Chapter 205: The Emperor's Decision

Meiji's sentence was too slow, and the entire Japanese cabinet felt the pressure, and Ito Hirobumi, as the prime minister of the cabinet, was also the privy counsellor of the Japanese Privy Council, and was in charge of Japan's most advantageous war machine. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Ito Hirobumi immediately ordered another expansion of the conscription, preparing two million troops for the occupation of the entire Korean Peninsula and the Far East, which had now captured Korea. Therefore, seriously injuring China on land has become an important target in the next step, and the army is the most dependent branch of the army for Japan now.

Because of the huge cost, the matter of expanding the size of the navy can only be pushed back a little more. In order to make up for the huge deficit in military spending on the war, the Japanese cabinet once again began to raise taxes, which made Japan's already heavy tax burden increase a lot.

At the Tokyo military recruitment station in Japan, there are Japanese young people waiting in line for a physical examination, and it is difficult for these people to find a job now, and many private factories cannot afford the high tax burden and have closed down, but Japan's military industrial enterprises are very busy with production, but these enterprises are simply unable to absorb such a huge labor force, so joining the army to be able to eat enough is the best way out for these young Japanese.

These Japanese young men in the army have participated in the shortest period of collective training, which was originally three months of recruit training, but now it has been changed to 30 days, because the Japanese front-line combat attrition in Korea is very serious.

The troops of the Chinese Empire hid behind the fortifications and did not come out at all. Japan's Admiral Oyama Iwa commanded at the front line, because artillery shells are very precious, so Japan rarely uses complete artillery suppression, and even if it does, it will soon suffer fierce return fire from the Chinese artillery, which is really worth the loss.

But Japan has a very brave army, these soldiers are warriors with the spirit of bushido, these soldiers with Chuntian rifles, braving the rain of bullets of the Chinese Empire, bravely rushed forward, although now the Japanese still have not been able to break through the 38 defense line, but now many of the firepower points of the Chinese Empire have been exposed.

On September 5, the first year of Guangming, the weather in the Seoul area of the Korean Peninsula was still cool. The autumn tiger is not only on the land of China, but also very fierce in Seoul. Especially in military fortifications, the most important function of military fortifications is protection, and it is difficult to take into account ventilation and cooling.

The observation hole inside the fortifications of the general Dashan Yan observes the fortifications of the Chinese Imperial army in front of him, and the height of the big mountain rock is not high, and you need to put a lot of maps and documents under your feet to see the world outside the observation hole.

The sweat beads on his forehead were already soaked with sweat under his armpits, and the sweat dripped down his cheeks and fell onto the dust on the ground of the fortifications. In fact, at this time, it is unbearable itching on the face, and ordinary people can't stand such itching.

But Dashan Yan, who has been trained in bushido and ninja ninjutsu for many years, can, and now he is very anxious, and now he has almost not really had a face-to-face battle with the army of the Chinese Empire, and half of the soldiers he brought have been sent back to China. Many of them are wounded and sick, but many more are ashes.

Japan can quickly meet his needs for soldiers, and now he is still increasing his troops to Korea, and now in addition to the Guards Division defending in Japan, the other combat divisions have divided the two front armies of Yamagutomo and Oyama Iwa equally.

Dashan Rock now has 300,000 troops, which sounds very large indeed. According to intelligence, the total number of troops of the Chinese Empire on the opposite side will not exceed 100,000 now, and the Japanese army has far exceeded the army of the Chinese Empire.

However, Dashanyan knows very well what kind of combat effectiveness his new troops are. At first, the reinforcements were able to achieve one rifle per person, but then the number of guns gradually decreased, and two people used rifles, and now the recruits sent have not brought guns from the country at all.

The explanation given by the Japanese base camp is that anyway, the soldiers on the front line consume a lot, and people can die and be injured, but guns can indeed continue to be used, so there is no need for everyone to have a gun!

