After signing the "Zhenyuan Treaty", Zhang Wei felt a lot more relaxed, with this treaty, Japan is a lamb to be slaughtered in his hands, he can kill when he wants, if he dares to be disobedient, he can beat and beat at any time. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

That night, in Zhang Wei's study in the palace, Lu Weimin and Li Minmin were reporting to Zhang Wei on the situation of the Japanese army in Lushun.

After listening to the report, Zhang Wei said: "As long as the Japanese army and the Japanese who set foot on the territory of the Great Qing Kingdom, don't think that there is still a chance to return to Japan, if they surrender obediently, then let them work and reform for a lifetime, if they don't surrender, let them burn the city in Port Arthur, tomorrow send a telegram to Admiral Xiao Xuguang, asking him to transport the airship and enough incendiary bombs to Du Shihui, if the Japanese army in Lushun refuses to surrender, I don't want a Japanese to walk out of Lushun alive." “

Lu Weimin said: "Your Majesty, what about the Chinese in Port Arthur? There must still be a lot of Chinese living in it. “

Zhang Wei said: "The Chinese in Port Arthur have long been slaughtered by the Japanese army, who will live in Lushun with a normal mind?" There are no more Chinese people there, they are either traitors or fake foreign devils, and they have long recognized the Japanese as their fathers, since this is the case, these people can't stay, so let's go on the road with their fathers. “

Li Minmin asked: "Your Majesty, since you hate the Japanese so much, why is there no restriction on Japan's military strength in this treaty?" For example, limit the number of their army, limit the tonnage of their navy, and also take the battleships and shipyards they are building under the control of the empire. “

"We can't destroy Japan this time, Britain, France, the United States and even Russia can allow us to cripple Japan, but we are not allowed to destroy Japan, at this time I don't want to be an enemy of the world, if we destroy Japan now, we must give up a lot of benefits in exchange for the recognition of the great powers, it is not cost-effective for us; As for not owning the Japanese shipyards and the battleships under construction, first, I don't look down on those battleships, and second, I give the Japanese a little hope, give the British a little hope, and let Britain and France continue to throw money at the bottomless pit of Japan, and the money they throw will change hands and go to our pockets, so why not? “

Lu Weimin said: "In this case, I will give an order to General Xiao Xuguang to launch the final blow against the Japanese army, if the Japanese army does not surrender, it will completely destroy Port Arthur, and no one will be allowed to walk out of Arthur alive." “

"Okay, that's it!"

Lu Weimin continued to ask: "Does Your Majesty have any arrangements for the commander and troops stationed in Japan?" “

Zhang Wei thought about it for a while and said: "I want to temporarily let Lieutenant General Chen Dezhi concurrently serve as the commander of the Japanese garrison, as for the army, I am ready to set up 12 ** regiments alone, each ** regiment is expected to have 5,000 people, and the equipment will also be changed. “

"The establishment and armament are easy to handle, but after the transfer of Lieutenant General Chen Dezhi, General Xiao Xuguang is afraid that he will not be able to keep busy, so it is better to directly promote a special-level staff officer from the General Staff Department to take up his post."

"That's okay, I'm afraid that your General Staff won't be busy, and the personnel who were transferred from you last time haven't been released."

"There are no major battles during this time, and I can still be busy, but my opinion is that it is not bad to synthesize some special and senior staff officers and put them in the General Staff to familiarize themselves with first."

"I'll talk about it after a while, when it's stable, I'm going to make a good adjustment to the army; Now it's better to get done with the things in front of you. “

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

On the morning of January 29, Admiral Xiao Xuguang received an order from the General Staff to demand the complete elimination of all personnel in Port Arthur if the Japanese troops in the Qing Dynasty did not surrender; Along with the order, the guiding ideology of the General Staff on this campaign and the entire contents of the "Zhenyuan Treaty" were also issued, and in the future, the commander of the Japanese troops stationed in Japan and the 12 ** regiments stationed in Japan will also be under the command of General Xiao Xuguang.

