The Japanese navy's Lushun fleet retreated from Dingzhou and Nanpu to the port of Incheon in an attempt to assist the Korean army and the Japanese army in defending Seoul. Song Biao was not polite and continued to send troops south to occupy Kaesong and Yeoncheon, and actively deployed troops to surround Seoul.
The rout of the Japanese army exceeded everyone's expectations. The European and American powers did not expect it at all. The Japanese government and the Japanese army did not expect that all the media in China were reporting on the victory of the Northeast Army, while Japan blocked the news. Even though
Reports of defeat can only use words such as "evacuated", "killed", "broken", and "damaged", and it is strictly forbidden to report specific numbers of annihilations.
No matter how much the Japanese government tried to cover up this huge defeat that could almost destroy the self-esteem of the entire nation, the whole world knew after all that Song Biao was indeed the god general of Asia, and now he was serving as the emperor of the Chinese Empire to personally conquer the country.
The old situation of the Battle of Liaoyang was repeated on the Korean Peninsula. Three large-scale battles shattered six main divisions and four reserve brigades of the Japanese army, as well as two division-sized Korean servants.
The Japanese army claims to have fifteen divisions, but in fact only twelve divisions are formally organized. The remaining 13th, 14th, and 15th divisions have not yet been formed. The 14th and 15th divisions have also mobilized a large number of officers and soldiers to form
The reserve brigade was destroyed in half of the Imperial Japanese Army in just ten days of the Northeastern Army's offensive.
It is obvious that this battle cannot be fought any longer.
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After occupying Pyongyang, Song Biao requisitioned the residence of North Pyongyang South Province as the frontline headquarters of the Northeastern Army. He established a frontline general munitions station in Jiangdong County, 35 kilometers east of Pyongyang, and transferred supplies from the Northeast and China. He started planning.
Launch another southward offensive, starting from Seoul and fighting all the way to Busan.
After Pyongyang was captured, the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Northeast Divisions were repaired on the spot. The 6th Division was intensively transferred to Kuandian via the railway to prepare for the southward movement. The 12th, 14th, and 15th Infantry Divisions of the Beiyang Department served as
The main force was responsible for attacking Seoul, and the 1st Infantry Division was stationed in Yeoncheon as preparation.
During this period, the entire army seized the time to reorganize, and the newly formed regiments mobilized large-scale troops to supplement the first and second-line troops. 70,000 new soldiers transferred from the country were added to the new patrol army regiments that were located in the third-line troops.
It was a good decision to attack Pyongyang quickly, because Pyongyang is the headquarters of the Japanese army, which has hoarded a large amount of military supplies and ammunition reserves, and also sorted out the captured supplies of the Japanese army. The Northeast Army has achieved the goal of supporting war with war.
Use Japanese military supplies to reduce supply.
After reorganizing the artillery captured from the Japanese army, plus further deployment from within the pass, and the arrival of the second batch of artillery leased from Russia, the Northeast Army will have more than 3,300 barrel artillery pieces in half a month, enough to
The Northeastern Army established two artillery corps.
After a new combat meeting was held that morning, Song Biao received a letter of greeting from Qiu Shanzhen who had come to see him.
At this time, Song Biao was already the emperor of the Chinese Empire. It was much more difficult to see him than in previous years. As for his status as the emperor, after this battle, there was no longer any objection at home and abroad.
There are only two things that concern him. One is when he will officially ascend the throne and send a special envoy to congratulate him and submit his credentials; the other is how the Sino-Japanese War of 1911 will end.
The British Empire was obviously an accomplice of Japan and wanted to kill the new empire with Japan. The British Empire was very thick-skinned and wanted to come over to mediate between China and Japan. Song Biao refused rudely. As the relationship between Britain and France improved day by day, and Russia and France
Alliance. France also tried to coordinate with China and Japan, but Song Biao decided to invite the United States, a neutral outsider, to coordinate, and at the same time set the venue for negotiations in Pyongyang.
The reason why Song Biao did this was precisely because the seemingly neutral United States also wanted to weaken Japan in order to reduce the threat of the Japanese navy to the United States.
Akiyama is really an old friend.
