A boatload of Japanese soldiers looked at their idol, the karate master Major Miyamoto, who was kicked into the sea as soon as he came up. They were all stunned. Apart from being stunned, they had no reaction. A few military policemen were still awake and knew that they were
What was his mission? He immediately pulled out his gun, pointed it at the two Ming army officers, and shouted.
The young second lieutenant was stunned when he saw the muzzle of the gun. He was still hesitating, as if he was calculating whether he could rush forward before the opponent fired and grab the "blank blade" with his bare hands. But Captain Hei next to him said softly:
"Forget it, don't force yourself, let's admit defeat. They don't dare to do anything to us."
The second lieutenant looked at him, nodded, wiped the blood from his mouth, and threw the stick on the deck. Then Captain Black also threw away the stick.
The two picked up their clothes, put them on, and walked out of the boat in a swaggering manner, followed by the Japanese military police. The Japanese sailors on both sides were beaten with bruises and bruises, and their heads were bleeding. However, at this time, they all automatically gave way to a way, and at most they were severely beaten.
Staring at the two of them, his face turned red from suppressing his anger, as if he dared not speak in anger.
Dadonggou Port Gendarmerie, Gendarmerie Captain Fujiwara Lieutenant Colonel was sitting behind the desk, looking at the IDs of the two people. Two Ming army officers were standing in the room, looking around nonchalantly. On a stool next to them, someone had just been removed from the desk.
Major Miyamoto, who was fished out of the sea, was wrapped in a new military coat and holding hot tea in his hand. He drank while looking at the two men fiercely.
Lieutenant Colonel Fujiwara looked at the IDs of the two of them, threw them on the table, and then picked up the intelligence that had just been sent. This intelligence was just sent from Nanjing.
He looked at it for a while, smiled and said:
"Captain Xu Xiangde, currently the leader of the Special Operations Division of the People's Guard Security Force Headquarters, once commanded his subordinates to execute 4,000 local indigenous people in Batavia. Among them, he executed more than 100 people with his own hands, and was nicknamed 'Pig Killer Xu'
'.......Second Lieutenant Wu Yanbin, current commander of the People's Guard
Deputy Commander of the Guard Company, he was born in the Forbidden City Guards. He was originally a bodyguard of the Queen, and was later promoted to the adjutant of the Commander of the Guards. He was later demoted to the army as a second-class soldier because of his involvement in the Forbidden City Fortress coup. Later, he was promoted to the People's Liberation Army by chance.
The commander of the Guards, Xiang Xiaoqiang, appreciated him and was transferred to the People's Guard..."
Having said this, he laughed heartily, turned to Major Miyamoto and said with a smile:
"Miyamoto-kun, it seems that you should feel comforted. After all, you are not ashamed at all when you lose to these two people, hahaha..."
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Telegrams were sent back to Nanjing that the Jiaomujiao was impounded and the officers and soldiers were beaten and arrested. The headquarters was in an uproar.
The General Maritime Staff originally wanted to be tougher on Japan, so that it would at least ensure that Japan would not dare to embarrass the Ming Dynasty's observers. Now it's better, Japan is tougher than itself. They directly seized all the warships and beat people. Now they are all
It's still closed.
In the current situation, even the "doves" in the high command who are the most dovish towards Japan can no longer be "doves". No matter what, Ming Dynasty has always had a sense of superiority towards Japan, and has always had a "dove" attitude toward Japan.
It means "looking down". If you are openly provoked like this without showing any expression, you will not be able to get along with Japan in the future.
Some generals who know Japan well can guess that this is probably not an instruction from Japan, but something done by a bunch of stupid officers from the "Manchuria Expeditionary Army". The Japanese government and military leaders definitely disapprove of it.
. But if Ming Dynasty does not show toughness this time, even the Japanese government and military leaders will think that Ming Dynasty is easy to bully. Next time something like this happens, it may really be the instruction from the Japanese government.
The matter was reported to the cabinet. After hearing the narrative and reading the telegram, Shen Rongxuan frowned and sighed.
