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86_86661 Chen Zhong's strategy of going north to resist Japan provoked a fierce reaction from the top level in Hainan. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

For a long time, in the eyes of these generals, although the Japanese were not too popular, many literati and politicians in China applauded and praised the Japanese for their successive victories on the Russo-Japanese battlefield.

For many years, the Russians have long coveted the territory of our country, and their greed for the lands of the Northeast is well known to the whole world.

Although Japan's dispatch of troops this time was a move at the instigation of the Western powers, the Japanese launched the war under the banner of helping the Qing Dynasty recover the land in Northeast China.

Therefore, Zhou Zhiguang and the others were extremely skeptical that Chen Zhong was preparing to send troops to the Northeast.

Because, first, Hainan to the northeast long-distance attack, this is a military taboo. Second, Liangguang is facing the situation of being encircled and suppressed by 200,000 Qing troops. Third, what is the chance of Hainan sending troops to win? It's all a problem.

Chen Zhong understands the doubts of the general's gate. After all, he has traveled through time, and he is already very familiar with the development trend of history, and he is of course very clear about the ambitions of the Japanese.

However, these people in front of them do not understand the history that is about to happen, and they do not know how much disaster the Japanese will bring to China and even the whole of Asia.

Chen Zhong said: I mentioned to the German military industrial delegation that in the early Meiji period, Japan adopted the strategy of "long-distance friendship and close attack" in its foreign policy: on the one hand, it "broke away from Asia and joined Europe" to achieve the goal of revising unequal treaties with European and American powers and sitting on an equal footing; On the one hand, it joined the competition of the great powers in the Asia-Pacific region and carried out expansionist aggression against its neighbors, so as to jointly break the "Huayi order" and establish Japan's status as the "master of the Oriental Alliance."

Speaking of which, the reason should be very clear, the Russo-Japanese War was actually a war triggered by serious contradictions between Japan and Russia in order to compete for the interests of China.

Japan, since the Meiji Restoration, has introduced advanced Western technology, ideas, and systems, and liberated the minds of the Japanese who have been blinded for a long time. In just a few decades, it has become a militaristic state that has been exposed to its fierce faces, but its minions have not yet fully grown.

Through the Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese had seized the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, and the Ryukyu Islands. Their next goal is to conquer China, and the first step is to step their iron hooves into Northeast China.

Originally, they had succeeded, but because of the intervention of Russia and Germany and France, they were forced to give in and withdraw from the Liaodong Peninsula, so Japan was angry. Their militaristic sentiments, desperate to be unleashed through war.

Through their alliance with the British, they received the money and aid they desperately wanted, and at the same time, the United States, which was not visible at the time, was also on his side. Then, with the support of Britain and the United States, Japan's quest for war* was particularly strong.

Tsarist Russia, an old military power, was known as the gendarme of Europe, but driven by the strategy of endless land* and the acquisition of ice-free ports to truly go global, Tsarist Russia seized the invasion of China.

First of all, he took advantage of the mediation of the Sino-Qing War to force Japan to withdraw from Northeast China, and then, using the status of the so-called benefactor, signed the "Sino-Russian Secret Treaty" with the Qing Dynasty, and took advantage of the opportunity of building the Eastern Railway to occupy the Liaodong Peninsula, especially Port Arthur.

Then, after the Eight-Nation Alliance, Russia saw the weakness of the Qing Dynasty even more, and unceremoniously invaded the Northeast on a large scale, in a vain attempt to completely turn the Northeast into his Yellow Russia. Through the Trans-Siberian Railway, a steady stream of soldiers, equipment and strategic supplies, as well as colonists, could be sent to Northeast China at any time. France and Germany were not very effective supporters of Tsarist Russia.

This practice is what Japan hates the most. That is, Tsarist Russia has blocked the path of Japanese aggression.

In this situation, the political and military systems of the Qing court were extremely rotten. The rulers of the Qing court were obsessed with their unshakable dominance.

Although Li Zhongtang was in the past, he recognized the essence of Japanese aggression very early. However, in the upper echelons of the Qing court, they all believed that Japan was small and indebted, and it was not enough to be troubled.

Li Hongzhang arranged for Wu Changqing and Yuan Shikai to train troops in Korea to confront Japan, and spent a lot of effort to build the Beiyang Naval Division.

After the defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War, he deliberately wanted to balance Japan, so he came up with a plan to "drive the tiger and devour the wolf". Wanted to use the military power of Tsarist Russia to contain Japan's ambitions. According to his idea, the center of gravity of Tsarist Russia has always been in Europe, and as long as certain benefits are given to the Far East and China, the Russian bear will definitely be obedient and become China's thugs.

His strategy finally succeeded last year, and the situation did go in the direction he had hoped. Japan and Russia finally collided, although he could no longer see it at this time.

Russo-Japanese War In terms of the overall military strength of Japan and Russia, Japan lagged far behind Russia, but Japan was geographically advantageous and could quickly transport troops from the mainland. Therefore, sea supremacy is a key.

After Japan declared war in February 1904, the Japanese navy, which had always been keen, resolutely adopted the posture of taking the initiative to attack, and soon blocked the Russian Pacific Fleet in Port Arthur through a surprise attack, and basically gained sea supremacy. The Japanese Army can rest assured that it will be bold in landing operations.

It can be seen from the above course of the war that the Japanese navy had the most obvious record against the enemy, while the Japanese army and the Russian army were evenly matched. The repeated defeats of the Russian army in the case of superior forces can be said to be related to his command and determination to fight.

From the very beginning of the war, Japan launched an aggressive attack on the polar bears like fighting dogs, and the polar bears only panicked and retreated. However, the final result of the war was that Japan basically exhausted its national strength, and Russia, because of the unstable internal situation and the exhaustion of its navy, had no intention of fighting again and gave up some of its interests in China. Japan has won a crushing victory.

However, the Russo-Japanese War has been going on until now, and Japan has found the feeling of a strong country. It was recognized by the great powers, and it was further encouraged to move forward on the path of aggression.

Generals, from these facts, it is clear that we have clearly seen Japan's ambitions, that Japan is our most dangerous enemy, and that their ultimate goal is to take the position of the leader of the East Asian alliance.

Therefore, no matter how great the difficulties we face in Hainan, we must stand up, carry the banner of resistance against Japan, and resolutely eliminate Japan while its wings are not yet full!

This king thinks that once Hainan erects this anti-Japanese banner, it will attract many awakened people. Our army in Hainan will certainly receive help from the people of the world.

Moreover, at present, the Qing court has run out of energy, and European countries are intriguing with each other for competing interests.

Russia's domestic situation is erupting and crises are lurking. The sheer size of the territory and ambitions had overdrawn the Russian people, and they could no longer afford to expand. Japan has been exhausted by this Russo-Japanese War.

If we in Hainan intervene in the war at this time, we will surely kill two birds with one stone and shatter the dream of Japan's Oriental Alliance in one fell swoop!

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