In accordance with the guiding ideology of the General Staff Headquarters on the campaign, Xiao Xuguang, Chen Dezhi, and other personnel worked out a war plan for this campaign, and after breaking down the tasks, they issued the following orders:

ordered the Hindenburg airship, which was on duty in the Izu Islands, to go to Dandong City and follow the command of Vice Admiral Du Shihui;

sent 1,000 snipers to Liaoyang to cooperate with Lieutenant General Du Shihui to recover Lushun;

ordered Yuan Tiande, the governor of Lelang, to transfer two heavy artillery regiments to Dandong under the command of Lieutenant General Du Shihui;

He then ordered Vice Admiral Zhang Hailong to send enough naval forces to Lushun to ensure that the Japanese troops in Port Arthur could not escape from the sea, and sent warships to escort cargo ships transporting napalm-gasoline-bombs from the Izu Islands to Dandong Port.

Then he sent the orders of the General Staff and the guiding ideology of the campaign and the war plan of the Northern Theater Command to Du Shihui, and asked him to fine-tune them at any time according to the situation at the front.

After Du Shihui received the order, he was very excited, although he led the troops to occupy a lot of territory in the past few months, he had not encountered a real major battle, and he did not participate in the annihilation of the Japanese army on the Lelang Peninsula, and now the troops led by himself completely wiped out the Japanese army in Port Arthur, which can be regarded as a great achievement.

At present, there are 3 full divisions of the Japanese army in Port Arthur, and the 73rd Wing replaces the annihilated 11th Wing, and the 5th Division is still fully formed; In addition to the railway garrison, there are about 60,000 people in the gendarmerie, police, and soldiers in the township; If the Japanese army had relied on the terrain and fortifications to hold on, it would have cost a lot of sacrifice to completely occupy Lushun.

However, the Japanese army could not imagine that the Xia Empire would inflict a fatal blow on them from the air.

Du Shihui ordered the 27th Division and the 31st Division to advance from the two directions of Gaizhou and Zhuanghe respectively, striving to wipe out all the Japanese troops on the periphery, or drive all of them into Port Arthur, and when the airship arrived, the use of incendiary bombs would be more effective and more lethal; The 31st Division was the main attack, and the 27th Division was a feint.

The 31st Division marched all the way from Zhuanghe, did not encounter the Japanese army, the Japanese army knew that its strength was insufficient, it had been fully contracted, the first line of defense was set up in the line from Pizhen to Pulandian, and the army of 1 wing was arranged in these two places, and the permanent fortifications were built, which were more complex and solid than the original construction in Dandong City, and if you want to attack, you will definitely be hit on the head and bleed.

After observing the Japanese fortress, the 31st Division did not choose to attack, but ordered the divisional artillery battalion to keep shelling the Japanese fortress, and at the same time sought naval support, as long as the naval battle cruisers arrived, the Japanese fortress could not withstand the bombardment of the battle cruiser guns.

The 27th Division confronted the Japanese wing at Pulandian, and the 75mm mountain artillery did not cause any damage to the Japanese permanent fortifications, but the Japanese troops in the fortress did not dare to come out to engage in a field battle with the troops of the Xia Empire, and the two sides were in a stalemate.

The Japanese were satisfied with such a stalemate, and they were very confident in the fortress they had built.

Although there was an order from home for them to surrender unconditionally, they knew that if they surrendered, not only would their fate be no better, but they would also suffer along with their families, and it was better to die on the battlefield and complete their mission as soldiers.

Governor General Yoshimasa Oshima personally visited each wing to express his condolences and encourage them to fight the enemy, as long as they can bring enough casualties to the enemy, they can be forced to give up the attack on Arthur, so that everyone can have a chance to live, and the family members in the country can not be implicated and live a good life; I think that the Great Japanese Empire was able to take Lushun with huge casualties, and if the enemy wanted to attack Lushun, he had to pay several times the sacrifice of the original Empire.

The confrontation between the two armies at Pizhen and Pulandian made Oshima Yoshimasa both excited and uneasy, as if he had made a mistake somewhere, but he just couldn't remember; In the future, by the time he remembered why he was upset, it would be too late. (To be continued.) )

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