Chapter 238: Preliminary Determination
Haven't you yet come out of the mentality of a strong country? Lu Liang slapped the document in his hand on the table fiercely, the little devil is really the sworn enemy of the Chinese nation, even if he is defeated and signs a treaty, he will not forget to make trouble for the Chinese nation. Plundering Taiwanese women, was the head of the Taiwanese governor eaten by a dog?
"Anyway, they are all fighting with Japan, and I have been accused of being arranged by Western bandits, and it is not bad at all. It was ordered that all Japanese soldiers, policemen, and officials stationed in the occupied areas of Taiwan be shot to death, and that all civilians should be imprisoned for labor reform. I'm going to build roads and bridges in Taiwan, and those projects all require dead people, so let those Japanese civilians take on this important task! Lu Liang's simple order out of resentment forced nearly 100,000 Japanese civilians to work hard under supervision and dedicate their lives to the construction of infrastructure in southern Taiwan.
According to later statistics, no more than 30,000 of the 100,000 Japanese survived, and the rest were all buried under roads, railways, mines, etc., and the Japanese government repeatedly appealed to the outside world and united with Western powers to put pressure on China to return those civilians, but they were all refused, and it was not until ten years later that the surviving civilians were able to return to China.
As for those Japanese soldiers, the end was even more tragic. Taro Takasa who was about to cut himself by the sea did not get his wish, and under the gaze of everyone, Takasa who had just wiped off his katana was blown into the sky by a mortar shell. After 15 minutes of baptism of artillery fire, the Taichung mixed brigade that hoped to surrender was completely annihilated, and the wounded also became a tool for soldiers to train their courage, and all of them were pierced by bayonets and thrown into the sea.
11,235 Taiwanese women were looted in the Taichung area, and 32 were killed or wounded because of the fighting. All the rest were rescued. The 2nd Division suffered 25 casualties and lost 3 vehicles. More than 8,500 Japanese soldiers and policemen were killed, and a large amount of food, property and other materials were seized.
On the other side, the fighting in the Tainan area was smoother, and the Tainan garrison brigade was intercepted in Chiayi City, north of Tainan, and all surrendered without resistance after being surrounded by the 1st Division. In order to deal with the more than 6,000 troops surrendered by the garrison brigade, the first division took great pains. The order from above was that all the military and police officers were shot. However, the 1st Division thought that these people were good strong laborers, and it was a pity to shoot them like this, so they asked their superiors for instructions, but they were rejected on the grounds that these soldiers were organized and highly qualified, and it was difficult to control.
As a last resort, the 1st Division could only carry out orders. It was not a technical task to line up to be shot, and all the military and police officers were machine-gunned by the 1st Division, and then doused with gasoline and burned. There are not a few Chinese troops who carried out similar massacre missions. In the Battle of Guangzhou, later Kyushu Island, and now Taiwan Island, tens of thousands of little devils died in Huangquan because of Lu Liang's angry behavior.
The Japanese government, together with Britain and France, strongly condemned the massacre of Japanese civilians by Hua, and pointed out that China had invaded the Japanese-occupied areas stipulated in the San Francisco Treaty and brazenly provoked fighting, and that it must be compensated for this. Japan did not even withdraw its troops from the Ryukyu Islands as a demonstration to China.
The corresponding Huaguo came up with evidence that the Japanese army had abducted more than 30,000 Taiwanese women, accusing Japan of being a **** and indecent country at all, and the act of plundering Chinese civilians was an act of war. The Chinese army is obliged to take back those civilians by any means. In addition, Hua Guo demanded that Japan hand over the Japanese Governor in Taiwan, Sakuma Zomathei, and hand him over to Hua for trial as a war criminal. Otherwise, Huaguo will send a large army to advance from Taichung all the way to Taipei!
Military threats are more effective than any war of words, and Japan has indeed relented and has not continued to entangle itself on the Taiwan issue. From a military point of view, Japan has no way to prevent the Chinese army from occupying the whole of Taiwan, and there is currently only one Japanese garrison in Taipei. The number of troops is pitiful, and if the Chinese army insists on going its own way, Japan will be helpless. In order to keep the northern part of Taiwan, Japan had to swallow the bitter fruit, but it resolutely refused to hand over the governor of Taiwan. After that, there was a war of words, though. But the matter gradually subsided, but the culprit Sakuma Zomathew did not live long, when he returned to China to report on his work, the ship he was on accidentally disappeared in the sea, and Japan sent a ship to search for a long time but did not find it.
