Chapter 519: Jiangbei Press Conference (4)
The first person to get the opportunity to ask questions was the Jiangbei government's own microphone, Jian Congsheng, a reporter from Yangzhou Daily, who had just been established for only one year, was designated by Mei Gongwang to stand up and ask questions. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
I saw this thin and tall reporter Jian said: "Hello General Wang, the Japanese government claimed that the military attack on the Jiangbei region carried out by the Japanese Empire was a punishment for the Jiangbei government, may I ask if the Jiangbei government accepts this statement?" ā
Wang Yongan sneered: "The punishment announced by the Japanese Empire is untenable in the eyes of the Jiangbei government. The Northern Expedition of the Northern Army of Jiangbei hoped that the whole country would liberate the Republic of China and fight with the Qing army in Xuzhou and other places, but there were Japanese government officers and officers in the Qing army, which shows that the Japanese government interfered in China's civil war, openly violated China's sovereignty, and trampled on international justice and justice. The reason for the so-called crusade of the Japanese Empire is simply ridiculous, but in fact, this move is only a move made by the new Katsura cabinet government in Japan to deflect domestic contradictions at the expense of the interests of its own youth, its own people, and the interests of China, and it is an act against humanity. Here, we call on the Japanese government to calm down and not be kidnapped by some selfish elements with ulterior motives. Last year, I attended the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Taisho of the Imperial Japanese Empire, and I met many Japanese officials, and I know that they are very peace-loving and very willing to improve the living conditions of the people. Therefore, I believe that they do not want to achieve their political ambitions at the expense of their countrymen, who not only put their own selfish interests above the country, but also put power above the Japanese Emperor Taisho, for the new shogunate, for the sinners who hindered the development of Japan, and for the conspirators who pushed the Japanese empire into the abyss. ā
Mei Gongwang began to translate, his speech was very slow, but he expressed it very clearly, and the reporters wrote down the contents, with a shocked look on their faces. Wang Yongan's first speech directly criticized the Japanese Katsura cabinet, which was really too exciting and radical, and one stone stirred up a thousand waves, and everyone immediately began to discuss.
This General Wang is really shocking and endless, and he actually openly accuses the Japanese Katsura Cabinet, which is a great provocation to the Japanese Empire. Moreover, Wang Yongan's meaning between the lines is not only to accuse the Japanese Katsura cabinet of starting a war, but also to accuse them of coercing Emperor Taisho, which is obviously to sow discord.
However, Wang Yongan's tough speech excited the Chinese reporters present, who had never seen such a well-spoken officer talk eloquently in front of reporters from all over the world, and to expose the clumsy behavior of the Japanese Empire to the public, and with an attitude -- really damn tough, enjoyable, really enjoyable.
Jian Congsheng nodded again and again, although he was not satisfied with the fact that he was arranged this question at first, but Wang Yongan's speech greatly surprised him. Wang Yongan did not hum and babble like the officials of the Qing government and couldn't let out a fart for a long time, nor did he dare to tell the truth like some officials, but he said something and pointed directly at the opponent of the Japanese Gui cabinet.
"This is what a soldier looks like, this is what an official that everyone trusts is like." Jian Congsheng began to plan in his heart, how to write Wang Yongan, how to write this national hero.
"General Wang, hello, I am Hao Bo, a reporter from the Jiangbei Times, and the content of my question today is, we know that in this battle of Langshan Port, the Jiangbei Army finally won a big victory, I don't know if the Jiangbei government can announce the number of casualties on our side and the number of casualties on the Japanese side?" A somewhat obsese reporter got up and asked.
Wang Yongan nodded and said: "It has been four days since the end of the battle, and our side has tried our best to do casualty statistics, but the data does not stop there, after all, we can only count the casualties and corpses of the Japanese side from the prisoners of war and corpses. Now we can publish the casualty statistics of both sides on this battle, and I hope that you will write it down. In this battle of Langshan Port, our army invested a total of six army divisions and 12 supplementary regiments, and after 12 days of hard fighting, finally won a complete victory. The number of wounded on our side is 7,361, and 5,972 are killed, including some seriously wounded who have died in the past few days, as well as 337 missing soldiers whose bodies have not been found. In the past few days, through the investigation around Langshan Port, our side has successively found that these missing soldiers suffocated due to the collapse of the anti-artillery hole in the process of evading the Japanese artillery attack, and some of the missing soldiers were unfortunately killed in the Yangtze River because of the fog in the decisive battle, so these soldiers were also counted by our army as the list of dead personnel, and their families will receive the Fu Xu who died in battle, the martyrs' families are preferential, the third-class Patriotic Medal and the Wolf Mountain Port Martyrs' Medal. The following is a summary of the casualties of the Japanese side, in which our troops captured a total of 4,182 Japanese prisoners, including senior Japanese officers such as Taiwan Wing Commander Yokota Hajiro Osa, Wing Commander Suzuki 32 in China, and captured a Japanese Wing Flag for the first time.
In addition, here I would like to say that whether it is the soldiers who died in our army or the soldiers who died in the Japanese army, because of the hot weather, we have taken cremation treatment. The ashes and relics of the fallen soldiers on both sides are well preserved, and the ashes and relics of our soldiers will soon be delivered to their families by special personnel, due to the government's financial constraints, the first wave of pensions for each fallen soldier is 20 taels of silver, and the families of martyrs are exempted from land tax for three years, and if there are children, the government will provide free education for their children to attend public primary schools, middle schools and higher schools. At present, there are three colleges and universities in Jiangbei: Yangzhou Military Medical University, Jiangbei Normal University, and Jiangbei Army Non-commissioned Officer School, and more schools will be established in Jiangbei in the future for children in Jiangbei.
As for the ashes and relics of the Japanese soldiers, we have decided to exchange them with each other after consultation and negotiation between China and Japan, including prisoners of war, and they will be properly arranged. However, now that the Japanese Government has severed the Sino-Japanese dialogue, the Jiangbei Government expresses great regret over this, and I call on the Japanese side to adopt dialogue as soon as possible, settle the dispute by peaceful means, and let the Japanese prisoners of war return to their homes at an early date, and let the Japanese army's ashes be returned to the hands of their relatives in Japan and laid to rest. ā
This is a very detailed record, and even someone sent a statistic to each reporter, and there is no need for reporters to record the number, but this figure shows the cruelty of the war, with a total of more than 13,000 soldiers killed on both sides, and more than 13,000 killed on both sides in just 12 days. Because of Japanese Prime Minister Katsura Taro's selfishness, did he sacrifice so many people?
The direction of concern of domestic reporters is the pension work of the families of the fallen soldiers, and the pension of 20 taels of silver for the fallen soldiers is not much, and the exemption of land tax for three years is not much, but this is the first official release of the standard of death pension, which is also the first time that the governments of various dynasties and generations in China really care about the fallen soldiers, creating a government image that loves soldiers like children, and this hand is simply too clever.