Chapter 466: "Press Conference"
One bō after one bō!
Fuzhou, the Middle East Railway, the events in both places are testing the nascent national government!
These two events are both independent and significantly related. As long as one breakthrough is made, then it will inevitably cause another point to waver.
In contrast, it seems that the Eastern Railway is easier to deal with, after all, Russia is now in the midst of a civil war.
But Wang Hengyue just put the main attack point in Fuzhou!
The capture of 80 Japanese "death squads" including Shanhai Eguchi, director of the Fuzhou Police Bureau, and the "infighting" that took place on the streets of Fuzhou quickly attracted the attention of the whole world.
The response of the Japanese government has also been quite swift. They immediately lodged a "protest" with the Chinese government, demanding that the Chinese side immediately release Eguchi Shanhai and other captured personnel and punish the murderers who beat up the Japanese sailors, otherwise all the consequences will be borne by the Chinese side.
The three "Japanese" warships "Saga," "Tachimaru," and "Sakuramaru" at the mouth of the Minjiang River sounded their whistles every day, as if they were issuing provocative demonstrations to the Chinese people.
"The day I sè is very inward." Zhang Xiaohuai actually laughed at this time: "I only dare to whistle in protest, this is not the previous style of [Japan] to treat [China] countries." Not only will they not dare to fight, but they will soon retreat! ”
After the so-called "protest" of the Japanese government, the actions of the Chinese side have further escalated.
First, before the situation was clarified, the Chinese side refused to release Eguchi Yoshikai and others: second, even greater strikes, school strikes, and market strikes began!
At the end of November, Yang Fangyun, director of the Strategic Intelligence Bureau, personally arrived in Fuzhou.
The arrival of the Strategic Intelligence Bureau means that the Chinese side is ready to use force!
On 1 December, Zhang Xiaohuai, commander-in-chief of the Army of the Republic of China and commander-in-chief of the "Taijiang Incident," held a press conference at home and abroad at the suggestion of President Wang Hengyue.
In our questioning of Eguchi Shanhai and others, Zhang Xiaohuai deliberately used the word "inquiry" instead of the word "interrogation": "Eguchi Shanhai has made a record, and in this transcript, you can clearly see that the "Taijiang incident" was completely an organized plot by the Japanese side. In the whole incident, the Consul General of the Consulate General in Fujian Morita Hiroshi and the Director of the Police Office in Fujian played a very bad role in the whole incident! ”
"I protest!" A reporter stood up: "This is completely reversing black and white!" "Reversing black and white?" Zhang Xiaohuai smiled, and then asked his subordinates to distribute a stack of materials to reporters, of course, including the "protest" "Day" himself: "This is the complete transcript of Eguchi Shanhai, which carefully introduces the entire incident. Including how the Japanese themselves planned, how to form Taiwanese criminals, how to form "death squads", and how to attack teachers and students in China. "Your Excellency, may I ask if Yoshikai Eguchi was violently treated during the interrogation?" An American journalist asked.
"It's to assist in investigations, to question, not to interrogate." Zhang Xiaohuai deliberately corrected it: "During the whole process, we didn't use any violent means, and I even brought Eguchi Shanhai here!" Saying that, Eguchi Shanhai was really brought out, which suddenly caused a stir in the reporter Xi Ping.
Luǒlù's body outside is not scarred, and the whole person's spirit seems to be quite good, which is a little surprising.
The reporter immediately preemptively asked: "Director Eguchi, during your illegal detention, did the Chinese people use violent means to treat you?" ”
He was full of hope to get the answer he wanted from Eguchi Yoshikai's mouth, but he didn't expect Eguchi Yoshikai to shake his head with difficulty: "No, there is no ......" "No?" The reporter was immediately disappointed, and asked without giving up: "Can you be sure that this transcript of yours was completely voluntarily written without any threat?" Eguchi Yoshikai hesitated, then nodded slowly......
There was an uproar in the press gallery. The reporter glared at Eguchi Yoshikai fiercely, and finally sat down unwillingly.
Yang Fangyun, who was watching the press conference behind, smiled faintly.
The interrogation skills that the president taught him are really good! …,
The president deliberately explained that he was not allowed to use violence to avoid finding excuses for the Japanese himself.
Of course, the president also taught Yang Fangyun several interrogation techniques that sounded unbelievable.
One is to use strong noise interference to stab the hearing of Zenkai Eguchi and others, causing them to be mentally disordered, unable to bear it and finally confess.
And then there is the use of drugs.
That genius madman scientist from Germany, Fritz Haber, developed a psychotropic drug!