Song Biao still agreed to meet and asked Han Chunlin to pick up Akiyama Shinzhi.
More than ten minutes later, Akiyama Shinyuki, who was wearing a handsome white military uniform, followed First Class Chamberlain Han Chunlin into the office with a solemn expression. He walked to the center of the office and bowed to Song Biao with a solemn expression.
He saluted, but without raising his head, he held up the letter with both hands and said: "His Majesty, the Emperor of the Chinese Empire, thanks to the great trust of His Excellency Katsura Taro, the Prime Minister of our country, I have brought a letter personally written by the Prime Minister. Please accept it!"
Song Biao raised his eyes coldly and glanced at Akiyama Shinichi. After a while, he nodded slightly and motioned to Han Chunlin to take the letter.
After receiving Song Biao's instruction, Han Chunlin stepped forward to take the letter and respectfully forwarded it to Song Biao.
Katsura Taro's calligraphy is very good. Probably the calligraphy of these old Japanese people is much smarter than that of Song Biao. Song Biao was concerned about this and fiddled with it for a while before opening the letter. While opening it, he said to Akiyama Masayuki: "Your country
It’s really interesting. Do I have to send you here every time when this happens?”
Akiyama really wanted to make a joke and humiliate those bastards in the army, but he just considered that things are different now. Song Biao has become the emperor of China. Even in the Ming Dynasty, the emperor of China was still higher than the emperor of Japan.
The emperor of the emperor.
He did not dare to say those sarcastic and vicious words anymore, and kept bowing his head and replied: "Your Majesty is wise, the Prime Minister probably thinks that I still have some courage to tell the truth in front of Your Majesty."
Song Biao opened the letter, read it and said: "You are a foreign envoy, so you don't need to be so cautious. Sit down."
Akiyama Shinyuki thanked him immediately and sat on the chair arranged by Han Chunlin.
Song Biao read Katsura Taro's letter. He estimated that it was similar to Abe's letter written many years later. However, if China and Japan cooperate, Asia will win. If China and Japan cooperate, Asia will recover. If China and Japan compete, Asia will fail.
He also talked about the past history and friendship between China and Japan, and hoped that Emperor Song Biao would take the overall situation into consideration and work with him to end the war, restore peace, restore normal commercial relations between the two countries, and talk about future cooperation.
Whether Japanese or Koreans, including North Korea, Vietnam, and Myanmar, they all behave like this. They take advantage and refuse to let go. They suffer losses because China poses as a great power. Anyway, you have a vast territory and a rich family.
, you should be more tolerant of me. And you have been tolerant for thousands of years.
After reading the letter, Song Biao became more and more angry as he thought about it. He tore the letter into two pieces, crumpled it into a ball and threw it on the ground.
Akiyama Shinyuki was taken aback, and Han Chunlin who was accompanying him was also stunned and speechless. However, neither of them could see anything unusual in Song Biao's expression, and he still looked calm and indifferent.
At this moment, Song Biao and Shinichi Akiyama said: "Prime Minister Katsura Taro single-handedly launched this war, which caused heavy losses to our country. Our country strictly demands that war criminals be punished. During Katsura Taro's tenure as Prime Minister of the Cabinet, our country rejected all requests for peace talks. In addition, like
Don't use Prime Minister Katsura's shameless words to insult my intelligence. Don't say that I am the leader of the country.
Things are just street things, provoking others, smashing other people's vendors. In the end, you can't beat others, but you want to walk away without taking any responsibility. There is no such good thing in the world. We have known each other for a long time.
, I won’t talk nonsense with you. In short, I won’t give up. If you want to negotiate peace, just wait until your country offers conditions.”
Akiyama Masayuki didn't know what Katsura Taro wrote, so he must have meant that he didn't say anything serious, and probably didn't even apologize.
Thinking of this, Masayuki Akiyama really doesn't know what Prime Minister Katsura Taro asked him to do, is it just to embarrass him? Really, how could there be such a prime minister?
Thinking about it, Akiyama Manochi feels very sad. Previously, those guys in the country were clamoring that if Song Biao became the emperor of China, Japan would be completely destroyed. The whole country knew about it, even Prime Minister Katsura Taro
Repeatedly in this way, the result will be a war.
