Chapter five hundred and forty first Russian tricks
Yang Yuting smiled and said: "I'd like to say that just asking the Japanese to apologize is a bit too magnanimous and not like your style!"
Zhang Tinglan also said with a smile: "Our biggest style is to be pragmatic. The Japanese don't have much flesh on their bodies and can't extract anything. It's enough to make them bow their heads."
Since the Opium War, China's national destiny has been in decline. It has been bullied, ceded territory and paid indemnities. It has plummeted from the former great power to a backward country that can be bullied by everyone. In less than a hundred years, it has been so miserable.
The drastic changes in China have dealt an unprecedented blow to the morale of the Chinese people, and it is extremely difficult to reverse the decline.
Now being able to force the Japanese to bow is an unprecedented victory, and it also declares to the world that China is no longer a country that can be conquered by just sending some troops. If you dare to set foot on Chinese territory and violate China's sovereignty, you will face destruction.
The end!
This change can be regarded as the beginning of China's reversal of its national destiny. It boosts the morale of the people and establishes the image of serving the army. It has many side effects and is very amazing. From now on, it will also set rules for all forces in China. If you surrender in the face of foreign powers,
It is bound to arouse strong dissatisfaction among the people.
If everyone can't do it, there can still be excuses, but now that someone has done it, the people will naturally compare themselves, and those who can't do it will only be ruthlessly abandoned. This change in people's hearts is the ultimate reason for Fengjun to unify the world.
Very helpful.
Yang Yuting may not be able to see so far, but he still agrees with Zhang Tinglan's judgment. China and Japan quickly resumed contact. It is still very difficult to get Japan to apologize, but both sides took a step back. Feng Jun
The Japanese agreed to use the Siberian Railway to transport supplies, and the Japanese also made a tacit agreement not to mention gold.
Just as the two sides were arguing about whether to apologize, the offensive and defensive battle in Chita had reached its most intense stage. The Russian majority party concentrated a large number of troops, and the soldiers were like a tide, constantly attacking the Japanese defense lines.
Usaburo Kinoshita also led the army to rush back for reinforcements. The Japanese and Russian sides launched a fierce fight around Chita. The Russian side had the numerical advantage and was supported by a large number of guerrillas. Although the Japanese military quality was much better than that of the Russians,
However, morale was low, supplies were insufficient, and fighting in a foreign country for a long time had consumed a lot of energy among the soldiers, making it difficult to resist the Russian attack.
The battle lasted for about five days, and the Japanese had lost most of the city. The Russians' shouts of Ula-Ula almost became a nightmare for them. The soldiers huddled in the cold wind, shivering and panicking. There was nothing they could do.
I can't bear to endure this hellish place. The Russians are their enemies, Fengjun has no good intentions, and no one can stand being attacked from both sides.
Tokyo is also quarreling again. The core issue is how to solve the problem in the Far East. Whether to continue to hold on or choose to retreat and leave the Far East in despair.
Prime Minister Kei Hara has been thinking repeatedly about this issue during this period. He is the first civilian prime minister in Japanese history. His political philosophy is different from that of the Satsuma Choshu feudal clan. The Russian Majority Party, as their name suggests, has been influenced by
With the support of the majority of the people, the victory has been difficult to reverse.
With the rise of Fengjun, China's situation has also undergone unprecedented changes. Japan must re-adjust its forces and change its strategy. If it continues to be entangled with China and Russia on land, and competes with Britain and the United States at sea, the small island country will not be able to win at all.
Can't afford this price.
However, there are constant quarrels in the Japanese cabinet. The group headed by Tanaka Giichi is firmly opposed to withdrawing troops. In their view, the Far East and the three eastern provinces are two pieces of fat. Even if they cannot swallow both pieces, they still have to eat them.
If I lose a piece, I am not willing to withdraw from the Far East at all.
After a long quarrel, Hara Jing had a headache in the end. He could only say: "We will discuss the withdrawal of troops from the Far East later. However, the situation in Chita is critical and the supply line is too long, making it very vulnerable to threats. It is better to withdraw to Khabarovsk."
Everyone here finally had nothing to say about this proposal. However, there is still another difficulty in order to return safely, which is to get permission from Fengjun. Zhang Tinglan only promised that Japanese supplies could pass through the Siberian Railway, but he did not agree with the personnel.
Can be mobilized.
Hara Kei was forced to have no choice but to ask Uchida to issue a statement. In the statement, the Japanese played a little trick. They did not apologize for invading Chinese territory, but claimed that the intelligence was wrong, which led to the conflict between China and Japan.
There was a misunderstanding and they apologized for the misunderstanding.
But no matter what, the Japanese finally gave in. This news was unprecedented for the Chinese. The great powers actually bowed to China. The fate of being oppressed for many years finally changed. In an instant, the whole country was boiling, both inside and outside the Great Wall.
stand up.
Many businesses in Beijing, Tianjin and other places lit up firecrackers as if to celebrate the New Year. Students on the streets held colorful flags and cheered for Fengjun. Even the Beiyang government had to come forward to commend Fengjun for his responsibility in defending the country.
