"Bastard! Darn! "In the Liaodong Front Headquarters of the Imperial Japanese Army, Mitsui Takanomiya was furious and almost pulled out the envoys of the Jin Kingdom who came to deliver a message to him. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 As the commander of hundreds of thousands of troops on the Japanese front, he is certainly not a soft-hearted person, and when he heard that the Jin army had collapsed for thousands of miles and lost all the north of the coalition army to the Ming Empire, he immediately became angry.

What made him even more angry was that the prime minister and the emperor of the Jin State had been defeated several times, and no one even remembered to inform him, the Japanese ally, until Fengtian City was lost to the Ming army, and he waited for a late messenger to inform him of his retreat.

Is there a fart to send a messenger to inform at this time? Hundreds of thousands of troops can't get out of Liaodong, and they will be bitten by the Ming army in the wild. What's even worse is that his troops do not have any preparations to retreat now, and when they are ready to go on the road, it is estimated that the Ming army has completed the encirclement.

"This is a shameless betrayal of an ally! This is extremely irresponsible for the covenant between the two countries! That emperor of yours is going to help the Ming people kill us Japanese! Bastard! Bastard! Mitsui Takanomiya pressed the command knife and stared at the poor envoy of the Jin Kingdom who was trembling with a pair of eyes that were almost bloody, and asked viciously and loudly: "You want the hundreds of thousands of Japanese elites under my command to accompany the funeral for the destruction of your Jin Kingdom, right?" ”

"Nope! No, no! "The minister who was sent as an envoy was naturally not Ye Hehaolian's henchman, and at this time, Yehehaolian was reluctant to send his henchman to the Japanese to die. Seeing that the Japanese general's eyes were full of murderous intent, this so-called squire of the original Jin Kingdom was so frightened that he couldn't possess his body, and hurriedly waved his hand to defend himself: "Your Excellency General, Your Excellency General, I'm just a messenger, a messenger......"

Mitsui Takanomiya suppressed the anger in his heart, looked at Jiro Yamaguchi, who was pale, and asked word by word in a slow tone that forced his emotions: "Mr. Yamaguchi, now, what should we do?" It must be impossible to defend Anshan, we have to think of a way for the Japanese blood under our hands! ”

In the original Japanese plan, the iron ore in Anshan and the coal mine in Fushun were both pledged to Japan after the victory of the Jin State. With these places, the Japanese Empire would complete its own industrialization and accumulate the first pot of gold for foreign expansion.

The Japanese were not inaccurate in their calculations, they felt that they could unite with the Jin State and attack the north of the Ming Empire, and with the support of the State of Ceylon, they might take advantage of it to a large extent. Once the sneak attack succeeds and the set strategic objectives are accomplished, then the iron ore and coal resources in Liaodong will become the pockets of the Japanese Empire.

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if the Ming army was lucky to win the sneak attack defensive battle against the Jin State, the Liaohe defense line was impregnable in the past experience. With this line of defense to withstand the counterattack of the Ming army, the coal and iron mines still belonged to Japan - after all, the treaty with the Jin State had been signed, and the Jin State did not have the courage to deny it.

Therefore, in any case, Japan will not lose money in this war, and it is precisely because of this that the Japanese emperor and the cabinet and military will unite to launch this war.

But now, because the sneak attack of the Jin State on the Ming Empire finally failed, and the Liaohe defense line also collapsed and disappeared, Japan's original plan to make sure that it would not lose money has completely come to naught. Now it seems that the war launched by the Japanese Empire tightened its belts from top to bottom, not only did it not reap any benefits, but it even had to lose a lot of money.

"Tell me the truth! How could the Ming army take Mukden so quickly? Your Jin country is on the defense line of the Liaohe River, but there are hundreds of thousands of troops stationed there, not to mention hundreds of thousands of soldiers, even hundreds of thousands of pigs, and it is absolutely impossible for the Ming army to kill them all so quickly, right? Jiro Yamaguchi was also mad at this time, although he was a diplomat and a China expert, but he also knew some military affairs.

Moreover, as a politician who often travels between China and Japan, he has a lot of contacts and experience, so he can be called the "Governor of the Golden Kingdom of the Japanese Empire" in Japan. Such an experienced and talented diplomat had also exploded at this moment, and he really wanted to know how the seemingly impregnable Liaohe defense line collapsed overnight.