At this time, the scene of the Japanese army charging appeared again in the telescope of Dashanyan, the Japanese army was divided into small groups of battle formations, everyone bent down as much as possible, lowered their goals, and then took small steps, little by little, close to the defense line of the Chinese Empire.

On the long 38th defense line, most of them were militia from Silla Province, and the soldiers of the Huaxia Empire were guarding the main firepower and key points, so that the scattered and intersecting distribution of the militia and the soldiers of the Huaxia Army could control the situation at the scene very effectively, because these Silla militia and the withdrawn Korean New Army were too ****** waste of bullets.

The Japanese soldiers had already approached the 38 defensive line, and there were still 700 meters from the fortifications in Huaxia, when a major battalion commander commanding at the front line shouted loudly with a telephone; "Steady! Steady! Hold on! Bring it closer! ”

500 meters!

The battalion commander shouted into the phone; "Steady!"

But then suddenly a gunshot rang out, and the battalion commander immediately began to curse; "Who ****** shoot the gun?"

At this time, a staff officer next to him spoke; "Battalion commander! It's the guns fired by the Japanese devils, they've already started to charge! ”

The major was taken aback, and immediately shouted into the microphone; "Hit! Beat! Hit hard! Fire with all your might! ”

Instantaneous! On the defensive line of the Chinese Empire, there was a lot of gunfire, heavy machine guns, light machine guns and rifles were fired at the same time, and the brave Japanese soldiers died on the way to the charge. Maybe the Japanese officers gave the order to retreat, but they could no longer hear it!

Dashan Yan knew that he had failed again today!

Da Shan Yan coughed lightly, he tried to endure the thick phlegm in his throat, but it was no longer enough for him to breathe, so he came to the side of a kerosene poke at the entrance of the fortification, and coughed loudly, which would make his throat feel better.

After a long time, Dashan Yan returned to the big sand table in the fortifications, and at this time, Nogi Noshinori, who had been promoted to the commander of the division, had already come, and after seeing Dashan Yan, he said; "Your Excellency, Commander, you summoned me!"

After seeing this subordinate, Dashanyan was still a little relieved, but now there is no better way than to attack hard, and the other generals under Dashanyan are against this direct death method, and many times they do not contribute, only this Nogi Noshinori is indeed serious in executing the attack plan of Dashanyan.

Therefore, Nogi Noshinori's army is the division with the most combat attrition and the fastest renewal of fighters, and now there are almost no old soldiers in the entire division, and most of those old soldiers have died in battle, and they have been packed in jars and transported back to Japan.

Dashan Yan asked; "How many soldiers has your division broken here now?"

Nogi Noshinori replied; "There are more than 40,000 soldiers who have broken jade!"

Dashan Rock said; "His Majesty the Emperor's message has come from the base camp!"

Nogi Noshinori immediately stood up and spoke; "Hey!"

Dashan Rock said: "His Majesty the Emperor's admonition is that the speed of attacking Korea is too slow! ”

Nogi Noshinori spoke immediately; "It's all the fault of my subordinates!"

Dashan Rock said; "Nogi-kun, you've done a good job, but the other generals can't do their best for the empire!" ”

Nogi Noshinori said; "Your Excellency the Commander is worried!"

Dashan Yan coughed lightly again, and then spoke; "Tomorrow we will attack on all fronts again, I hope all armies can cooperate well, Nogi-kun, you are responsible for tomorrow's specific offensive battle!"

Nogi Noshinori said; "Hey!"

Then Da Shan Yan left the fortifications, and when he got outside, Da Shan Yan saw that many wounded soldiers were transported back, many of the soldiers were missing a lot of body parts, but as long as they still had a little consciousness, they were calling as much as they could.

Because there are so many wounded soldiers in Japan now, there is no way to carry out all the rescues, and only priority can be given to rescuing those soldiers who have the best hope of surviving and are best able to fight on the battlefield.

Oyama Yan only glanced at it, and then thought about his mount and walked over, he felt particularly uncomfortable today, and even with the greatest endurance, he could not hold on now, so now he had to go back to his residence to rest.

