Chapter 178: Military Training

In Nagasaki, Japan in October, the weather is already very cold, but it is not the coldest time, the first thing in the morning school class is not to read, but the teacher will take the students to run and do exercises, not only to strengthen the body but also to keep warm. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Most people in Japan do not have any heating facilities in their lives, because Japan lacks fuel, and they cannot afford to use heating facilities at all, because it is really not cost-effective, and fuel must be given priority to ensure the supply of the army.

Therefore, in addition to the most basic fuel for cooking, ordinary people do not have such a thing as heating at all, so the Japanese are particularly cold-resistant, which is not how the Japanese have good physique, but there is no way to do it.

At present, Japanese grain is already a strategic material of the state, and ordinary peasants cannot buy and sell the grain they grow at will, all of which are purchased by the government, and the price is not high, and the remaining part is the peasants' own rations, which are usually not enough for the peasants to eat.

Therefore, when the children of peasant families are thirteen years old, they have to be sent away to work as helpers. So you won't starve to death, so it's not surprising that there are many girls in Japan who work as barmaids.

Boys sent to the big business, in the docks, warehouses, companies to work as handymen, these have made a lot of changes in the social structure of Japan, every morning because of the cold, you will see a lot of Japanese people jumping and running in groups, relying on sports to keep asking questions, to resist the cold.

Although their stomachs are empty, they have no physical strength at all, but they believe that these are not a problem at all, they believe that the power of the spirit can defeat hunger, they believe that the emperor and their great god of sunshine, all the suffering now is just a test for them, and they will definitely have a good life in the future.

Because of the great economic development of the Chinese Empire, in fact, the current Japanese economic form has been greatly improved, first of all, the Chinese Empire has a great demand for Japanese goods, and the sales of Japanese lacquerware, rice, knives and other commodities in the Chinese Empire are very large, and the Chinese Empire has given Japan the lowest import tariffs, so Japanese products are still very competitive in the Chinese market.

However, the vast majority of Japan's income is used for the development of the military, especially the use of the earned dragon yuan to buy weapons produced in China, and a large number of imitations have been carried out after the dismantling of the current weapons and equipment, but because Japan's industrial chain is too short, many things cannot be matched now, which makes Japan have not made great progress in imitating Chinese weapons.

But this did not affect the confidence of the Japanese to win, the Japanese soldiers at the Nagoya training base in Japan, were practicing bayonets, at this time they were proud of their hearts, they believed that as long as they ran fast enough on the battlefield, the bullets would not hit them, as long as they could contact the enemy's army, and when they came into contact with white-knuckle warfare, Japan would definitely be able to annihilate the enemy by virtue of their skillful and domineering fighting skills.

The samurai class has disappeared in Japan since the abolition of the sword, but this has not affected the spread of the spirit of the samurai.

The current Japanese army vigorously promotes this spirit of bushido, loyalty, bravery, presence, and indomitability. The army is also an important base of Shintoism, and the only god in Shinto is the emperor, the living man, and all soldiers must be loyal to the emperor, the living man.

Fanatical militarism is deeply ingrained in the military, and deep down, everyone, from officers to soldiers, also worships their emperor as a god.

On the late autumn night of October 2, 1893, at the Kameicho Elementary School in Nagoya, Japan, sparks drifting in the evening wind ignited the central hall of the elementary school, and the principal of the school, Kiichiro Itabashi, was the first to discover the fire.

Itabashi Kiichiro did not flee, but rushed into the raging fire, because there was a portrait somewhere, and this portrait was that of the then Emperor Meiji. At this time, Meiji had become a god-like incarnation in the minds of the Japanese people, so the headmaster rushed in desperately, but he couldn't come out, and when everyone put it out, they found that the headmaster held the portrait in his arms, and the portrait was still intact except for a little burning off the corner.

At this time, a miracle, Itabashi Kiichiro was regarded as a hero, and his only daughter was also well cared for, and was sent to Imperial Waseda University, and later became a top student, and his story will be covered later.

This made Japan, from the emperor to the poor people, they all knew that the future of the empire would be bright, and nothing could stop the expansion of the empire, and under the leadership of the emperor, a god-like being, the Yamato nation would definitely achieve victory.

In the whole of Japan, only the emperor is the brain, everything in Japan is controlled by the emperor, and any free thought is already a marginal product, all this in Japan may be a historical necessity, but this time they are facing a different Chinese cultural circle.

In this cultural circle, the emperor seems to be more lax than before, and now he is a kid without any real power!

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The commander of the 3182nd Regiment of the Third Army of the Royal Chinese Army, Zuo Guichao, received a telegram from the Army General Staff, Ye Zhichao was urgently transferred to China, and now Zuo Guigui has become the highest military commander of the empire in the Korean Special Administrative Region.

