Chapter 204: Losing power and humiliating the country
"Is this the Beiyang Navy, the first Beiyang Navy in Asia in the past? It was actually defeated by the Japanese navy!" Deng Shichang, commander of the first fleet of the Western Sichuan Navy, slapped him hard on the table inside the bridge of the "Leshan".
, full of anger.
Seeing his former colleagues fighting bloody battles, one after another of warships was sunk by the Japanese joint fleet, his heart seemed to be dripping blood. At the same time, more of them were sad. The decaying country was born without hope after all.
The Beiyang Fleet, which is the best in Asia, was the only one in the country, but ended up in this situation.
The sailors of the "Leshan" and "Qijiang" both requested an attack on the Japanese fleet. However, Deng Shichang refused. Although, he wanted to teach the arrogant Japanese fleet a lesson in his heart. But now they are just
It's just a spectator. However, it won't be long before the navy in western Sichuan will be the turn of confronting the Japanese joint fleet. By that time, he will avenge his dead colleagues.
After the naval war, the "Leshan" and "Qijiang" turned the bow, headed south, and returned to the Beihai. The battle between the Beiyang Navy and the Japanese Joint Fleet was the first large-scale battle after the navy entered the steam era.
The naval battle has had a great influence on the navies of various countries. Especially the application of rapid-fire guns, the Japanese joint fleet with stronger firepower delivery capabilities, even if there are no giant ships like "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan", they still have achieved
The final victory. Many countries are already considering whether to cancel the main guns on the main ships and install rapid-fire guns on all the main ships.
The German Navy's "Caesar Frederick III" battleship was undoubtedly influenced by this trend of thought. This is a brand new battleship with a full-equipped rapid-fire gun. Unlike previous German warships, the main gun of this warship has been reduced to
Four, and the caliber is sharply reduced to 240 mm. Because this is the largest caliber rapid-fire gun that Germany can make. The secondary guns also use large-caliber rapid-fire guns with a caliber of 150 mm. As for the smaller 105 mm rapid-fire guns, all
It was cancelled, and the more flexible 88mm rapid-fire gun was retained.
However, the western Sichuan Navy was not affected. Because, under the guidance of Wang Yuze, they have embarked on a different path from the current countries in the world. That is, to highlight the power of the main gun. In the future, all warships will go to giant ships and cannons.
Direction development.
After the end of the Yellow Sea Battle, the Japanese Navy obtained the sea control power, which brought about the smooth flow of the Japanese army's logistics supply line. After a brief rest, the Japanese Army also began to plan a large-scale attack.
The Yalu River Defense Battle began on October 24, which was the first defense battle between the Qing army and the Japanese attack. At that time, the Qing army deployed on the north bank of the Yalu River had a total of about 68,000 people. The Qing government appointed Song Qing, the 12th Town, as the president of the army.
, control all armies. The Japanese offensive forces were the first army led by General Aritomo Yama Prefecture, including Lieutenant General Kaitaro's Third Division and Lieutenant General Notsu Daokuen's Fifth Division, as well as the newly formed 13th Division and
The 18th Division had a total of 75,000 people. The troops on both sides were comparable. However, although Song Qing was in the name of restraining the army, the Qing army in various ways was actually not subject to the dispatch. Moreover, Pyongyang was newly defeated and his morale was poor, and most of the generals had no determination to resist the enemy.
Japan was highly morale and ambitious. The Japanese side issued a manifesto of "Opening Advice for the Heroes of the Eighteen Provinces" drafted by spy Soba Kotaro, launching a political offensive against the Qing Dynasty, threatening to directly attack Beijing and let the Qing emperor "beg for surrender" in the face.
.The subsequent battle situation can be imagined.
