Chapter 54: The 'Ghost' Reappears?
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In the Forbidden City, because the situation in the city has been gradually controlled, coupled with a heavy rain, it helped the coalition forces to drive away many Qing troops without a fight.
This also made the coalition headquarters have a rare good mood, sweeping away the haze of the previous sneak attacks on the baggage team.
Despite the heavy rain, the Allied Command braved the rain to visit the Forbidden City, the ruling center of the oldest state in the Far East.
They say it's a visit, but every time they pass by, it's ravaged like crazy.
Perhaps for the sake of fairness, the commanders of these countries visited together, and they were followed by a different number of soldiers, who grabbed fast, who grabbed more, and no one should complain about anything.
Looking at the harvest behind him, the commanders of all countries had a smug smile on their faces.
If nothing else, they can make huge profits just by shipping these antiques back to China. Promotion is a must, and it's impossible to say if you will be knighted because of this.
The rain did not calm down the wind of robbery among these coalition commanders, but intensified.
Because everyone knew that they didn't have much time to rob, and once these days passed, they couldn't continue to do these things so blatantly.
A soldier quickly ran to Alfred. Gaisley's side whispered something in his ear.
Immediately, Alfred. Gaisley's originally excited smile suddenly fell, and his entire face was instantly overshadowed by anger.
Alfred. Gaisley looked angrily at the Japanese commander Fukushima Yasumasa, and Fukushima Yasumasa and several other commanders on the side also sensed that the situation was not good, but they always felt a little confused and did not know what was going on.
"Your Excellency Fukushima, I think you have to give me an explanation for this." Alfred. Gaisley looked at Fukushima Yasumasa with an angry face, and after forcing himself to calm down, he asked in as flat a tone as possible.
"Huh?" Alfred. Gaisley's words made Fukushima Yasumasa stunned at first, and the others felt the same way, and then, Fukushima Yasumasa asked with a puzzled face: "General Gaisley, may I ask what you are talking about?" ”
Yasumasa Fukushima's attitude made Alfred, who had been forcing himself to control his emotions. Gaisley instantly became annoyed, as the current world hegemon, the British Empire, no matter where they went, no one could resist them, and even the courage to lie to them did not exist.
And now the Japanese have done such a thing to them, and what is even more infuriating is that the Japanese commander even pretended to be innocent. How can Gaisley not be angry?
"The west of the city is our territory, you Japanese enter the west of the city without consent, even the idea of King Gong's mansion was raised, and the palace was stormed, if you Japanese don't give an explanation to the British Empire today, then you have to think about the consequences." Gaisley roared angrily.
That's a battalion and a company of soldiers, more than 500 people.
Although that battalion had only one company of the British, plus a battalion of Indians, it was wiped out by the Japanese, so where did Gaisley's face go? Where to put the face of the British Empire?
In any case, Gaisley will also ask for an explanation here in Fukushima Yasumasa today, otherwise, what face will Britain have to be the world hegemon in the future? What qualifications are there to lead these powers?
"Nani? Our troops stormed Prince Gong's mansion? Fukushima Yasumasa asked in disbelief, and immediately subconsciously said: "This is impossible, this must not be true." ”
Fukushima Yasumasa did not dare to imagine that if the person who did this was really the Japanese army under his command, then the consequences would be unimaginable.
If nothing else, at least Britain is now interested in forming an alliance with Japan.
Once this alliance can be formed, the Japanese will have the full help of the British in terms of technology and military, and at that time, Japan's overall national strength and military strength will rise to a higher level, and it will completely gain a firm foothold among the great powers.
And it was precisely in order to be able to form an alliance with the British, so in this war, the Japanese can be said to have given up a lot of interests.
Even in this incident, the Japanese strictly ordered their troops not to do any robbery and murder, in order to leave the British with the impression of a gentleman and make it easier for the British to accept them.
In fact, this is the reason why the Japanese were the most favored country among the eight countries in this war.
Of course, these are all later words, because the coalition forces have just entered the capital, and they have not yet had time to carry out their plans. But so far, the Japanese have not robbed civilians of their money, nor have they indiscriminately killed civilians without weapons and equipment.
"Then your Excellency means that we are deliberately trying to threaten you Japanese with this matter by the British Empire?" Gaisley began to have a lot of opinions about the Japanese in his heart, and originally thought that the Japanese were relatively reliable lackeys, but now he suddenly felt that the Japanese did not seem to be as obedient as he imagined.
"No, I think there must be some misunderstanding here." Fukushima Yasumasa hurriedly explained: "Your Excellency, as far as I know, all of our Japanese troops are located in our own area, and we have not arranged any troops to go to your army's area, not even those passing by. ”
What Fukushima Yasumasa can be sure of is that all the Japanese troops are in his own defense zone, because all troop movements are under his control, and after entering the city, the Japanese will make great efforts to clean up the armed forces in their own defense zone in an attempt to restore the prosperity of the defense zone as soon as possible.
Moreover, the Japanese mentality this time is also very correct, they don't want to argue with other powers, they just want to beat their reputation out and prepare for future plans.
Disguised as Japanese, he attacked the British, and although Gaisley did not name the specific casualties, it is at least certain that the casualties will not be small.
Even the loot that was supposed to belong to the British was probably snatched by those gangs.
Wait, do you mean?
Fukushima Yasumasa suddenly thought of a possibility, originally thought that it seemed a little unreliable, but with the occurrence of various events now, it seems to confirm more and more Fukushima Yasumasa's thoughts.
"Your Excellency, in the early hours of this morning, two squadrons of our unit were ambushed by the enemy, who robbed us of our weapons and equipment, and even our clothes. Could it be that they are also in town? Yasumasa Fukushima reminded.
Hearing Fukushima Yasumasa's words, the faces of Gaisley and the others changed suddenly, obviously, Wang Sirui, a ghostly existence, had caused them tremendous pressure.
first attacked a baggage team, and then used material supplies to bring the result of the annihilation of the first battalion of the Russian army that came to help.
Immediately afterwards, he continued to sneak attack the second baggage team, but he was caught off guard, causing the Japanese troops supporting behind to lose more than half of his brigade.
Originally, with the joy of entering the city, people had almost forgotten this ghost that had terrified them for a while, and they felt that there were so many troops in the city, these people would not dare to come and attack them.
And now, in the early hours of the morning, two squadrons of the Japanese were attacked, and then in the morning the British Prince Gong's Mansion was stormed.
The battle ended quickly, far beyond everyone's expectations, could they really come? The first two sneak attacks on the baggage team did not allow them to judge the size of the enemy's numbers very well, but the next two battles gave them a good reason for analysis.
The two squadrons of the Japanese army were about 300 people, which was basically equivalent to the strength of a battalion. And to be able to quickly annihilate a battalion of coalition forces, according to normal circumstances, they also need to have at least about 2,000 to 3,000 people. Even if they were well-trained, if they wanted to annihilate them, they would need at least twice as many troops, which means that they would have at least a thousand men.
Thinking of this, Gasley's face began to become more solemn, and he said to the adjutant beside him, "Check, find out their whereabouts for me." ”