"Alas..." He shook his head, grabbed the phone receiver, and thought to himself, "At this time, the military people are getting into more trouble. How long will the cabinet keep wiping the military's butt? This Northern Expedition After the war is over, the army will be even more powerful. Sooner or later, if this continues, our Ming army will become like the Japanese army and become a state within a state."
He called the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to find the Japanese ambassador and lodge a serious protest with Japan regarding this matter.
"We put forward three conditions," Shen Rongxuan said while writing on the paper with a pen. "First, release the detained officers and soldiers and warships; second, for our beaten and detained officers and soldiers, The Japanese side must give a sincere apology and compensate them for all medical expenses; third, it must fully cooperate with our two inspectors and must not stop them as long as they are in Fengtian... Well, yes, we are positioning it as 'friction' , rather than a 'conflict'. The current situation does not allow a 'conflict' between our two countries. But we have to give them a time limit... Just six hours. This is loose enough. As long as you are willing to let people go, half an hour is enough. That's enough. Apologize, five minutes is enough..."
On the other end of the phone, Foreign Minister He Ziguang hesitated and said:
"Mr. Ge, if you propose a deadline... it will inevitably have the meaning of an 'ultimatum'... This seems..."
"This is not an ultimatum."
"Oh, then if the Japanese ambassador asks me if this is an ultimatum, I will tell him that it is not?"
"right."
He Ziguang smiled bitterly again:
"Mr. Ge... Although we say this is not an ultimatum, we have proposed a deadline after all... Since we have proposed a deadline, we must explain what measures we will take when the deadline is up..."
Shen Rongxuan sighed, nodded, and was also thinking... What measures can we take? How can we word it? How can we put pressure on Japan without overstimulating Japan, and it will not affect Japan What is the current tacit understanding between the two countries in fighting the Qing Dynasty?
He Ziguang said at this time:
"Mr. Pavilion, do you think this is okay? Please give your country a reply within six hours. If we do not receive a satisfactory reply within six hours, we will reserve the right to take all decisive measures except force... What do you say? In this way? It not only told Japan that they would not go to war, but the words were very weighty. Moreover, it was relatively vague, "all decisive measures except force", which has a wide scope and many means that can be used. We can have six hours. Let’s fully discuss it. There is a lot of room for discussion.”
"Very good," Shen Rongxuan nodded, very satisfied, "That's very good, let's just say that."
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The note of protest was submitted to the Japanese Ambassador. When the Japanese Ambassador received the note, he was obviously surprised. It seems that he did not expect such a thing to happen at all.
"Your Excellency, Minister..." He stared at the words in the note and stammered, "I personally feel that...even our government doesn't know about this matter...I will send it back to the country right now, but...I I would like to ask your Excellency, Minister, to believe that even if this kind of thing really happens, this should not be the intention of our government... I think, Your Excellency, Minister, you should believe that our two countries will properly resolve this matter..."
He Ziguang was very satisfied with the Japanese ambassador's reaction. He smiled slightly, nodded, and said:
"That's the best. This is what I hope."
The Japanese ambassador looked at his watch and saw that there were only five hours and fifty-five minutes left. He stood up and bowed to leave, then hurried out with the briefcase containing the note under his arm.
Within forty minutes, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of War, the Minister of the Navy, and the Chief of Naval Staff rushed to the residence of the First and Assistant Minister. Several people sat in a conference room and discussed the next step in front of the map.
After some discussion, the opinion of Chief of the Naval General Staff Xiong Dingming was agreed by several people.
"There is no doubt," he said, pointing to a large chunk of Southeast Asia on the map, "closing the Strait of Malacca to Japan is what Japan fears most, and it is also the most powerful trump card in our hand. It is powerful when used, but it is
It is also flexible in sending and receiving, and can be closed in a few minutes.
We can also announce the opening within a few minutes, and there will be no sequelae like trade sanctions, lowering the diplomatic level, etc. Therefore, after five hours, if we do not get a satisfactory answer from the Japanese side, I will order the Nanyang Fleet to start