At noon on October 24, the Japanese army swam across the river before the Anping River mouth upstream of Jiuliancheng. That night, the Japanese army built a floating bridge in the Yalu River near Hushan, but the Qing army did not notice it. At 6 a.m. on the 25th, the Japanese army
Crossing the floating bridge, he launched an attack on the Qing army's position in Hushan. The Qing army's guard general Ma Jinxu and Nie Shicheng led his troops to resist. Due to the fact that he was alone and had serious casualties, he was forced to withdraw from the position. The Japanese army then occupied Hushan. Other Qing army units heard that
Hushan fell and fled without fighting. On the 26th, the Japanese army occupied Jiuliancheng and Andong County (now Dandong) without a single shot. Within less than three days, the Yalu River defense line, which was stationed in the Qing Dynasty, collapsed in all directions.
Then, then
The Battle of Jinlu also began on October 24th and fell from November 22nd. This was a key battle between China and Japan during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894. On the same day when the Japanese First Army attacked the Qing army's defense line in Yalu River, General Dashan Iwa
The commanded 45,000 troops of the Second Army began to land at Huayuankou on the back road of Lushun under the cover of Japanese ships. Since Li Hongzhang was determined to protect Lushun Port, the Qing army did not fortify here. The Japanese army's landing activities lasted twelve times.
The Qing army was sitting still, and only the local peasants spontaneously fought against the Japanese army, temporarily delaying the Japanese army's actions. On November 6, the Japanese army defeated the Qing army's Lianshun, Xu Bangdao and other troops, and occupied Jinzhou (now Dalian City, Liaoning.
Jinzhou District). On the 7th, the Japanese army attacked Dalian Bay in three directions. Dalian garrison Zhao Huaiye fled when he heard the news. The Japanese army won Dalian Bay without fighting. After ten days of rest in Dalian Bay, they began to advance towards Lushun. At that time, the Qing army in Lushun area
There was a town and a mixed association, with about 30,000 people. On the 18th, the Japanese vanguard marched into Tuchengzi, and Xu Bangdao's guards fought tenaciously. On the 19th, Zhao Huaiye fled. On the 21st, the Japanese army launched a general attack on Lushunkou, and the next day, it was known as "East Asia".
The first fortress, Lushun, was trapped in the hands of the Japanese army. After the Japanese army captured Lushun, they committed the Lushun Massacre massacre, and more than 20,000 Chinese residents were massacred in four days.
As the Qing army retreated step by step, the peace faction had already gained the upper hand within the Qing court and carried out large-scale surrender activities. After the fall of Lushunkou, the Japanese Navy obtained an important base in the Bohai Bay. From then on, the Beiyang gateway opened and the Beiyang fleet was hidden deep in Weihai.
In the Harbour, the situation in the battle took a sharp turn for the worse.
The Battle of Weihaiwei was a defensive battle to defend the Beiyang Navy base and was also the last battle of the Beiyang Fleet against Japan. At that time, there were still twenty-six various ships of the Beiyang Navy in Weihaiwei Port. On January 20, 1895, Dashanyan
The 2nd Japanese Army commanded by the general, including the 2nd Division of Lieutenant General Sakuma Zuo Matthew and the 6th Division of Lieutenant General Kuroki, totaling 45,000 people, began to be on Rongcheng Longju Island under the cover of Japanese ships.
The landing was completed on the 23rd. On the 30th, the Japanese army concentrated their forces to attack the Weihai Wei Nangang Fort. The Qing army stationed at the Nangang Fort were only 3,000 people. The battalion officer Zhou Jiaen defended the Motianling position and resisted tenaciously and was finally annihilated.
There were also many casualties. The commander of the left wing, Major General Anjun Oji, was killed by Qing army artillery shells. This was the only general who died in the war. Due to the huge disparity in the army, the Southern Gang Fort was finally captured by the Japanese army. On February 3, the Japanese army occupied Weihai.
The Acropolis, Weihai and Land are all occupied by Japan, and Liu Gong Island, commanded by Ding Ruchang, became an isolated island. The commander of the Japanese Joint Fleet Yukihiro once wrote a letter to Ding Ruchang to persuade him to surrender, but was rejected by Ding Ruchang. In the early morning of the 5th, the flagship Dingyuan was stranded and still made a "
The water fort was used. On the 10th, Dingyuan ammunition was exhausted and Liu Buchan committed suicide. On the 11th, Ding Ruchang refused to surrender and committed suicide under the coercion of foreign officers and Weihai Camping Office. Foreign officers and Niu Changbing and others recommended them again.
