Chapter 147: The Dust Settles

The first to realize that something was wrong was the three Japanese ninjas, who also disguised themselves as ordinary Chinese to mingle in the flow of people, the busy Guangzhou railway station provided them with the best cover, the batons in the hands of no more than twenty station security officers did not pose a threat to them, and the place guarded by thirty soldiers seemed to be scattered at any time. All in all, it was just a great assassination opportunity, and the three ninjas couldn't even believe that there would be such a good price adjustment!

It was such a loose environment that unnerved the three experienced ninjas, and the platform guarded by thirty soldiers was temporarily isolated by a hemp rope, and the soldiers seemed to be very strong, but they were capable enough to plunge the place into chaos. The three ninjas were scattered about ten meters from the platform, waiting for the target's train to arrive.

Suspicious, one ninja couldn't help but move closer to the other, there were fewer people near the platform, and the soldiers made the crowd subconsciously bypass the place.

"Liangmu-kun, something is wrong."

"Yes, Hu Hanmin, who served as the commander, has been nowhere to be seen, and the enemy's defense is too sparse to match the identity of the target." The two spoke in a low voice in Chinese. According to the plan, after the three ninjas attacked, more than twenty assassins disguised as ordinary people were responsible for disrupting the order, causing confusion on the platform, and then taking advantage of the chaos to escape. But in the eyes of the ninjas, those assassins were too amateurish, holding a pistol in their arms with one hand, and more than twenty people doing the same thing, didn't it make it clear that there was a problem with others! Such a loophole, no one even went up to check it!

With a long roar, a train slowly rolled into the station with white smoke, and the ninjas temporarily put their suspicions behind their minds and focused on the train, and some assassins even took out their pistols and burst into the air.

None of these people noticed that the flow of people around them was gradually decreasing. And when the train stopped, it disappeared completely, and even the station security guards left where they were.

According to the usual habit, a ninja observes the surrounding environment before making a move, and sweeps the corner of his eye, what is the situation! It's a conspiracy! That was the ninja's first thought, as he saw that the entire train station had become empty. At least there are no bustling passengers in sight, and it's extremely weird and creepy.

It didn't take much thought to know that there was an ambush, and as soon as the ninja wanted to beckon his two companions to leave, the soldiers on the platform half-crouched and raised their guns, and the train carriage opened, and dozens of soldiers came down from it, and the gunshots rang out, and a premeditated massacre began!

Caught off guard, the two ninjas were hit by a hail of bullets. The rest of the man hid behind the stone pillar. Experienced and agile high-ranking ninjas were unable to react to this raid, let alone those who were also with the assassins, who were hit one after another, and the pistols in their hands were not even raised, and the smell of gunsmoke and blood immediately filled the train station.

The surviving ninja was furious, and they went through countless missions before they were promoted to the top ninja, and more than 100 people were killed in their hands, and they came out of the sea of corpses and blood. I can't imagine losing my life in a foreign country. There were no ninjas who surrendered, and the ninja named Ryoki had no intention of giving up resistance. Even if there is not the slightest possibility of success.

"Whoosh!" Two shuriken came out of his hand, and Ryoki was also hit by a bullet, and the shuriken passed through the rain of bullets and burrowed into the bodies of the two soldiers, and the ninja's dying counterattack deprived the well-prepared soldiers of a chance to suffer zero casualties.

There was also fighting outside the train station, where ten of them were waiting in two trucks. As the answering team, all ten people hid in the car body. When gunfire rang out from inside the station, more than a dozen jeep trucks suddenly appeared, surrounding the two trucks, and hundreds of soldiers jumped out of the car. Surrounded the stunned crowd.

The Assassins knew that there would be no chance of survival this time, and that this was a major case of assassinating the Prime Minister, and there was no way to live. The Assassins were instantly transformed into outlaws, and were shot by soldiers as they bent down to pick up the rifles in the carriage, turning the place into a shooting scene.

The scene of the battle was quickly cleaned up, and the convoy that greeted Lu Liang also drove into the station square, Lu Liang walked out of the train under heavy protection, and the train station that smelled the strong smell frowned, and then walked quickly, boarded the car and galloped away.

At the same time, in Wuhan, Shanghai, Nanjing, Changsha and other places, the search for the enemy was launched at the same time, and there were battles of varying degrees in various places, Zheng Shiliang was killed in Wuhan, Wang Jingwei, the leader of the assassination, fled to the Japanese consulate in Wuhan, and Inoue Tengzaburo and Xu Run and others hid in the Japanese leased place in Shanghai.

