collapsed across the board finally came!
Chapter completed!