Chapter 281: The Korean Question

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readx; In this decisive battle of Mukden, the three armies of the Japanese Manchurian Army were almost completely annihilated, and the Hainan army captured 1,200 Japanese artillery pieces and 140 machine guns, killed 60,000 Japanese soldiers, and captured 160,000 Japanese soldiers. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info [Burning ^ Wen ^ Library] The commander of the First Army of the Manchurian Army, Kuroki Weizhen, and the commander of the Second Army, Obaogong, were captured.

The commander of the Third Army, Nogi Noshinori, insisted on coexisting and dying with Mukden City, and in the end, seeing that Mukden City was breached, he wanted to commit suicide by breaking his stomach to thank the emperor, and was carried out of Mukden City by his subordinates.

The Second Army of the Hainan Army was east of Mukden and met the fleeing Japanese army head-on and captured Nogi Noshinori alive. After receiving the advice of Kodama Gentaro, Nishikanjiro retreated to North Korea and escaped this fate.

Chen Zhong came to Nogi Noshinori, personally untied the rope for him, and said, "General Nogi, although this king admires you very much, he also feels sorry for your foolishness. ”

Nogi Noshinori said lightly: "King of Hainan, I don't understand, we Japanese helped you drive the Russians away, but you treated us in this way, I really feel sorry for you." I don't want to say anything at the moment, just bring me my sword and let me end it decently. ”

Chen Zhong laughed: "General Nogi, your adopted son Nogi Masao has the same words as you, although the generals of our army try their best to dissuade him, but your adopted son must commit suicide to apologize to the emperor, you are all the same stupid!" ”

Nogi Noshinori laughed contentedly, and said to himself, "Okay, Masao didn't disgrace our Nogi family!" ”

"Okay, please go down with General Nogi, this king doesn't want to say anything more to him, they have been brainwashed by the emperor. Give them rooms with better conditions, and give them the preferential treatment of generals. Chen Zhong looked at the numb Nogi Noshinori and shook his head helplessly, he knew very well that it was difficult to communicate with such people, they only had the will of the Japanese emperor in their hearts, and their souls had long since died.

Chen Zhong ordered the Seventh Army and the Tenth Army of the Hainan Army to begin an attack on the Japanese Sixth Army on the Sino-Korean border, and the Japanese Sixth Army stopped at the Sino-Korean border in order to stop the Hainan Army's attack on Korea.

Chen Zhong mobilized nearly 1,000 heavy artillery pieces and set them up on the banks of the Yalu River to carry out a fierce attack on the Japanese positions, and the new Sixth Army of the Japanese army was defeated and retreated by the offensive of the two armies in Hainan. The Hainan army drove straight in.

When the two armies in Hainan reached Pyongyang, they confronted the Japanese 19th and 20th Divisions.

Chen Zhong stopped the further advance of the Seventh Army and the Tenth Army, and then ordered the 2nd Battle Group and the 1st Guerrilla Formation in Hainan, as well as 50,000 marines, to the port of Nampo on the Korean Peninsula and launched a decisive battle with the two divisions of the Japanese army.

The War Department, the headquarters of Japan, reported the results of the battle between the two sides on the Liaodong Peninsula to Emperor Meiji.

Emperor Meiji covered his face in pain, he really wanted to cry at the moment! The idea that had been prepared for decades was indeed completely defeated back to its original form by the nameless army of Hainan when it was about to be victorious.

Yama Prefecture said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I don't think it's time for us in Japan to admit defeat, so let's mobilize 20 divisions from the mainland to the Korean Peninsula and have another duel with this Hainan king!" Maybe there will be a silver lining. If we admit defeat like this, our Japanese Empire will be disgraced in front of the whole world, and we will pay for the foundation of nearly 100 years, and it will be extremely difficult for Japan to rise again! Therefore, Your Majesty the Emperor, please allow Yama Prefecture Youtomo to personally lead these twenty divisions to the Korean Peninsula to fight the King of Hainan in a decisive battle! ”

General Ito Yuhiro, the head of the military command department of the Japanese base camp, said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I think that it is meaningless to continue this war, and if, as Commander Aritomo of Yama Prefecture said, if this gamble is lost, our Japanese Empire will pay more." In my opinion, the best way for us at present is through the good offices of Britain and the United States, which may also guarantee our interests on the Korean Peninsula, and ask His Majesty the Emperor to consider this matter carefully, which is related to the 100-year national fortunes of our Great Japanese Empire! ”

Emperor Meiji frowned, walked to the map of East Asia hanging directly in front of him, and looked extremely greedily at how close the land used to be, where there were beautiful ports, abundant resources, and pleasant scenery, he hesitated for a moment, and then, resolutely, turned around, and said firmly: "We have exhausted the national strength of the entire Japan for this land, exhausted decades of time, and gambled so much that we have now, how can we give up now?!" ”

Ito Yuhyung said anxiously: "Your Majesty, please think carefully! Perhaps this insistence is a mistake, and we might as well withdraw from this war, rest and recuperate, and make plans when the time comes! ”

"Well, I've decided to send troops to North Korea! The final battle with Hainan King Chen Zhong! Emperor Meiji clenched his fists and said undeniably.

Ito Yohei sighed, shook his head, and stepped back.

Emperor Meiji said: "Yama Prefecture Aritomo, I order you to lead my own 20 divisions to Korea to make a final fight with the king of Hainan, and send troops to Korea in three days!" ”

In Fengtianfu, Chen Zhong convened the first military conference since he went north to resist Japan.

Chen Zhong said: "Our Hainan army has completed the initial strategy of going north to resist Japan, and now there are many remarks at home and abroad talking about the battle situation of our Hainan army destroying the combined fleet of the Japanese army and defeating the Japanese army in Liaodong.

In China, the people reacted strongly, the reputation of our Hainan army is rising day by day, and people from all walks of life in China have spoken highly of our brilliant achievements in going north to resist Japan! The people's national self-esteem has been greatly improved, and the domestic call for the expulsion of foreign powers and national ** is getting higher and higher, which is a positive signal, and the influence of the Hainan army is also increasing, which has made the most solid foundation for us to unify the country in the future.

Abroad, Britain and the United States have a relatively ambiguous attitude, and this time the Japanese emperor once again increased his troops in Korea, which Britain and the United States and other countries did not want to see.

They could completely predict that the Japanese army's current troop increase was an extremely risky act, and they did not want Japan to lose all its strength because of this, so that in East Asia, our Hainan's military strength would be dominant.

Therefore, they will definitely intercede as peacemakers to ensure the existence of the power of Japan in East Asia.

Britain and the United States hope that we will resolve this issue at the negotiating table, so that they can manipulate several forces in East Asia, so what role we Hainan will play in this will be a thorny issue for them. ”

Chen Fangzheng and Li Chuang asked: "Lord Wang, North Korea, will we fight or not?" ”

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