Although Akiyama Masayuki didn't know whether he would lose or win at first, he always felt that Emperor Song was not someone who was easy to mess with. If something happened, he would continue to fight with Japan, and Japan would be the one to suffer in the end.
The result was good, but this time it was really a big loss.
So, those bastards in the Army are really unreliable at all. They only talk nonsense about being loyal to the emperor and serving the country, and saying that Japan will perish if it does not conquer China.
Really.
There really aren’t many reliable people in Japan nowadays!
Akiyama Maozhi felt increasingly sad, and could only sigh to Song Biao: "Your Majesty, I knew that coming here this time would cause trouble. If I could decide this matter, it would be much easier. I think it would be easier.
What the Prime Minister said were meaningless greetings, and he probably didn’t express his true thoughts. But as far as I know, the Prime Minister is really very
If we want to quickly end this war that should never have happened, there are only two questions now. One is to know the conditions of you and your country, the other is to consider the price that our country can pay, and the third is if an agreement can really be reached
Regarding the peace treaty, I also ask for Your Majesty's understanding. Please be sure to avoid using words such as our country's defeat or your country's victory, so as not to further irritate our people."
Song Biao immediately said sarcastically: "It's nonsense. The war was so big, so many people died, and so much money was spent. Is it going to end like this with no victory or defeat?"
Akiyama Shinori said: "Your Majesty, calm down, please consider the situation of our country. After all, our country is an island country surrounded by sea. When you lack the navy, continuing to fight like this will not be an easy end. If
The war really must continue forever. Our navy can only carry out more serious actions along the coast of your country.
A powerful infringement move, this is obviously not what you expected to see. In other words, if you don't want a quick victory, there is really no need to pay such a high price and force the advance. As far as I know, the Northeast Army's real
The main force is only 200,000 in size, and the current casualty rate has probably reached 1
4, and although our army is in a sorry state, it still has sufficient reserve forces that can be mobilized. Although these remarks are somewhat threatening, I sincerely hope that China and Japan can end this war that should not happen as soon as possible.
war."
Song Biao asked him: "What do you mean it shouldn't happen? Major General Akiyama, existence is reasonable. There are many reasons why your country wants to provoke this war. If you make a mistake, you must admit it instead of saying 'shouldn't happen'"
Such excuses to cover up, I
This is what I hate most about your country. When you take advantage, you talk about ethnography. When you suffer a loss, you pretend that nothing happened. You blindly avoid any responsibility. In the words of us Chinese, your country can only
Use four words to describe it: despicable and shameless."
After a pause, Song Biao seemed very calm and added: "I am not here to get carried away and point fingers and make random comments just because I won the battle. But because I have known the nature of your country since the massacre of Lushun. You can
Go back and sue
Sue Katsura Taro. Don’t underestimate me. The arms I secretly produced and purchased are enough for me to defeat all the armies of your country. You have been preparing for this battle for several years. I don’t know, but I have been preparing for six years. If only
To overthrow the Manchu rule,
With the strength of the Northeastern Army, it could have marched into the border four years ago. For the remaining four years, I have been waiting for you to cause trouble. As you said, continuing to fight is not very good for our country, but
Likewise. Based on our country's preparations, it will definitely be more detrimental to you if we continue to fight. As long as you still want the colony of Korea, I can slowly drag you and fight until you are at the end of your rope. If you don't believe it, then
Just take your time and fight with me on the Korean Peninsula."
Akiyama was really speechless, thinking that you are really cruel, but you don't have to say it so harshly. Although you are His Majesty the Emperor now, and I am just an envoy of a country. But after all, we can be regarded as old friends with friendship. I miss you back then.
If you want to send students to study in the Empire of Japan, I have done a lot of work and won a lot of preferential treatment policies for you.
At this moment, Qiu Shan really felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, feeling very uncomfortable in his heart.
He hated those bastards in the Army for making him and the Japanese Empire lose face in Korea.
Without the Xinhai War, the Empire of Japan would be regarded as one of the rising powers in the hearts of all countries. But now it has really become a joke in the eyes of all countries. The army was massacred twice. The death was more miserable than the last time.