The assassins and ninjas who carried out the assassination were killed at the first time, and those ninjas were indeed very admirable in physical practice, with firm will, cruel means, and murderous weapons everywhere on their bodies, and they would be attacked by them if they didn't pay attention to it, but unfortunately this is no longer the era of relying on physical ability, and no matter how strong the body is, it is vulnerable in the face of guns and bullets. However, except for Zheng Shiliang, none of the upper echelons were caught.

During his inspection in Guangzhou, Lu Liang took the time to meet with Hu Hanmin, who had revealed the plans of Sun Ge and others to the Investigation Bureau a few months earlier, not because he was interested in revolution, but because he was too power-hungry, and he wanted to get it back from the Zhenguo Party when he lost power in the League, so he made all the plans out of the party. After the investigation bureau reported to Lu Liang, it formulated a thorough response to this assassination plan, although Lu Liang was the target of the assassination, he did not put too much energy into this matter, and sure enough, the investigation bureau did not let himself down.

Hu Hanmin saw Lu Liang with hope, but he didn't expect Premier Lu to say a word to him, and after a glance at himself, he waved his hand and ordered the eviction. Hu Hanmin suddenly felt that the sky had fallen, and since then this person has been imprisoned in Guangzhou No. 1 Prison, such a conspirator made Lu Liang feel uncomfortable and did not want to see him a second time.

The villains can only use assassination, which is an unacceptable means, which also proves that they are weak and powerless, and can only use this means to show their existence. Lu Liang was speechless because Sun Ge didn't dare to come to the stage at such a time and face to face with himself, but continued to shrink back and continue to linger, such a person is not worthy of being his opponent.

On June 24, 1904, the revolutionary government lodged a serious protest with Japan, accusing Japan of being the culprit in the conspiracy to assassinate the revolutionary government's premier, Lu Liang, and presenting evidence to the public. The revolutionary government announced the severance of all relations with Japan, the departure of Japanese officials in the south within a time limit, the prohibition of Japanese business in the south, the prohibition of Japanese ships from approaching the south, the cancellation of the Japanese lease in China, and the surrender of the murderers of the assassination.

Such diplomatic rhetoric made the outside world laugh at the naivety of the revolutionary government, and at the same time made the Great Powers and Japan feel helpless. The revolutionary government has 400,000 active army forces and is relatively strong, while Japan and Russia are now at war, and they do not have much energy to deal with relations with the southern revolutionary government, and they do not want to offend the southern revolutionary government, which provided Japan with a large amount of war materials, because of this matter.

Now that the severance of relations has been announced, the Japanese will not put their faces on it to demand that the revolutionary government repent, and on the tatami mats of the Aritomo family in Yamaguchi, several elders gathered again, but it was not for the sake of relations with the revolutionary government, and such a thing was not the turn to hold such a meeting of elders.

"Lushun must be in our hands, this is one of the main purposes of this war, even if Lushun's defense is strong, our powerful army will smash it!"

"Yes, as long as Arthur remains in the hands of the Russians, its fleet can threaten the sea lines of communication of our troops landing in South Manchuria at any time, and without occupying Arthur, our army will not be able to conduct large-scale ground operations in Manchuria."

"But isn't it a little thin just that Nogi Noshinori's Third Army attacked Lushun?" Saionji Gongwang asked.

The military-proficient Daiki Shigenobu explained: "Otherwise, we actually invested a total of more than 60,000 people in four armies in the Battle of Lushun, of which the third army was the main attack, and the first, second, and fourth armies defended the operation to prevent the Russian army that came to reinforce Lushun. On the 15th, the Second Army defeated the First Russian Siberian Army that came to reinforce in the area of Deli Temple and Wafangdian, completely cutting off the main communication channel between the outside world and Lushun, and completing the complete encirclement of Lushun. Now it's up to Nogi Noshinori to complete his plan to capture Lushun. ”

"Sister-in-law! The Empire of Japan was exhausted and well prepared for the war, and the people endured hunger and sent enough rice balls to the soldiers on the front. However, the pressure of the large-scale war still caught us off guard, the previously prepared supplies were expected to be used up within a month, and the increase in machine gun and mortar equipment also increased our logistical pressure, and now the war has been more than four months underway, and the overall situation is in our favor, but there is no possibility of ending the war in the short term. We also need to be prepared for a long battle, and the army must strengthen mobilization and be ready to replenish more soldiers on the front line. Ito also knew that this was not the time to hesitate, and that all actions should give way to victory in the war. (To be continued.) )