Chapter 1 Selection

In April 1895, Japan coerced China into signing the above-mentioned Treaty of Shimonoseki. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 In addition to recognizing Japan's control of Korea, the treaty also required China to cede land to Japan and pay reparations and to allow Japan to enjoy other privileges. In particular, the stipulation on the cession of the Liaodong Peninsula angered Russia, and the above-mentioned incident of "three countries interfering in the return of Liaodong" and forcing Japan to revise the "Treaty of Shimonoseki" was staged. The conflict of interests between Japan and Russia in the Far East has intensified.

Immediately after that, Japan stepped up preparations for war against Russia. In 1895, it plundered 230 million taels of silver from China, most of which was used for war preparation. Japan's state expenditure, which was 84 million yen in 1893-1894, increased to more than 240 million yen in 1897, of which military spending increased significantly. After the First Sino-Japanese War, Japan passed an army and navy armament plan and a railway construction plan, with a total amount of 516 million yen, which was basically completed by 1900~1901. This indicates that preparations for war against Russia have been made. The alliance of the Japanese samurai clique and the big capitalists was convinced that it would be in Japan's best interest to launch a war for the seizure of Korea and Northeast China as soon as possible before the Russian Trans-Siberian Railway was built. Progressives in Japan also waged a struggle against the aggressive and war policies of the Japanese ruling circles, but their strength was not enough to prevent the outbreak of war. Thus, the Russo-Japanese War was inevitable.

"Ah, it's finally going to be a fight?" Lin Mengchu was puzzled and said: "But the current situation is very different from history, we have an army of 300,000 on our side... Well, the standing army is actually only one hundred and fifty thousand people, and the rest are militia .... But even so, are the Japanese still determined to go to war? ”

Chen Cheng glanced at her, and then continued to read the Russo-Japanese War materials in the other world:

On the eve of the war, the total population of Russia was 141 million, and in 1904 the total strength of the standing army was about 1.05 million and the number of reservists reached 3.75 million. Among them, 90% of the troops are deployed in the western region, and in the Far East there are only more than 98,000 regular army units (148 guns, 8 machine guns), and at the same time, the Russian Navy has more than 200 warships, of which the Pacific Fleet has more than 60 combat ships (more than 192,000 tons). During the war, there were nine mobilizations, and nearly 1.2 million people were conscripted. Wired telegraph telephones were equipped only to armies and army groups. All divisions and below are to communicate on foot or on horseback.

The Baikal section of the Trans-Siberian Railway was not completed, and only two or three military vehicles could be driven every day and night, and the journey from Europe to northeast China lasted nearly six weeks. The logistical situation was staggeringly chaotic, and when the front line needed artillery shells the most, the troops received truckloads of idols. Under the conditions of unprecedented rapid-fire firepower, the military thinking dominated by the Russian army particularly emphasizes bayonet white-knuckle warfare, advocating the combat methods of Kutuzov and Napoleon about 100 years ago. The Arthur fortress project, which is of great strategic importance to Russia, is far from being completed, and the 10-year plan for the expansion of the navy is not yet complete. The commander of the Russian army in the Northeast Theater, Kuropatkin, was a typical military bureaucrat who lacked practical experience, and he was indecisive and resolute. The commander-in-chief who led the European fleet to reinforce the Pacific direction -- Rozhdestvinsky only had combat experience in the era of sailing ships, and did not understand the naval tactics of the era of steel-armored warships. Coupled with the internal contradictions and confusion in the Russian army and navy command and chain of command, including the intervention of the imperial relatives sent by Petersburg....

The total population of Japan is about 44 million. In wartime, more than 2 million reservists can be mobilized (in fact, 1.185 million were mobilized). At the beginning of the war, the total strength of the army was about 375,000 men (1,140 guns), of which 250,000 could be used to fight outside the Japanese archipelago. 37% of the artillery is mountain artillery, which is suitable for the terrain characteristics of the northeast battlefield. 147 machine guns. The navy is the focus of Japan's military building. On the eve of the war, the Japanese Navy had about 80 warships (more than 260,000 tons), most of which were new ships built in the United Kingdom, with good performance and uniform specifications.

Many officers of the Japanese army went to Germany to study. Many German instructors were also hired in the army and academies to train in accordance with German military regulations. Marshal Oyamaiwa, the commander of the Japanese army in the Northeast Battlefield, was a follower of Moltke. During the Franco-Prussian War, he personally observed the application of Moltke's military ideas in the Prussian army. He always wanted to make a "Sedang" in the Russo-Japanese War.....

"Wait a little longer," Lin Mengchu interrupted Chen Cheng again, and said suspiciously: "The Japanese did a good job in the Russo-Japanese War, but it can't reach the level of the Battle of Sedang, right?" In the end, the losses of the Russian army were not very heavy, there was no large-scale war of annihilation at all, and the Russians did not pay a penny of reparations in the end! ”

"Hey, can you wait until I'm done reading the information before you speak?" Chen Cheng put down the thick file and said, "This is still the previous information, but the latest information in our world still hasn't started to read?" Knowing yourself and knowing your opponent, you can't be defeated in a hundred battles, don't you even ignore this war criterion? ”

"I just think it's strange," the girl exclaimed with a hint of grievance on her face, "can it be compared to Marshal Moltke with such waste material as Dashan Yan?" In the Russo-Japanese War, Japan was completely trading at a loss, right? ”

“....... People didn't say that they were on a par with Marshal Moltke, they just said that they wanted to fight like that. Chen Cheng said: "Although we know that there is no dense railway like Europe on the battlefield in the northeast, and there is no way to fight such a war of annihilation, the Japanese are very confident that they can succeed in the first battle and force the Russians to pay compensation and cede land." ”

"Which side are we going to be on this time? Have you decided? His Excellency the Black Dragon King said impatiently: "Those spiritual powers are all left in the previous world, so now that I am well, I just want to fight a painful battle!" ”

"Neutral," Chen Cheng glanced at the girl who was gearing up, and said, "We remain neutral." ”

"Well, it's not good to be neutral, right?" Lin Mengchu's eyes widened, and he said in surprise: "The Qing government remained neutral in the Russo-Japanese War, but it has been scolded for a long time. ”

"Well, but," Chen Cheng spread his hand and said, "We are not afraid of being scolded by others." ”

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"Okay, it was a joke just now," Chen Cheng laughed, and said, "Our factories have just started to operate normally, the production of armaments and equipment, and the training of soldiers will take time, and if you want to transfer the whole society to a wartime system, it will also take time."

Now with every month, every week, every day, and even every hour, our strength is getting lower and lower...... The strong don't need to worry about other things. As long as we keep getting stronger, we don't need to choose a side, we don't need to choose which side, when the situation comes, the choice will naturally appear. ”