Although Duan Qirui is not convinced by this statement, he is not such an arrogant and unreasonable person. It is okay to discuss the details of the peace treaty first. Anyway, as long as the Japanese Prime Minister refuses to give an explanation on the apology, the effectiveness of the peace treaty can be suspended.
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Throughout the afternoon, the Chinese and Japanese delegations finally ended the two-and-a-half-day quarrel and began discussions on the details of the peace talks. Naturally, China and Japan had already made plans for the peace talks.
Not because of the endless arguments during this period, we made some adjustments. Now we just express each other's ideas in turn, retaining the areas where we can get along, and discussing the areas where we don't get along in detail.
The plan proposed by the Japanese delegation is to immediately stop the military conflict in Liaodong, and both sides will withdraw their troops. At the same time, as an apology, Japan will cancel all offensive plans against Qingdao, Shandong, but there are two prerequisites: China must within a month
Send troops to take over Qingdao, and the German garrison must be disarmed and evacuate Qingdao within a month. Otherwise, Japan will regard the handover of Qingdao as a diplomatic fraud. It is the Chinese x government assisting the Allies in diplomatic and political cover. It will then be submitted to the Allies.
Other member states unanimously issued sanctions against China.
Regarding the aftermath of Liaodong, the limit of the retreat of the Chinese army is still beyond the Liaodong Peninsula, and the Beiyang government has to explain the Chinese army's burning of Dandong. It will not be responsible for the losses in the fire, as well as the property and personal casualties of Japanese personnel.
Must bear the responsibility for compensation.
Lu Zhengxiang naturally argued for the demands made by Japan. However, Lu Zhengxiang's argument was obviously too weak, so that after talking for a long time, Japan was not willing to make any concessions on this point.[
Until then, Duan Qirui, who had always had an expression on his face, gave a cold "hum", raised his hand heavily and slapped the case, and scolded the Japanese delegation: "Don't confuse the matter. Who is asking for peace now?
Are you even unclear about your identity when negotiating peace? You invaded our territory without authorization first, and now that you are defeated and defeated, you still have the right to bargain with us. This is simply nonsense. There is absolutely no such truth in the world."
Hikigi put on a calm and high-minded attitude, and said unhurriedly: "General Director Duan, we need to look at many things in two. Our Japanese government has repeatedly emphasized that, and even issued a statement from the beginning
, the war in Liaodong is just a regional local conflict, and actually has nothing to do with our officialdom. As for the Fifth Division, after the peace talks are over, we will definitely impose severe punishments, and there will definitely be a way for your government to
A satisfactory explanation.”
Duan Qirui sneered: "Do you still need to emphasize this?"
Hikigi continued: "Since this is a regional conflict, we should not expand the scope of the conflict because of the unauthorized actions of one unit, let alone harm innocent people in this conflict. Dandong was originally far away geographically.
The conflict areas should not have suffered the damage of the war. However, your Chinese army brazenly launched an attack on Dandong and set fire to the town, causing heavy casualties. In any case, this also needs to be properly handled.
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Duan Qirui stared at Hizhiyi coldly and said without giving in at all: "Do you think your words are convincing? Mr. Minister. No matter if this is a regional military conflict or some unauthorized action, but no matter what
It is said that if the two sides clashed with each other, it means it is a war. Since it is a war, then Dandong has no reason to escape from the battlefield."
Hikigi said seriously: "You can't say that..."
Before the other party could finish his words, Duan Qirui suddenly raised his voice and interrupted: "Even if it is according to what you mean, even if you put aside everything else, your Japanese army took the initiative to attack Gaizhou, and your fleet launched an attack on Yingkou.
We fired several thousand kilograms or tens of thousands of kilograms of artillery, and the entire east city of Yingkou was reduced to rubble. We took the initiative to send troops to Dandong and set fire to parts of the city in Dandong. It was tit-for-tat, and everyone was even."
Hearing this, Lu Zhengxiang quickly couldn't help but add: "What's more, the cause of the fire in Dandong has not yet been investigated clearly. Why do you accuse our Chinese army of doing it? We also have witnesses who claim that it was your Japanese garrison who defended the fire.
Ineffective, and ultimately attempted to burn Dandong to delay our army."
Lu Zongyu also said: "That is, the day after the fire broke out in Dandong, our troops took the initiative to organize the people to rescue the fire. If we set the fire, why bother to put out the fire?"
The Japanese delegation immediately launched another round of counterattack. In their opinion, the diplomats in the Chinese delegation were not afraid at all. Only Duan Qirui, the arrogant general, made people feel extremely troublesome. However, regardless of
No matter how they argued, reasoned, or quoted from other sources, whenever they faced Duan Qirui, their words suddenly seemed to have no confidence.
Until the last two days of negotiation meetings, Duan Qirui still had no intention of giving in.
The peace talks plan proposed by the Chinese delegation is that the Japanese government publicly apologizes for this incident, cancels any military attempts against the sovereignty of Qingdao and Jiaozhou Bay, and returns the towns currently occupied by Chinese troops in the Liaodong Peninsula to China. In addition,
The lease term of the Lushun Concession was shortened to twenty years.
The Japanese diplomatic negotiation delegation had a negotiation floor before going to China, but the plan proposed by China did not exceed this floor. And judging from China's attitude and the current situation in Liaodong, it is obvious that
It is determined never to give in.
Therefore, the negotiations had to fall into a stalemate again. At the same time, in the past two days, the Chinese army still did not relax its military operations in Liaodong. At noon on November 17, Yingkou continued to
Seven sieges were launched, causing heavy casualties to the Japanese troops trapped in Dongcheng District, and they had to surrender to the Chinese army at two o'clock in the afternoon. During the five days of fighting, a total of 1,800 Japanese troops were captured and killed on the Yingkou battlefield.
More than 560 people, it can be said to be the most significant victory since the beginning of the Liaodong War.
Although the advance on the Gaizhou front was still very slow, as the combat units of the 17th Division arrived one after another, they gradually completed a large-scale flanking attack on the 5th Division's flanks, thus changing the entire Gaizhou front from a comprehensive defensive posture.
It turned into an offensive posture. The Fifth Division was restricted by various domestic orders, and Otani Kikuzo's personal political situation was extremely unfavorable, which greatly affected its command ability. The defense of the entire division completely relied on
The commanders of each regiment and brigade under his command will make random adjustments.
On the night of the 16th, the First Brigade took the risk to launch a night attack, and finally succeeded in regaining the long-fallen flank position. This battle lasted for more than five hours, during which the Japanese army successfully counterattacked once, but in the end due to the Japanese follow-up
The support force was very limited, allowing the 1st Brigade to complete the decisive blow.
The entire first brigade paid a heavy price, losing nearly 500 soldiers and nearly 1,000 injured. However, the casualties of the Japanese army were obviously not much better. The entire Sakamoto regiment was wiped out, including the commander of the regiment.
After being captured, Keiichiro Sakamoto committed suicide by committing seppuku. A total of more than 600 Japanese soldiers were killed and more than 700 were captured.
From the 15th to the 17th, the two battles that took place in Yingkou and Gaizhou severely damaged the vitality of the Fifth Division, and also added a layer of frost and snow to the Japanese diplomatic negotiation delegation in Beijing. By the 17th,
Under pressure, the Japanese Army Ministry ordered the removal of Otani Kikuzo, the commander-in-chief of the Fifth Division, and replaced him with Masataro Fukuda, the chief of general staff, as the interim commander-in-chief. At the same time, Mitsuomi Kamio was appointed to take over the Port Arthur headquarters.
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