The German, who invented poison gas and used it on a large scale on the battlefield, managed to invent a terrible drug in his own laboratory.
The use of this drug in normal people can make people extremely depressed, produce all kinds of terrifying hallucinations, and eventually have a nervous breakdown, telling everything they know and discerning.
Even the strongest person can't continue to keep the secret under the ravages of such drugs, and Eguchi Yoshikai is the best example. He could endure the torture of the leather whip and the torture of the terrible torture instruments. However, the Chinese people did not use such means.
By the third day, Zenkai Eguchi collapsed under the double prickly prickly of strong noise and medicine.
All he was thinking about now was how to get out of that terrible inquiry room as quickly as possible, not how to protect the interests of the Great Japanese Empire.
The reporters' movements quieted down, and Zhang Xiaohuai immediately took out a stack of photos to show the reporters one by one: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the photo that took place at the scene of the parade of sailors in Jin'an, Fuzhou.
I am very grateful to my journalist friends for taking these photos at the scene. As you can see from the photos, this is clearly a violent clash between the Japanese expatriates and the Japanese sailors, and it is clearly written in the photos that no Chinese people participated in it! "The angles are so good and they are very clear. The "Japanese expatriates" wearing the "Japanese" kimonos inside all showed hideous expressions, and they were smashing the "Japanese" sailors in front of them with the weapons in their hands......
"Protest!" The reporter stood up again: "Could it be that the people who wear kimonos are the Japanese expatriates?" ”
"Could it be that the people who wear kimonos are still Chinese? ,… Zhang Xiaohuai ridiculed each other.
"This must be impersonated by a Chinese!" The reporter roared loudly.
"You always say that there is evidence and evidence, so I would like to ask you what evidence you have that this is impersonated by a Chinese?" Zhang Xiaohuai said coldly: "Fellow journalists, before this, the Japanese side tried its best to deny it, and in the Taijiang incident, all the dirty water was shameless, and it was splashed on the Chinese people upside down, and now we have enough evidence, even including the transcript of Eguchi Shanhai himself, as well as his own appearance. However, this reporter still insists that this is done by the Chinese, I want to ask what kind of evidence is needed? ”
The reporters nodded frequently and exchanged opinions in a low voice.
The evidence shows that it is already seriously unfavorable to the Japanese side, and Zhang Xiaohuai said at this time: "I will repeat my opinion again. The Japanese must evacuate his warship, apologize, compensate, punish the murderers, and replace the Japanese Consul General in Fujian, Hiroshi Morita, and must ensure that similar incidents will not happen again! On this basis, the government of the Republic of China rejects all conditions for peace talks! "Mr. Chief, I have a problem!" A reporter from China asked: "If the Japanese side rejects the above conditions and further escalates the situation, is it possible for war to break out?" Zhang Xiaohuai said slowly: "We never want to see war, China is a peace-loving country, but if Japan must impose war on us, then I can tell everyone very clearly that China is ready for war!"
Our battle cruiser "President, and the cruiser" Northern Expedition have already arrived in Fujian, and the Third Fleet of our Navy is also moving closer to Fujian.
At the same time, I have also issued an order to our coastal defense troops: If the Japanese warships deliberately provoke, then we will not hesitate to carry out the most powerful counterattack, and the Japanese side will be responsible for all the consequences caused by this! ”
Saying that, he let people hang up the map, and showed the location of the army's defense in front of all the reporters without concealment.
The spotlight "clicks" and flashes.
China's armed preparations have been completed!
And this came out of the mouth of the commander-in-chief of the army of the Republic of China!
The reporter looked at the map in a daze, and then sat down in a dejected state, "We still want to settle this matter peacefully." Zhang Xiaohuai lowered his voice: "War is an undesirable situation for either side. In this vicious incident provoked by the consul general of Japan in Fujian, Hiroshi Morita, and the director of the police office stationed in Fujian, Shanhai Jiangkou, the Japanese side will admit full responsibility, and the truth of the matter is so! Zhang Xiaohuai put all the responsibility on Morita Hiroshi and Eguchi Shanhai, and bypassed the "Japan" government, which is equivalent to giving the "Japan" government a step down.
Neither China nor Japan was prepared for war, and in such a situation, the military threat was nothing more than a foreshadowing of a diplomatic solution.
The warships of both sides confronted each other at sea, but neither dared to open fire on their own initiative, which would lead to a full-scale war.
For Japan, the situation is already very unfavorable. I didn't expect that China would take such a tough attitude, even at the cost of a war, which put Japan in a dilemma!
Now, there is not much time and opportunity left for the day to solve the problem!。