President Xu Shichang, who had just succeeded Feng Guozhang, awarded Zhang Tinglan the first-class Baoguang Jiahe Medal with a large ribbon. This is definitely the highest honor. Beiyang also personally sent people to Fengtian to convey the president's encouragement.
But their actions were already too late. Just after the Japanese apologized, Zhang Tinglan had rushed to Hailanpao overnight. The Japanese had begun to withdraw their troops from the Far East. The pattern of the Far East had changed again, and Fengjun had to face the Russians alone.
Pressure, whether we can take back the lost territory, all depends on this.
After arriving at Hailanpao, Zhang Tinglan immediately led his men to the northernmost part of No. 64 Tun, where he could clearly see the Japanese retreat scene by climbing up here.
At this time, more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers were retreating eastward one after another. Zhang Tinglan stared at the long flow of people and saw that all the Japanese soldiers' uniforms were in tatters and their heavy weapons were mostly discarded. Everyone was trudging through the snow with difficulty.
, only seriously injured people and officers can take the train.
If you get closer, you can still see patches of frostbite on the soldiers' faces. Many of them have their hands and feet frozen, and they walk with a limp and fall from time to time.
"Everyone, let's come here to see how embarrassed the Japanese are. Isn't it a little tasteless?" Zhang Tinglan said with a smile.
Li Jinglin scratched his head and said: "Commander, although it is quite refreshing to see them unlucky, it is indeed a bit of an identity issue. Go back, we people have enough to watch here!"
Li Jinglin's words made everyone laugh. Jiang Fangzhen on the side shook his head and said with a smile: "If you look at the situation of these Japanese soldiers, you can get at least two key pieces of information. The first is the combat capability of the Russian majority party.
The second is the military potential of the Japanese. If you understand these two things, you can understand the situation in the Far East clearly."
Jiang Fangzhen revealed Zhang Tinglan's thoughts at once. He was the commander-in-chief of hundreds of thousands of troops. Zhang Tinglan had deep meaning in everything he did, and he would definitely not just come and laugh.
"Mr. Baili, what do you think about these two issues?"
Jiang Fangzhen said: "The Russian Majority Party is a difficult opponent. They are not only fanatical, but also well-organized and extremely powerful. They are a formidable enemy. As for Japan, I think they can no longer sustain themselves. The island country has limited products and lacks a logistics base like China.
After that, it will be very difficult to fight a war just by depriving North Korea and Taiwan. As far as the Japanese soldiers in front of us are concerned, it will take at least a year and a half to restore their morale and combat effectiveness."
Jiang Fangzhen's judgment was in line with Zhang Tinglan's thoughts. He smiled and said: "After the Japanese withdraw, we will have to fight against Russia alone. Everyone must work hard to get back the lost territory first!"
The target was locked on the Russians. Zhang Tinglan also increased the intensity of dispatching troops and issued three orders in succession. Ding Chao's headquarters in Shanhaiguan, Wan Fulin's headquarters in Rehe, and Jiang Dengxuan in Suifenhe.
A total of more than 50,000 Lu troops were transferred north, and more than 150,000 Feng troops were concentrated along the entire border.
Just when Fengjun was deploying troops, two major events happened again in the Far East. The first was the assassination of Japanese Prime Minister Hara Kei. Just three days before Hara Kei was assassinated, he had difficulty in passing the plan to withdraw troops in the cabinet. As a result,
Completely angering conservative forces in Japan, the prime minister died tragically at a train station.
In the original history, Hara Kei was also assassinated, but now it is just earlier. Zhang Tinglan is not surprised. Logically speaking, Hara Kei is the more sensible among the Japanese prime ministers. If you change other prime ministers, they are all factionalists.
It may be easier to deal with such a lackey and a reckless man bent on expansion.
On the same day that Hara Kei was assassinated, important news also came from Russia. The Russian majority party decided to use Chita as the capital to establish the Far Eastern Republic as a buffer zone between China and Japan. The Russians' move was not unscrupulous.
The excuse for countries to interfere in Russia is that they export radical ideas and affect the interests of other countries. Now that a buffer zone has been established, countries can no longer rely on the Far East.
This news interested Zhang Tinglan even more than the assassination of Yuan Jing. Although this so-called Far East Republic advertised itself as a bourgeois republic, it was actually just a puppet regime.
"This is just a small trick of the Russians. With the Slavs' enthusiasm for the land, they are absolutely unwilling to lose the land in the Far East. What they do is just to allow other countries to withdraw their troops as soon as possible, and then they will annex the Far Eastern Republic. We want
Expose their shenanigans!"
Zhang Tinglan said to everyone: "With the buffer zone, the great powers have no excuse to stay, but we are different. Russia is still invading China's territory. We demand that the Beiyang government immediately announces the abolition of the Treaty of Aihun, the Treaty of Beijing and other relevant foreign treaties."
All unequal treaties in the Northeastern territories shall be returned to their homeland!" (To be continued...)