Chapter 125: Garrison Mukden (1)
The battle for the interests of Japan and Russia in the Far East finally came to an end, and the outcome was also beyond everyone's expectations, and the two sides did not lose or win, because in the end, both countries chose to accept the mediation of other countries because their domestic economic situation no longer allowed the two countries to fight.
This war has been fought so far, the military strength and economy of the two countries have fallen into great trauma, and Japan's national strength has fallen into the verge of collapse, while Russia is a little better here, the economy has not collapsed, and the last battle of Mukden can barely be said to have been won, but because the revolutionary forces in Tsarist Russia have a rising tide and urgently need to be suppressed by the army, so the war has been enough for Tsarist Russia so far.
Japan is different, the whole country to fight this war, so that Japan's navy and army elite lost, the final war is almost buried the army, after the battle, 230,000 army losses in more than half, can still maintain combat effectiveness of the army is only 50,000 or 60,000, and if the fight continues, I am afraid that Japan, an island country, will really fall into chaos.
This so-called mediation, discerning people know that the pattern of interests in the Far East will change in this mediation, and Japan will bite off a piece of meat from the Russians, such as Arthur.
Since Port Arthur has been defeated by the Japanese, how can it be easily handed over, you must know that Port Arthur is an excellent port that the Japanese have been seeking, and the mediation of the great powers has also made Japan and Russia sit at the negotiating table to redistribute interests, if nothing else, the Japanese will accept part of the interests in the Far East from the hands of the Russians, and Mukden may also be accepted by the Japanese.
But Fengtian was accepted by the Japanese, such a situation Wang Bin is absolutely unacceptable, you must know that once the war is over, he, the Shengjing general, must go to the Shengjing General's Mansion in Fengtian, as the saying goes, how can you allow others to snore next to the couch, since after the end of the war, Wang Bin wants to go to Fengtian, then Wang Bin himself will let the Japanese power appear in his own jurisdiction?
For this reason, in order to enter Fengtian City before the Japanese, Wang Bin deliberately sent the patrol police he had formed before, and the excuse was also very simple, there was a lot of chaos in Fengtian City, so it was very necessary to shoot the patrol police into the city, and besides, the patrol was not an army and there was nothing to object to entering Fengtian City, plus the Russians did not want the Japanese to gain too much benefit in the Far East, so Wang Bin's move was tacit.
However, after Wang Bin sent the patrol into Mukden City, he was still thinking about how to send his army into Mukden, but the Russians came to Wang Bin first.
The person who came was still Vladimir, and the purpose of Vladimir's trip was also to make Wang Bin a little surprised, the Russian army actually wanted to give up Fengtian City to himself, and this move of the Russians did catch Wang Bin a little off guard.
Originally, Wang Bin was still thinking about how to get Fengtian back, but he didn't expect the Russians to directly raise this point.
This move of the Russians is actually a last resort, Kuropatkin knew from the country that in order to redistribute the interests of the Far East, the government was determined to give part of the benefits to the Japanese, and Mukden was originally within the scope of the cession, but Kuropatkin did not agree with this move in the country, in Kuropatkin's view, Mukden was the result of his own desperate defense, how could he just give up Mukden, which was stained with the blood of countless soldiers, to the Japanese!
You must know that you were fighting to the death with the Japanese a moment ago, and you also paid a great price in order to keep Mukden, so you were unwilling to give up Mukden so easily, so Kuropatkin raised an objection to the country, but Kuropatkin's opinion was not adopted.
When his proposal was rejected, Kuropatkin was not discouraged, because Kuropatkin knew that there was another force on the side of the battlefield, that is, Wang Bin, the general of Shengjing, so Kuropatkin immediately submitted a proposal to the country to hand over Mukden to the Qing court, so that the Qing court could not waste this opportunity in vain, and it would inevitably take Mukden and make the Japanese lose part of their interests in vain. There was such a way to reduce the benefits obtained by the Japanese, and the Tsarist government immediately passed this resolution and handed over Mukden to the Qing government.
And so there was this thing where Vladimir came.
"General Wang, the war is now over, and we are deeply sorry for the previous war that occupied your land, so we will hand over Fengtian to you within these two days, and hope that General Wang can take over Fengtian in time."
Vladimir said this to Wang Bin.
After listening to Vladimir's words, Wang Bin was also a little happy for a while, but he didn't expect that when he was still worried about this problem before, the Russian sent the pillow one step ahead.
However, Wang Bin then thought deeply and found that the Russians' move was actually a last resort, you must know that Mukden was originally within the interests of the Russians, but because of this war, they had to give up some interests to the Japanese, and Mukden was a good point to give up, but Mukden was held by Kuropatkin and others who worked hard to defend, how could they cede Mukden to the Japanese who had made Kuropatkin pay heavy casualties before, don't say that Kuropatkin himself thinks so, Even many generals of the Russian army think so.
So under the impetus of these generals, Mukden, which was supposed to give the head of the Japanese, returned to the hands of the Qing court, and this move will also add a great merit to Wang Bin, the new general of Shengjing, if such an achievement is someone else, it will inevitably make him have a great good impression of Tsarist Russia, even if the Qing court will have a good impression of Tsarist Russia.
So for the Russian army's proposal, Wang Bin naturally chose to accept, and discussed with the Russian army the steps to take over, first the Russian army withdrew from Fengtian City, and then Wang Bin sent three more infantry battalions to join the two hundred patrol officers who had been sent to Fengtian to maintain law and order.
After Wang Bin accepted Mukden, he immediately sent a letter to the imperial court, saying that after arduous negotiations with the Russians, he had finally recovered Mukden after countless difficulties.
For a while, even the Japanese could not object to the incident of Muchengzhou Fengtian's acceptance of this matter, so Wang Bin immediately made great contributions to the recovery of Mukden in the country, and even called Wang Bin the hope of the Qing Dynasty.
But how do they know if Wang Bin is really the "hope of the Qing Dynasty"?