After receiving the order, Ye Zhichao was picked up by the navy from the sea, and Ye Zhichao's departure left the imperial defenders of Seoul without a leader, which made Zuo Guigui very confused.

The current situation in North Korea is very sensitive, and the Donghak Party members are fighting under the banner of "anti-Japanese and anti-corruption" and rioting everywhere, although it has not yet become a big climate, but many people have a premonition that this force is gradually growing, and this time the change of generals will undoubtedly weaken the influence of the empire in Korea.

The General Staff also ordered him to withdraw all the defenders of Seoul to Pyongyang, and immediately make a forecast of the overall situation on the Korean Peninsula, report the response plan, and the General Staff will give full support!

This kind of telegram makes Zuo Guigui even more incomprehensible, what is this for!

But Zuo Guigui didn't think much about it, he immediately reported his idea to the General Staff, and brought Xiang Xiang to Pyongyang with his 3182 regiment to garrison together, so that in response to emergencies, the empire could make a favorable response at the first time.

However, the telegram that I was waiting for was that all the garrisons in Seoul should be withdrawn to Pyongyang within two months, and if there is any difficulty, you can return to China immediately, and there are still generals such as Wei Rugui, Ma Yukun, and Fengsheng on the Korean Peninsula. If you don't want to do it, say it sooner!

The payment of the telegram was opened by Shang Rongqian!

Seeing this telegram from the Chief of the General Staff of the Army, Zuo Guigui completely gave up his idea and immediately withdrew the garrison in Seoul to Pyongyang.

At this time, the weather in northern Korea was already very cold, and every soldier of the Chinese Imperial Army wore dark green military coats, and now the empire's cotton production was actually not enough for the army, but fortunately, the empire now has an excellent substitute for chemical fibers.

Therefore, each military coat is very thick and heavy, because there are still a lot of jungles on the ground at this time, and ordinary cotton jackets will be scratched quickly, so at this time, the military coats with the Imperial Army will have many stitches on the horizontal and vertical turns, so that the coat will be very strong, and it will not be easily scratched in the jungle.

Above are two rows of golden clasps, and above the clasp are Zhenglong golden Tuanlong, each clasp is made of brass. Galvanizing, baking blue, polishing and other more than ten processes, these buttons will not rust a little when the coat is worn out, and will be shiny like new.

There is a difference between the officer's coat and the ordinary soldier's coat, that is, in the material, the officer's coat is made of thick felt, the main raw material of thick felt in this era is wool, fortunately, this raw material is still easy to find in the empire, from Mobei and Inner Mongolia These pastoral areas, every summer, a very heavy job of the herdsmen is to shear sheep and sheep.

With sufficient raw materials, the felt made has become a very good clothing raw material, and now many people on the streets of the Chinese Empire are wearing such military coats, and you can know what kind of class this person is by looking at the material.

Zuo Guigui took his staff officers and the commanders of the other two regiments, Wei Rugui and Ma Yukun. They wore military coats of dark green felt fabric. Their chests are all in the fourth row or more, which proves their military exploits and qualifications.

They sat in a Mustang car and came to the vicinity of the 38th parallel. At this time, there was no garrison near the 38th parallel, and both the Silla Special Administrative Region and the Korean New Army consciously moved their garrisons to a very backward place.

So it has become a rare vacuum area, but now the 38th line is very lively along the way. Now many Korean people have fled to the Silla Special Administrative Region because they cannot pay their taxes, and Silla sent people to stop them at the beginning, but this behavior was stopped by the imperial army.

Because the Imperial Army established many enterprises in the Kaicheng area near the 38th parallel of Korea, the most important of which was the military industry, and the production of daily necessities, these refugees became very cheap labor, so the factories began to accept a large number of these refugees.

Zuo Guigui came to the Kaicheng Industrial Base and saw a lot of refugees, but their lives were still unsettled. The industrial base is very weak, and it is indeed impossible to accommodate these refugees, who live outside the gates of many factories or in small sheds built around them.

Because the Silla government and these factories in Huaxia would give food every day, their survival was not a problem now, but it was obvious that this was not a long-term solution, and then Zuo Guigui spread out the map and first specified the location of the regiment that had been withdrawn from Seoul.

Then we planned the migration route of the refugees to the interior of China, from Kaicheng to Shaliyuan, through Pyongyang to Mukden by land, and the other was to start from Kaicheng to Shaliyuan and then transfer to Haizhou, and from Haili to Tianjin and Dalian.

No matter where they go, they will have jobs, now the industrial development of the Chinese Empire is very rapid, although the Chinese Empire is the most populous country in the world, but there is still a shortage of people, the empire is not afraid of many people, come on!

