After listening to Chen Fangzheng's words, Robert was still not convinced, he thought that Chen Fangzheng would not dare to confront him head-on.

Just when they were still at a stalemate, a middle-aged man in civilian clothes walked over and said, "This young man said well, war requires wisdom, not hooligan fighting, and the courage of a horseman!" Young man, what's your name? ”

Chen Fangzheng came to the middle-aged man very humbly and said, "Hello, my name is Chen Fangzheng, and I am from Hainan Island in the Great Qing Kingdom. ”

"Well, that's good! Your country has also produced many excellent soldiers, and I respect and appreciate them very much! Young man, in time you will become the pride of your country! ”

"Who are you? Talking nonsense here, you still think you are General Ito Yohei! Robert glared at the middle-aged man with disdain.

The middle-aged man asked Robert with a smile on his face: "This young man, do you also know that guy Ito Youheng?" ”

"How can you use such disrespectful language to speak of this oriental naval god?" Robert was a little angry.

Hearing Robert's words, beside the middle-aged man, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl covered her mouth and laughed.

The middle-aged man continued: "Young man, then tell me, why do you respect that guy Ito Youhyung? ”

"Please don't call him 'that guy'!" Robert was obviously still a little angry, and said: "General Ito Youheng, in the First Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese Combined Fleet led by him completely defeated the Beiyang Naval Division of the Great Qing Kingdom, which was once known as the 'No. 1 in Asia', with incomparable courage!" The transformation of the Japanese Navy from weak to strong has been realized, and the Japanese Navy has become the first in Asia and the top four in the world. Won the respect of the world. I adore him so much! ”

"Oh? Earned the respect of the world? The middle-aged man's originally smiling face turned into doubt.

At this time, Lieutenant General Alberton, the vice president of the Royal Academy, came to their side and was about to salute the middle-aged man, but was stopped by the middle-aged man.

General Alberon said solemnly: "Robert, you only know how to worship General Ito Yoheung, do you know why he won the respect of the world?" ”

"Of course he defeated the Beiyang Naval Division!"

"This is only part of it, and more importantly, the quality of General Ito Youheng as a professional soldier has won the respect of the people! You know, how he respects his opponents? As professional soldiers, we should always uphold the principle that war is not simply killing, but stopping killing! ”

"Stop the killing?"

"Yes, although all wars are caused by political strife, this is something that we cannot change. Because, the natural world in which we live determines the inevitability of war! We are human beings, not beasts, and our wars cannot be without principles and without humanity!

Although we use war to balance out disputes when there is no way to resolve them, we as professional soldiers should always remember that war should never be a game of killing! Our servicemen should never be machines for killing and plundering lives!

So, cadets, in the near future, you will become commanders of the Navy, and I hope that you must remember that we have to respect life and respect your opponents.

This young man, this is what you call General Ito, and he was invited to our school for an exchange. The reason why he won respect was not that he won the war, but because of his extreme respect for his opponents. In that war, Admiral Ito faced the naval elite he admired the most. You listen to what the general thinks about the professional soldiers. ”

General Albert's words made the people around him exclaim, and Chen Fangzheng also looked carefully at the simple and peaceful middle-aged man in front of him, as well as the little girl beside him who had been smiling innocently.

It turned out that Ito came to the UK this time in a private capacity at the invitation of the Royal Naval College of the United Kingdom to do military strategic exchanges.

The innocent and beautiful girl beside him is Miss Michiko, the daughter of General Ito Yuhiro.

Miss Michiko is currently studying psychology at the University of Oxford in England, and this time, her father came to the UK, so she took a leave of absence to accompany her father to the Royal Naval College to see her brother Ito Xiangzen.

Ito said, "Ladies and gentlemen of the Navy, I don't like politics, and I don't like war, but the world doesn't exist because you like it. Some people think that what I say is too hypocritical, but it is true!

I've heard some people say that interest is the best teacher. This is all! The most likely thing of interest is that it will lead you to mediocrity and playthings, and even to the abyss of disaster!

The existence of a person, especially the existence of a soldier, is not because of interest, let alone because you like it, but because of a responsibility!

The responsibility of a professional soldier is to minimize sacrifices, stop killings to the greatest extent, and respect life to the greatest extent!

A good professional soldier, facing your opponents, is not to destroy them, but to respect them, respect their lives, respect their personality, respect their everything! ”

When Chen Fangzheng heard Ito Youheng's words, he really couldn't believe that the commander of the Japanese fleet, who had single-handedly destroyed the Beiyang Naval Division, would say such war opinions.

So, Chen Fangzheng took a step closer and said, "General Ito Youheng, these words you said are very beautiful. However, do you know that after your army occupied Lushun on November 21, 1894, the pride of your so-called empire, the mountain genji, issued an order to "cut it all", your Japanese army began to massacre the disarmed Qing prisoners and unarmed innocent people.

Under his command, the massacre began in the eastern part of Lushun, gradually moved westward, and was searched and killed door to door, killing all the people in the city and then to the outskirts of the city, and only six or seven hundred people escaped from the huge city of Lushun. The 36 Chinese who were spared from killing in the city were forced by the Japanese army to clean up the scene of the killing.

After 4 days of torture and slaughter in Lushun, Yuanzhi of the mountain region dispatched troops and returned to the north, successively capturing Pulandian, Fuzhou and Gaiping. In late February 1895, he participated in the formulation of the "Sweeping Plan for the Lower Reaches of the Liao River" and sent troops to attack Dashiqiao, Yingkou, Tianzhuangtai and other places.

After the First Sino-Japanese War, the mountain Yuanzhi was awarded the first class for meritorious service, the third level of meritorious service, the title of viscount, and the governor of the two departments.

I would like to ask General Ito Yohei, is this also a noble act of what you call a professional soldier of the Empire? ”