If the Japanese can dive thousands of meters into the sea, they can find the missing Governor, a sniper team composed of three Chinese submarines, and successfully sink the transport ship with the cooperation of accurate information from the Investigation Bureau. The stronger and stronger China is getting stronger, and there are more and more choices that can be made, and Lu Liang uses more direct and crude military means, and after the war against Japan, Lu Liang can even declare unashamedly: Those who offend our Chinese will be punished even if they are far away!
"Wife, wife!" At that time, the fourth child who cut the queue was struggling to find his wife in the vast sea of people, the fourth child's name was Hu Laosi, the family had been farmers for generations, and his parents were too lazy to afford a more esoteric name, so they directly took the fourth child as their name. After cutting in line, the fourth child who escaped death heard that the Chinese army had gone to rescue the women, and after receiving food, he returned home and discussed with his wife with suspicion.
After ten years of Japanese rule, most people have changed their mentality, from adapting to the original Manchu government to adapting to the Japanese colonial rulers, and no official family would do such things for the common people. Most people have been surprised by the opening of the warehouse and the release of grain, let alone saving their wives!
"Fourth!" Suddenly, a scream that tore through the sky came out, and the fourth child turned around suddenly, and sure enough, it was his wife! Dirty clothes, no signs of being ruined, the fourth child walked over even more happily, and finally reunited, most of the people in the crowd were reunited with their families, and bursts of cries for the rest of their lives after the catastrophe came out. The father looked at the poor daughter tremblingly, fortunately, she was not spoiled by the Japanese!
Everyone knows what the Japanese rob women for, and the East, which attaches great importance to chastity, is enough to make women crazy and even commit suicide. Fortunately, it's okay, the military is not good at appeasement, waiting for everyone to disperse, and there is a very heavy task ahead.
In the vicinity of Taichung and Hualien, fortifications for the north should be erected, and the military should arrange for troops to be stationed, and cities such as Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung all need garrisons to maintain order, and before the police department is established, it is necessary to temporarily manage the military. In addition, it takes a lot of time to build military camps, repair ports, etc.
Transport ships from Guangzhou, Xiamen, Fuzhou, Shanghai and other places have arrived in Taiwan in a steady stream, including food, medicine, military supplies, building materials, administrative personnel, etc., have landed in Taiwan one after another, this unsinkable aircraft carrier has since returned to the scope of Chinese rule, for the north that has not yet been obtained, Lu Liang is not worried, in his heart there has become a part of China, but now is not the time to take back.
The abundant supplies quickly stabilized the order, and administrative organs at all levels were also established, Taiwan Province was established in southern Taiwan, and the Taiwan Military Region was established in the military headquarters. After the restoration of order, the first task is to remove the traces of Japanese rule, especially the Japanese language education they have promoted, and since they have returned, they should not have a friendly mentality towards Japan.
It is a very peculiar phenomenon that many areas colonized by the great powers have shown a friendly attitude towards the original suzerain, especially the people, after independence. On the one hand, it is colonization education, on the other hand, it can be described as the "captivity effect", in criminal cases, the hostages who are taken often become dependent on the robbers, and the girl who is imprisoned by the **** maniac will eventually have a wonderful psychology of the **** maniac.
Large-scale infrastructure construction including water conservancy facilities, roads, and railways is a magic weapon to restore order in a certain place and begin to develop the economy. In addition, the promotion of high-yield crops is also an important measure, after the rise of China, in the southern region under its rule, there has never been a situation of starvation, even beggars are used to not collecting grain, it is time to collect money, Taiwan is even more so, coupled with the unique natural conditions, once the foundation of agriculture is laid, it will become a rich land with abundant materials.
In addition, there are many things that need to be done by the Taiwan Provincial Government, and the current population of Taiwan has reached 3.03 million, which is the result of the statistics of the Japanese colonial government in 1905, which should be more accurate. If these people are averaged across the province, they are indeed not large, but if they are averaged over the farmland, they are very crowded.
Constrained by backward and primitive agricultural production, ubiquitous miasma, mosquitoes, snakes and ants, one-person-tall weeds, dense forests and other conditions, Taiwan's arable land and population are very tense, and the environment facing Taiwan is actually similar to that of other provinces on the mainland, and China already has a complete set of solutions.
Improve agricultural productivity, expand cultivated land and increase crop yield through advanced agricultural technology and agricultural machinery; Urbanization is achieved through large-scale infrastructure construction, factories, commerce, etc., and a large amount of surplus labor is absorbed. For these jobs, the administrative staff can be described as handy, because they originally did those things in the mainland. (To be continued.) )