In Tokyo, Japan, wearing an earthy yellow army uniform, but three soldiers with a red armband on their left arm are chasing a young man, this young man is wearing leather shoes, suspender trousers, a pure white shirt on the upper body, and the tie on the chest has been freed from the tie buckle shackles, swinging back and forth with the wind!

This is obviously a child of a family who studied in Europe and the United States, and usually, when you see a person dressed like this, you should be respectful, humble, and please him. But why is it being chased by three gendarmes today!

The gendarmes in the back shouted; "Stop! If we run again, we'll shoot! ”

But the young man in front of him had no intention of stopping at all, and continued to run forward, when the three gendarmes following behind seemed to be physically exhausted, and the one at the head had begun to slow down, and he raised the gun in his hand.

The other two gendarmes also began to slow down, and after the first shot, the advantage was two shots. The young man running in front slowed down, clutched his chest, and then felt breathless, and exhaled with blood.

After taking two or three steps forward, he could no longer take heavy steps, and now he was on his knees on the ground, and then he collapsed on the clean streets of Tokyo, his eyes reflected in the passers-by walking back and forth.

But instead of stopping to help him, not even the crowd of onlookers, the young man recalled the time when he had just gone out today, and promised his mother, "I must go to the factory today, and I must work hard in front of my brother, and I will not let those who come to the conscription trouble my brother!" ”

Now it's not because of him, I won't go to my brother's trouble again. I just can't see my mother again. It's a pity!

The pupils of this Japanese youth's eyes slowly dilated until they spread completely!

At this moment three gendarmes came to the young man's side, rummaged around the young man's corpse for something, and finally found a thick stack of leaflets in the young man's lower abdomen.

One-third of the Japanese characters are directly Hanzi, so Chinese can generally understand what it means, and the leaflet is written to the effect; "Don't mean war!"

At this time one of the gendarmes spoke; "These people are cowards, they are not loyal to the country, and they also encourage others, it is really hateful!"

Three gendarmes dragged the young man's body to the side of the road and took all the leaflets with them!

His family can come and collect the body, but also know what happened and where the body was placed!

The Japanese Diet passed a bill to establish any individual who opposed the war and was unwilling to participate in military service without a valid reason, or any individual who questioned the current national policy of the Japanese Empire. These people do not need to be tried, and the gendarmes have the right to shoot them directly!

There has been a large-scale outbreak of plague in Japan, coupled with the fact that many anti-war elements executed by the gendarmes are piled up in the streets and alleys, which is very uncivilized, so now the Japanese have dug up huge corpses in mass graves.

Because there are many Japanese people who are walking on the streets so well, they fall down and can no longer stand up, and many families in Tokyo today are sick by one person, and if the others do not leave here, the whole family will die immediately, which makes the whole Tokyo in an atmosphere of panic.

After a long period of negotiation and negotiation, the negotiations between the Chinese Empire and the United States were finally reached, and the American ships would not help Japan deliver goods, but both Japan and the Chinese Empire could purchase military equipment and materials in the United States.

After Wang Fengzao's repeated efforts, the U.S. Congress introduced a bill that the U.S. would not be able to guarantee the safety of any U.S. ships that helped Japan deliver supplies, so the U.S. ships were requested not to participate in the war between China and Japan.

With only one day as a guarantee, the navy of the Huaxia Empire finally no longer had any scruples in the western Pacific.

Negotiations with Britain also came to an end, Britain once again reaffirmed its neutral position, the Chinese Empire's requirements were the same as the United States, and it was hoped that Britain would not intervene too much in Japan, and the British Prime Minister did not agree to sign any restrictive contracts with the Chinese Empire, but the Chinese Empire used all its relations in Europe, especially the strength of the National Security Agency and the Second Central Bank of the Chinese Empire.

Britain announced that the British registered ships were not helping, and Japan was transporting supplies, knowing that the war between the Chinese Empire and Japan was over, but the Chinese Empire would give Britain a little financial compensation!

After nearly half a year of negotiations and waiting, now in terms of political and overall defense strategy, the Chinese Empire has formed an encirclement of Japan!

