Chapter 225: The Russians' Reaction
After the news of China's Beiyang military's Hushan victory spread, these envoys of various countries were also a little incredulous at first, how could this Chinese completely annihilate a brigade of the Japanese army, you must know that the combat effectiveness of the Japanese is already world-class in their eyes.
I didn't expect that there would be an army with the combat capability to completely annihilate a wing of the Japanese army, and no one would doubt that the British and Germans had done this, but it was China's Beiyang New Army that did it.
At first the ministers did not believe it at all, and it was not until a more detailed report came out that they believed it.
In an instant, the face of the Japanese envoy to the Qing Dynasty, Lin Quansuke, had no place to put it, and the Japanese army, which was known as the first army in Asia, was completely annihilated by Wang Bin's Beiyang New Army with a number of more than 5,000 people.
The Japanese lost face in an instant, and the German, French, Russian, and American ministers realized that their attitude towards Wang Bin should have changed after learning the news.
So they sent telegrams to China, believing that in the near future Wang Bin would be the one who could overthrow the Qing government by force and successfully rule China, after all, at the beginning of the war, the contradiction between Wang Bin, the frontier minister, and the imperial court had become more and more acute.
As for the war between Wang Bin and the Japanese, these ministers also learned more or less through their own intelligence networks that it was the result of the Qing government and the Japanese colluding with each other to attack Wang Bin.
As long as all the troops under Wang Bin are in this way of combat effectiveness, after cleaning up the Japanese in the Far East, they will inevitably turn around and clean up the Qing government.
After the governments of various countries received this news, the Tsar reacted the most, directly calling for troops to fight the Japanese together with Wang Bin, and instructed the people below to give Wang Bin greater support.
As for the governments of Germany, France, and the United States, they also have the intention of deepening relations with Wang Bin.
"Brother Run, a great victory in Hushan outside the Guan! Annihilated a brigade of the Japanese army! A young man in a house in Guangzhou said excitedly to an officer in the house.
"Alas, at the beginning of the year, the Japanese were still helping us fight the Russians, but now the Japanese are thinking about taking down our Guanwai, and the governor of the three eastern provinces has done a good thing."
The person who spoke was called Hu Xing, a non-commissioned officer in Japan, and also a revolutionary, originally Hu Xing had a good impression of the Japanese when he was in Japan, not to mention the rest, the Japanese still supported their own revolution, making their country richer and stronger.
Therefore, at that time, Hu Xing felt that the relationship between Japan and his own country was very good, and the later Russo-Japanese War also proved this, but now that the Japanese began to invade their own country, many non-commissioned officers in Japan were extremely indifferent to the relationship with the Japanese.
Even the revolutionaries in Japan began to turn away from the Japanese, and within the revolutionary party, the view of the Japanese was divided into two parts.
A group of non-commissioned officers advocated an immediate return to the country to join the fight against the Japanese to defend the country, and some revolutionaries still had a trace of illusion about the Japanese, and the dispute between the two factions officially represented that these like-minded comrades began to gradually embark on two completely different paths.
After the news of the victory at Hushan was thoroughly spread, the Japanese Front Army also immediately made a move, ordering the 15th Division of the Standing Division stationed in Korea to immediately enter the Chinese border and join the battle against Wang Bin, and also mobilized the 10th Division from China to garrison Korea.
At this moment, the Japanese have used the military strength of four divisions, which is already the only elite unit of the Japanese army that can be taken after the Russo-Japanese War.
As for the other divisions, they still did not have enough combat capability and could not fight at all, and the Japanese had already pressed their family foundation for this victory.
At this moment, Wang Bin was not nervous because of the Japanese army increase, after Wang Bin got the news of the Japanese army increase from Ma Zikai's hands, Wang Bin knew that the next stage of the plan should begin.
"My lord, this time, in addition to telling you the news of the Japanese army increase, there is also news to tell you."
"What's the matter?"
"Back to my lordship, when the ministry came to the lord's mansion, I got the news that the Russian minister and the commander-in-chief of the Far Eastern Front, Kuropatkin, had just entered the city, and the ministry pondered that these two people should come to the lord and have something to discuss."
After Wang Bin heard the news, he knew that it must be that after the news of Hushan's victory spread, the Russians wanted to strengthen their help to themselves, lest they finally win the battle against the Japanese and they would not be able to get anything.
While Wang Bin was thinking this, Fauber outside came in and told him that the Russian ministers Pukodi and Ropatkin had come to ask for an audience.
After hearing the news, Wang Bin immediately motioned for them to come in, and Ma Zikai also expressed at this time that he needed to go back to work.
Wang Bin waved his hand and let Ma Zikai go back, Ma Zikai also saw Pukodi and Kuropatkin join hands when he went out, and the two parties passed by after a little gesture of greeting.
Soon Pukodi and Kuropatkin came to the living room, and Wang Bin asked them to come down after seeing them come in.
After sitting down, Pu Kedi was a little impatient and said to Wang Bin: "Your Excellency, this time we are here to deepen our relationship with Your Excellency the Governor. ”
As soon as Pu Kedi said it, Wang Bin said with some curiosity: "Oh? How did Your Excellency the Minister deepen? ”
"Naturally, it is to increase the arms help for His Excellency the Governor!" Pu Kedi's words reached Wang Bin's heart, as long as he had a large amount of arms, he could carry out his own army expansion plan.
"Your Excellency, this time I have brought 20,000 rifles, as well as 1 million rounds of ammunition and more than 50 heavy machine guns."
At this time, Kuropatkin, who was on the side, suddenly spoke.
Kuropatkin's words surprised Wang Bin very much, knowing that such a batch of munitions was enough for Wang Bin to build another army in the town, Wang Bin did not believe that such benefits would be transferred down for no reason.
"Mr. Kuropatkin, this official doesn't have enough money to buy this batch of ordnance!"
The implication of Wang Bin's words is that he cannot afford this batch of munitions.
"Your Excellency the Governor, don't worry that we will sell this batch of arms to your Excellency at a low price, as long as Your Excellency the Governor agrees to some small requests." Pu Codi said to Wang Bin suddenly.
At this point, Pu Kedi finally said the real needs of Wang Bin this time. (To be continued.) )