Zuo Guigui began to plan the route, sent people to escort and take care of them along the way, so that during this period, in October 1893, there was a planned start of immigration to Japan, and the Koreans began to move back on a large scale, and more than 1 million Koreans came to study and live in various cities along the coast and inland of the Chinese Empire.

A large part of these people remained in the Chinese Empire, and the Koreans who returned to Korea became indispensable talents in the process of Korean industrialization, and these people used the cooperative normative process learned in the Chinese Empire to lay a solid foundation for the rise of North Korea's industrialization, and also reflected the friendship between the Chinese and Korean nations, since then China and Korea have been inseparable from each other.

Looking at the North Koreans who were helping the old and the young, slowly moving forward, moving towards the place where they could find peace in their hearts, Zuo Guigui rubbed his swollen temples and asked; "Where is the regiment that was withdrawn from Seoul?"

At this time, a staff officer spoke; "Report to the Captain! This regiment was originally scattered in the territory of North Korea, and now it is still being assembled, and it will take at least a month to complete the assembly! ”

Zuo Guigui said; "It is the duty of a soldier to obey orders! Give my orders! Twenty days later, I'm going to see them all gathered in front of me in Kaicheng! There must be no mistakes, otherwise military law will be engaged! ”

The staff officer took the order and said; "Yes! I'll send them a telegram right away! ”

At the time when this staff officer is about to leave!

Zuo Guigui stopped the staff officer and said; "Tell them! They just need people to come back, don't worry about other things, all the equipment will be fully equipped for them in Kaicheng, come back as soon as possible! ”

That staff officer saluted Zuo Precious and gave another military salute!

Talked about; "Yes!"

Then turned around and left!

At this time, Wei Rugui came to Zuo Guigui's side and said; "What the hell do you think the staff is going to do!"

Zuo Guigui looked ahead, shook his head, and did not answer Wei Rugui's question.

Ma Yukun said; "The emperor is in the next big game of chess!"

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In the dock of the Shanghai shipyard, Sa Zhenbing looked at the Zhiyuan ironclad ship in front of him, the workers on the hull were busy nervously, and now the last step of the hull maintenance and upgrading work is to paint the entire hull with white paint again.

A director of the Shanghai shipyard personally supervised the work at the scene, he was Wang Zhonghe, the son-in-law of Cai Yuelun, chairman of the Shanghai Steamship China Merchants Bureau, but he did not pay attention to the warship at the scene, but to speed up the construction period, so the workers worked overtime day and night, and were busy on the warship 24 hours a day, so the Zhiyuan ironclad ship did not complete the technical upgrade, artillery assembly, and telegraph assembly in two months.

As long as the Zhiyuan ironclad ship leaves the dock, the shipyard's next order can be started, and the next one to be manufactured is a 50,000-ton tanker, which has a flat bottom and a small draft, but can carry a large tanker.

Profit is definitely the best tool to motivate human beings!

For Sa Zhenbing, being able to become the captain of the Zhiyuan ironclad ship was both expected and unexpected. It is obvious that now in the military circles of the Chinese Empire, the situation of the Manchus is very embarrassing. The successive changes all show that the emperor intends to suppress the power of the Manchurians.

In the initial expansion and training of the new army, the emperor was deliberately partial, and this feeling was very hurtful to the self-esteem of a veteran like Sa Zhenbing who had studied abroad. Now the expansion of the navy is too fast, according to seniority, he should be the captain of the main battleship, he is at the same time according to the previous practice, he has great hopes, but he did not expect that in the end, the captain of the Zhiyuan ironclad ship is really served by him.

At this time, a staff officer ran up to him and handed over a telegram with both hands, this telegram was several rows of numbers, this was not an ordinary telegram, this was an encrypted telegram.

After reading the first few numbers of the telegram, Sa Zhenbing took out a copy of "The Legend of the West Chamber" in his bookcase, and then turned to the pages, lines, and words according to the numbers of the telegram, so that a telegram was translated.

After seeing the contents of the telegram, Sa Zhenbing said; "Secret telegram naval staff! Tell Chief of Staff Ding Ruchang that the Zhiyuan's communication is normal and that it can enter the North Sea Fleet at the designated time, and that the Zhiyuan will always keep in touch with the Navy Staff at that time! ”

The staff officer saluted and left!

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October in the South China Sea is golden, whether it is the rice fields in the fields or the ripe fruit groves, there is the smell of harvest everywhere, and the sailors of the East China Sea Fleet of the Imperial Navy, who is also the Imperial Central Fleet, are open to eat.

In Haikou, an excellent seaport, the East China Sea Fleet is temporarily repairing here, and at this time, Liu Buchan is already with protruding eyes, a flat and pointed chin, a yellow complexion, and a cigarette butt in his mouth between two rows of burnt teeth.