Those who were consumed in the attack simply sat there and were surrounded and annihilated this time, and served as a bench for the Chinese Army.
Qiu Shan thought to himself, this is really a turn of events. Today's Chinese Army can shock all countries in the world with just this battle and join the ranks of the world's largest armies. From today on, during the lifetime of Emperor Song, which country dares to
Send the army to this continent to challenge the Chinese army?
Seeing that Akiyama was so embarrassed that he had nothing to say, Song Biaocai said: "Let the provisional cabinet government consider the specific conditions to reach an armistice agreement. As the emperor of a constitutional monarchy, and under the current situation
Under this situation, it is not convenient for me to interfere openly or semi-publicly in the work of the government. You can just sign the armistice agreement. As for whether you are defeated or victorious, history will naturally make a fair judgment.
However, since this matter started with South Korea provoking territorial disputes and South Korea also sent troops to fight, Japan and South Korea need to negotiate separately. South Korea must admit defeat, otherwise our country can only occupy the entire South Korea. During the formal negotiations, Japan
Both the navy and the army must withdraw from Seoul and stop all military operations. Japan must not increase its troops to North Korea again, and our country will not increase its troops during this period. This is the basis for negotiations between the two countries."
Akiyama Shinyuki breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Song Biao was willing to start negotiations, his mission would be considered completed. He immediately asked: "Your Majesty, regarding the matter of the mediating country, our country has entrusted Britain and France to participate in negotiations. Your country, France and Russia
It is a paramilitary alliance, and our country and the United Kingdom are a pan-Italian alliance. It may be more reasonable for Britain and France to preside over the negotiations. I wonder what your Majesty thinks?"
Song Biao said: "I have invited former U.S. President Mr. Theodore Roosevelt to take charge of this mediation work on behalf of the United States. I believe he will be based on the principle of fairness and will not favor both sides. As for France's opinion, I think we can
Proper listening.”
Regarding these matters, Song Biao did not want to directly come forward to negotiate and discuss, even if it was to give Akiyama Shinyuki some old favors, but that was the end. He did not want to talk any more and ended the conversation briefly: "That's it, I still want to talk about it."
There are other things to do."
Akiyama Shinyuki could only stand up and say goodbye helplessly.
The reason why Song Biao asked the cabinet government to take charge of the armistice negotiations was that he needed a buffer. The cabinet government could raise certain terms a little higher, or maybe lower them, without touching Japan's bottom line. He could still do it later.
On the grounds of refusing to sign the decree, the cabinet government was asked to renegotiate with Japan.
It is rare to fight such a good battle. How can China give up without hammering out some favorable terms?
At least in the era of Song Biao, China will be a stingy big country that is not good at long-suffering and tolerance. It will quietly calculate and retaliate.
Song Biao invited the United States to intervene in mediation, largely to squeeze out Britain's influence and not give Britain a chance to mediate, which would help him unite with the United States to squeeze Japan. Former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and the United States were also very happy
As a mediator, because the armistice negotiations were held in Pyongyang, Theodore Roosevelt paid a special visit to Song Biao after arriving in Pyongyang to understand some of China's basic requirements.
As the formal armistice negotiation schedule begins, military operations by China and Japan on the Korean Peninsula have been temporarily suspended. The Japanese Navy has also suspended its original intrusion plan, but whether the negotiations will ultimately succeed still depends on military deterrence.
Using this period of time, Japan actively recruited reserve officers and soldiers in the country and tried to reorganize four reserve divisions. However, under the premise that Britain and France refused to provide new loans, it was difficult for Japan to purchase military equipment from abroad to quickly make up for the gap between China and Japan in army equipment.
difference.
Similarly, the Northeast Army also seizes the time to repair and redeploy. It builds temporary railways and strengthens fortifications. Domestically, recruit training camps in various places are still actively recruiting new recruits. Even in North Korea, a fifteen-day crash course for non-commissioned officers was temporarily held to recruit new recruits.
of sergeant.