After hearing this news, Japanese Foreign Ministers Mutsu Munemitsu and Ito Hirobumi were like a bolt from the blue, and they had to take countermeasures immediately, otherwise the overall environment would be very unfavorable to Japan.

Hirobumi Ito immediately assumed the identity of the Privy Council commander, and Tomo Oyama and Yamanate, who were fighting on the front line. And the command of the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy issued an urgent ultimatum that the Chinese Empire must be brought to its knees and attack as soon as possible! Offensive! Speed up the attack!

On October 3, the first year of Gwangmyeong, a busy scene appeared on the Han River plain in Seoul, North Korea. It is already the early autumn season, and in the spring, due to natural disasters, the spring wheat harvest is poor in many places, but after the whole summer has passed, it can be clearly seen that the autumn rice can be harvested.

The Japanese troops in Seoul had a full meal on the morning of each launch, and each Japanese soldier would have a rice ball and a bowl of delicious miso soup. Most of the rest of the time, you can only eat food substitutes.

Now seeing the ripe rice, the Japanese soldiers seem to have smelled the fragrance of rice balls, and now there is a plague in North Korea, which has killed many people, so there is a shortage of labor, so that many rice fields have not been harvested, and then the soldiers from the countryside in the Japanese army seem to have a very superior feeling, they roll up their cuffs and begin to harvest the ripe rice. ‘

Of course, the harvested rice had already been planned and distributed to various Japanese companies in accordance with the pre-regulations. As a result, many Koreans who escaped the plague did not escape the next hunger.

The Japanese Second Front in Korea still had food, but the Japanese First Front in Vladivostok was not so lucky, and after more than half a year of confrontation, the Japanese now had a firm foothold in Vladivostok.

The time suitable for planting here is very short, and there are not many suitable food crops for planting, Vladivostok mainly depends on the supply of food from other places, and the main food grown in the local area can be used as food.

This kind of low-temperature, drought-tolerant, and sandy land crops were not only dishes on the tables of the poor people at that time, but also staple food. He provided the people of the Far East with most of the heat they needed.

Because the planting of other crops has a limit on the growth period, if you catch up with the short growth period of that year, and the frost day is very early, it will cause wheat, soybeans and other crops to reduce the yield and fail seriously, then you will run the risk of starvation of the whole family.

But planting potatoes, that is, potatoes is different, not afraid of any frost, at most the size of potatoes is a little smaller, potatoes do not have the risk of extinction, so potatoes are also, the Far East, that is, the northern provinces of the desert, the bottom line, life-saving food.

But now the fields around Vladivostok are barren, and in the vast expanse of the land, you can occasionally see sparse potato seedlings still alive. When Mentu led the army and the Japanese army to fight fiercely, Fang Ruxin sent people to Vladivostok.

The destruction of a hundred kilometers of farmland around Vladivostok began, which caused great dissatisfaction among the local people, and there was a firefight between the two sides.

It wasn't until Fang Ruxin poured the whole box of gold and silver dragon yuan coins on the ground that the situation slowly subsided, and clearly asked the residents of Vladivostok to evacuate immediately, and the rear was fully prepared to accept the residents of Vladivostok.

After the grain was burned, the countryside was destroyed, and the government's regular army had a clear warning, the soldiers and civilians of Vladivostok began a large-scale retreat, and before the retreat of Mentu, Vladivostok was almost an empty city, a scorched city, a ghost city!

Yamagutomo, who occupied Vladivostok, did not have any joy at all, and wanted to inflict a heavy blow on the Chinese army in Vladivostok, but they actually retreated, and did not leave anything for the Japanese to use, looking at the black smoke that was still rising in the southwest corner, Yamakutomo scolded Zhang Zhidong a thousand times.

This old man who is a loser is a good mountain forest! Autumn is a good time to walk in the forest, but these Chinese do not even let go of these forests, wherever they go, they burn to them, leaving the Japanese with bare black charcoal everywhere.