This time the cowhide boasted too much, the training of the battleship Qinglong was very difficult, and the cooperation between ships at sea was much more difficult than he thought, shells, fuel, personnel allowances, and supplies in various ports, there was a lot of money every day, if it weren't for the continuous supply from the Ministry of the Interior, it would have been impossible to sustain for a long time.

But the more this is the case, the greater the pressure on Liu Buyun, he smokes cigarettes one after another, and he is at a loss! How to explain to the staff this time!

At this time, Lin Yongsheng, the captain of the ironclad ship Renyuan, came to Liu Buchan's side with two pieces of papaya, and looked at Liu Buyun in a daze! Knowing that this is because of too much pressure, Liu Buyun has not shaved his head for more than a month, and the original bald head has now grown thick hair, but it is very messy, and the image is not easy-going!

Lin Yongsheng came to Liu Buyun's side and handed a piece of papaya to Liu Buchan, Liu Buyun glanced up, looking at Lin Yongsheng and didn't speak, now he was in a very bad mood, all the officers tried to avoid him as much as possible, and there were few people who dared to take the initiative to approach him.

Liu Buyun took Lin Yongsheng's papaya and began to eat it, only then did he feel that he seemed to be very thirsty, so he began to eat it in a big gulp, and even forgot to spit out the seeds. Seeing this situation, Ling Yongshen immediately waved to the side, and soon someone came to him, brought a lot of papayas, and put them in front of the two admirals.

At this time, Lin Yongsheng said; "Actually, you don't have to worry about it, I have already telegraphed with Liang Qichao, and the emperor has sworn that you can make the Qinglong battleship form combat effectiveness within half a year. I don't think so!

The emperor said two words! ”

Liu Buyun suddenly came to talk about it with interest; "The emperor said those two words!"

Lin Yongsheng temporarily left the papaya, raised his eyelids, and slanted one eye at Liu Buyun as he spoke; "Bragging!"

Liu Buyun said; "Isn't that new?"

Lin Yongsheng said; "What else do you want, the emperor is very busy!"

Liu Buyun said; "Cheng Biguang's Yongyuan ironclad ship has been upgraded and rectified, we will repair it in Haikou for ten days, and after ten days, we will leave the port to join the Yongyuan ironclad ship and continue training, even if we can't meet the requirements of the General Staff, we must try to do our best!"

Lin Yongsheng said; "Good! But you're going to smoke less! Your face is really ugly! ”

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The Heilongjiang naval fleet had already begun to enter the Far East in October, and the phenomenon of freezing had begun to appear at night near the North Sea, Li Hailong ordered the fleet to stay in the "Zonggu Strait" for a few days, erected a boundary monument in Bei'an in the "Zonggu Strait", and swore sovereignty!

This strait is the closest passage for the Heilongjiang fleet to go out of the Pacific Ocean in the future, so the Heilongjiang naval fleet must defend this place to the death, and a company of marines is stationed here, plus the army also has garrisons here.

However, the Japanese side also had troops stationed on the opposite side, but they did not have a naval garrison for the time being. But Li Hailong had no intention of relaxing, they cruised back and forth in this sea area, trying to detect every waterway clearly, so they stayed here for a few days.

He had already received Miao Jiacheng's telegram, and all the torpedo boats sent by the Navy Staff had been received, which made the Heilongjiang fleet once again improve the number of warships, but there was no fleet of more than 3,000 tons of battleships and main battleships, and there was no confidence, so this was also where he, the commander of the fleet, was angry.

But now he can no longer patronize and be angry, it is winter, the North Sea of the Chinese Empire will enter winter, and in the long next half a year, the entire North Sea will be frozen, and at this time, according to the custom, the North Sea Fleet will go to various ports in the south to avoid the cold.

So the matter in front of Li Hailong came out, and now he wants to send those fleets to the south, or will he not go to the south this year!

It's annoying!

Li Hailong said; "Thirty thousand!"

The captain of the battleship Longwu said; "Bump! Gojo! ”

The battleship Longde of the next family spoke; "Eat! Chicken! ”

Li Hailong shouted; "Don't move! Hoo! Ha ha! ”

Mahjong rub up!

At this time, one of the captains spoke; "Commander! You said that the commander of your fleet is actually afraid of the chief of staff, and this will make people laugh at it! ”

Li Hailong played a card and said; "You have the right to remain silent, but every word you say may become Cheng Tang's evidence!"

Eighty thousand!

The commander of the submarine Longhui said; "Commander! It's not that serious! ”

Li Hailong said; "Play cards well, don't think nonsense, if the chief of staff knows, I will definitely be merciless, unhesitating, and betray you without shame! Haha, haha! ”

The three warship commanders who accompanied the card game were trembling all over!

There are countless grass and mud horses galloping in my heart!

What kind of commander is this!

And the commander, there is no morality at all!

Seven loaves!

Hoo!

Hahaha!