Japan's current problem is that it has no money. In September last year, when Japan was officially preparing for war, Japan considered the Northeast Army's installation of light machine guns, and also negotiated with the Danish Madsen Company to purchase light machine guns. Madsen Company did not consider it at first.
Knowing how big the sales volume of the light machine gun would be, I easily agreed to the Far East Arms Company's buyout of the patent fee for 60,000 pounds. At that time, I already felt that I was losing money. When Japan was in urgent need of purchasing for war, it was natural to make a huge profit.
The price of the Madsen machine gun is not cheap in the first place. After posing to take advantage of Japan, Japan always feels that it is not cost-effective. Buying a Madsen machine gun is enough for Japan to build two 38-year-old heavyweights locally.
machine guns. In the end, I only bought 300 Madsen light machine guns.
Now that the Madsen machine gun has become famous, if you want to buy it now, the price is even higher.
The Northeastern Army obviously didn't care. After buying out the patent fees, the Far East Arms Company opened six branches in the three northeastern provinces to separately undertake the production of parts and components. It introduced assembly line management and purchased special machine tools from the United States to reduce production.
Due to the difficulty of processing, the current output can reach 2,000 pieces per month.
At this stage, Japan not only lacks light machine guns and submachine guns, but also has a serious shortage of artillery. It can only step up the production of crude mortars to cope with the situation.
The situation at this time is that the Northeast Army continues to step up its preparations for war, constantly expanding its troops and adding new equipment, while Japan is doing its best to offset such pressure and ensure that it can be in a relatively better environment during the negotiation process.
In vain.
The main force of the Japanese Army has been completely lost, and the Northeastern Army continues to maintain a size of 500,000 iron troops. What else can Japan do?
Song Biao also admitted that the Japanese navy is the strongest in Asia and can be among the top five in the world. But on the Korean Peninsula, it is impossible for the navy's 10,000-ton battleships to reach land, right?
Because Japan has actually lost most of its trump cards in the negotiations, the armistice negotiations were not difficult. However, an unexpected thing happened in the middle. Several princes from Outer Mongolia actually wanted to declare a coup. Who exactly were they?
There is no need to find out those who support it. In short, their information is really ill-informed. The 3rd Cavalry Division and the 2nd Cavalry Division marched into Outer Mongolia at the same time without even causing any waves.
Japan procrastinated for a period of time. Seeing that Outer Mongolia could not make any waves, it was really discouraged. By mid-May, the two countries had basically determined their bottom line.
China's armistice conditions are that South Korea admits defeat and compensates, China and Japan and South Korea negotiate separately, the territorial dispute between China and South Korea is based on the evidence submitted by China, China and South Korea reach an "equal" territorial transaction treaty, and China pays 10 million taels of silver.
For the purchase of Jeju Island and surrounding islands from South Korea, South Korea's compensation to China is approximately 14 million taels of silver. These two matters are separate and should not be confused.
During the Sino-Japanese armistice negotiations, China's conditions were that Japan should return Taiwan and surrounding islands, return the Port Arthur lease area, formally apologize for the Port Arthur massacre, severely punish those responsible, compensate China four million pounds, and peacefully give up all privileges and privileges in China.
Concession, China and Japan
A separate trade treaty was signed to replace the original treaty. Japan gave up the Boxer Indemnity. The Boxer Indemnity that China had paid would be repaid by Japan in the form of funds for government-sponsored overseas students. China and Japan shared custody of Korea, and the areas under each other's supervision were bounded by the Han River.
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The Japanese government also needs to repay the Zhenyuan ship.
China's conditions are both good and bad for Japan. The good news is that "at least the face of the Japanese Empire is preserved" and there is no larger compensation. The worrying thing is that it will abandon Taiwan, which is the cornerstone of Japan's southward strategy.
Returning Taiwan and giving up its privileges in China are no longer inevitable. What is difficult for Japan to accept is the division of "Taiwan and surrounding islands". The Diaoyu Islands must be "part of Taiwan and surrounding islands". Japan cannot deny it. Originally, it was through war.
Those annexed by the treaty should be returned together, but China has expanded the "surrounding islands" to include the Sakishima Islands, which China calls the Western Ryukyu Islands, and the corresponding Eastern Ryukyu Islands, which are divided equally across the Miyako Strait.