Yang Yonglin, the director of Zhenyuan, came forward to preside over the surrender matter, and Yang Yonglin eventually committed suicide. On the 12th, the American foreign official Haowei drafted the surrender letter, and the fake entrusted Ding Ruchang to send him to the Japanese flagship. On the 14th, Niu Changfeng and Yi
Dongyouheng signed the "Weihai Surrender Agreement", which stipulated that the ships, Liugong Island Fortress and all the weapons and materials on the island would be handed over to the Japanese army. On the 17th, the Japanese army landed on Liugong Island, the Weihaiwei Naval Base fell, and the Beiyang
The fleet was wiped out.
The battle in Liaodong lasted for a long time. Since the Japanese army broke through the Yalu River defense line of the Qing army, they have occupied Phoenix City, Xiuyan, Haicheng and other places. The Qing Dynasty transferred Liu Kunyi, the governor of the Liangjiang River, as an imperial commissioner, to supervise the military affairs of the Eastern Expedition and were appointed as the commander of the pass.
The full power of internal and external military power was appointed as the governor of Hunan Wu Dacheng and Song Qing as their assistants in order to restore the decline. From January 17, 1895, the Qing army launched four battles to recover Haicheng, but due to poor command, they were all repelled by the Japanese army.
On February 28, the Japanese army took advantage of the victory to pursue and attacked from Haicheng in a separate route. On March 4, they captured Niuzhuang without fighting on the 7th, and on the 9th, they captured Tianzhuangtai. In just ten days, the Qing Dynasty's five towns were ten.
More than 10,000 troops retreated from the east bank of the Liao River.
Since then, the war has fallen, and the Qing Dynasty has lost the war.
In 1894, with the support of US and British imperialism, Japan launched the "Jiangwu War" to invade China. Due to the Qing government's ruling and compromise, the Qing army lost its territory: first defeated North Korea, then defeated Liaodong, and the Beiyang Fleet was all
The army was wiped out. The Qing army was completely defeated, and Beijing and Tianjin were in crisis. Faced with this situation, the Qing government was frightened and decided to beg for peace.
In order to expand its aggression interests, the United States took the opportunity to "mediate" and manipulate the peace talks between China and Japan alone. At the signing of the United States, the Qing government sent Zhang Yinhuan, the Minister of Revenue and Shao Youlian, the governor of Hunan, as plenipotentiary ministers to Hiroshima, Japan to negotiate peace talks.
.The Japanese side believed that Zhang and Shao had too low positions and refused to negotiate, and asked the Qing government to send Beiyang Minister Li Hongzhang to Japan.
On March 19, 1895, Li Hongzhang, with his son Li Jingfang and more than 100 members of the United States adviser Kosda, arrived in Shiguan, Japan as the "first-class plenipotentiary minister" and signed a peace agreement with Japanese Prime Minister Hirofumi Ito.
The peace talks between Shimonoseki officially began on March 24. At the negotiating table, Japan, with the support of the United States, blackmailed Li Hongzhang, intimidated Li Hongzhang and forced Li Hongzhang to sign a long-planned clause. On April 17, 1895,
Li Hongzhang painted a note on the treaty.
The main content of the Treaty of Shimonoseki is: North Korea is completely "autonomous", which actually recognizes Japan's control over North Korea; cedes my country's Liaodong Peninsula, Taiwan Province, Penghu Islands and other places; pays 200 million taels of silver; allows Japanese capitalists to trade in China Various factories are set up at the port; Suzhou and Hangzhou are open to commercial ports.
Once this treaty of losing power and humiliating power was passed back to the country, the whole country was shocked. Not only the people in western Sichuan were excited and condemned the Qing Dynasty, but even the people and elites in the areas ruled by the Qing Dynasty were greatly disappointed with the Qing Dynasty. At the right time, western Sichuan was also prepared.
The last blow to the Qing Dynasty!
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