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Song Biao did not have an aggressive attitude. After all, China did not have a navy, so it would not be a problem to continue to rely on it. The posture he asked the cabinet government to put forward was to demand an equal share of the war with Japan, with North Korea each getting half and the Ryukyu Islands each getting half.
If he really wants to force Japan, the entire North Korea can be taken back, but the problem is that the Korean Peninsula cannot be taken back as territory, and China is not suitable to directly treat North Korea as a colony, so it is better to get more benefits and nominally North Korea
I will give you half of the peninsula, and you will give me half of the Ryukyu Islands. As for how to manage North Korea in the future, of course it will be divided up by the two countries together.
Japan does feel that the other terms are still very loose, and the losses to it are not big, and they are acceptable. However, Japan does not want to let go of the Sakishima Islands, and the two sides have reached a stalemate here.
Therefore, Japan is the kind of country that takes advantage and does not want to spit it out, but at least it is better than Japan after World War II. At least it understands the principles of a victorious country.
Although Japan is very unwilling to do so, it has adopted a posture of "even if I sign, I will continue to work hard to get it back" and "China and Japan will have a real maritime war one day", as if this can scare Song
Biao, in the end, it basically still had to be signed, even if Gong Wang of Xiyuan Temple became Prime Minister, he would also have to sign.
In the words of Saionji Gongmo, signing is much better than not signing. Ending the war is what Japan should do at this moment.
Objectively speaking, based on the level of politicians such as Ito Hirobumi and Saionji Konobo, China's politicians during this period were really inferior to them by more than one street. Although Song Biao promoted Tang Shaoyi to be prime minister, he actually did not
I don't like Tang Shaoyi's level.
Even the following Zhang Kangren, Ouyang Xi and others, in Song Biao's view, are still far from the level of prime minister China needs, and are not even qualified to be used as training reserves.
During the period before the armistice treaty between China and Japan was about to be signed, the reputation of the Chinese Empire in the international community grew rapidly, and Song Biao stabilized his throne as emperor and returned to Beijing on May 22, 1911.
By this period, the Sino-Japanese War of 1911, which actually lasted only half a month, would come to an end.
As the emperor of the empire, Song Biao once again created a new miracle with his own hands. He annihilated 120,000 Japanese troops in a ten-day rapid attack. This was a more brilliant achievement than the Battle of Liaoyang six years ago.
It pushed him to the highest position in history, making him qualified to truly ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor and govern the country based on his achievements as the founding emperor.
At this time, no one dared to oppose him anymore. No one had the qualifications and courage to challenge his authority and the legitimacy of his ascension to the throne.
At this time, no one dared to question the legitimacy of the Liberation Revolution.
When he returned to Beijing, Song Biao enjoyed the treatment that a founding emperor should really enjoy. He continued to stay in Xihai Pagoda Garden to perform the duties of the emperor while being admired by all the people. He returned to the general office that he was familiar with. What he did
The first thing was to send a check of 300,000 silver yuan to Long Jiguang of Guangdong, Lu Rongting of Guangxi, and Luo Peijin of Yungui.
Song Biao didn't want to talk nonsense with them, but also let them take care of their own affairs. He was willing to hand over military power and let each other come and go easily, and he would not pursue them. If these three people continued to be shameless and shameless, then
You can't blame him for being rude.
The military power in the hands of these three people is still very strong. The 25th Town of Guangdong, the Mixed Association of Guangdong, the Mixed Association of Guangxi, the New Army of the 19th Town, the Mixed Association of Yunnan and the Mixed Association of Guizhou together have the strength of four towns.
Almost equivalent to half of the Beiyang Army.
It is precisely for this reason that Song Biao cannot continue to tolerate them to grow bigger in the local area. Gansu, Ningxia, and Xinjiang are not in a hurry to deal with it for the time being. At least in China's traditional territories, Song Biao will not allow any other forces to stay.
At this time, he definitely has the capital to keep his eyes open.
As long as he insists on proclaiming himself emperor and firmly controlling the country's military power, China will not be in chaos, and the era of warlords will be even less likely to come.
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