"Ming, the Ming army hid from the sky and the sea, I don't know what method was used, but it was forced to cross the Liao River and occupy Tieling in one day......" The envoy of the Jin Kingdom was picked up from the ground by Yamaguchi Jiro by the collar, and explained tremblingly: "That night, they hit the Pu River, and the emperor ...... The emperor escaped from Mukden overnight. ”

"What? Hit the outskirts of Mukden in one day and one night? Are you kidding? The Ming army crossed the river from the section of the river near Tieling, and in one day it went south and penetrated a full 40 kilometers? Hearing the envoy of the Jin Kingdom say this, Mitsui Takanomiya, who was still thundering, suddenly turned his face sideways and roared sharply: "How is this possible? Don't let them fight, just let them go, it's fast to be able to walk! ”

In many cases, if the pursuit of steadiness ensures the physical strength and combat ability of the troops, the generals generally will not let the troops advance at full speed. Generally speaking, 30 to 40 kilometers a day is already considered a very fast marching speed.

In the Battle of the Liaohe River, the 1st Armored Division of the Praetorian Guard of the Ming Empire, from the area where the attack was launched, to the evening of the same day, spent 10 hours advancing a distance of more than 40 kilometers in a combat state. This is already a miracle in the history of warfare, because this is the first time that human beings have not used cavalry as the main force, and the speed of continuous advance in combat situations is close to the speed of daily marching.

"Yes, it's true! The Ming army arrived at Puhe on the same day...... Otherwise, we wouldn't have escaped from Mukden overnight with the emperor, and we didn't even have time to send a telegram to your allies, and the whole Mukden was in chaos...... "The envoy of the Jin Kingdom is also an old man, and when he saw that the other party had shifted his attention, he hurriedly opened his mouth and continued to change the topic.

He cautiously observed his words and expressions, and at the same time talked about his unfortunate experience. This time, he performed in his true colors, and he talked about his own personal experience, so he was more real and fluent: "That night, Fengtian was in chaos, and the emperor originally wanted to gather troops to fight to the death with the Ming army, but after the troops left the city, they mutinied. Tens of thousands of troops scattered, and the generals who led the troops absconded in fear of crime......"

"Fengtian couldn't hold it, so we had to follow the emperor's order and go south out of the city. Pity my family, old and young, who have been scattered in the chaos, and there is still no news. When he said this, the so-called squire of the Jin Kingdom wiped his tears with his hands, and his tone became more desolate: "The emperor quickly whipped up and left first, and finally arrived in Liaoyang, and after only resting for two hours, he asked me to rush to you to report the news." ”

Hearing the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin say this, Mitsui Takanomiya and Jiro Yamaguchi glanced at each other, and both saw shock and panic in each other's eyes. The Ming army was able to force the Liao River and occupy Tieling in one day, and even had time to go all the way south to the Pu River...... This is completely beyond the two people's knowledge of the situation of previous wars.

"Two days, in only two days, the Ming army fought from the defense line of the Liaohe River to the city of Fengtian, and then broke through it...... It's terrible, the tank is a new weapon, it's just too terrible! Jiro Yamaguchi said this softly, and it seemed that he also represented part of Mitsui Takanomiya's heart.

Mitsui Takanomiya nodded, agreeing with Jiro Yamaguchi's words. He still has a sad thing that he has not said, that is, the Ministry of War on the Japanese mainland has just decided that Japan can only develop tanks in a limited way, and cannot start an arms race with the Ming Empire in terms of land forces. Only a few people in the army hierarchy know about this news, but this can be regarded as completely cutting off the possibility of competition between Japan and the Ming Empire. Although this fact has long been known to the Japanese high-level, when it is reflected in a certain detail, it still makes patriotic fanatics like Mitsui Takanomiya extremely uncomfortable.

"Let the cavalry troops move at once, and the main force will immediately begin to climb over the mountains and return to the vicinity of the Yalu River to meet them. As for the infantry, I will personally urge you to give up all unimportant equipment and materials, and take as much as you can. Thinking of this, Mitsui Takagong had long since lost the slightest idea of fighting a decisive battle with the Ming Empire, and hurriedly issued the order to retreat.

If everything that the Jin envoy said was true, then even if the Japanese army set off immediately, they would not be able to escape the high-speed pursuit of the Ming army, which was extremely terrifying. What can be done now is nothing more than to let the cavalry troops quickly retreat south to the territory of Korea, and they can run as much as they can.

"General! Checkmate! You can't go! With you gone, we don't even have the last hope of fighting back! Checkmate! O General! Millions of living beings in the Jin Kingdom depend on you, General! Hearing that Mitsui Takanomiya was going to run, the envoy of the Jin Kingdom panicked all of a sudden, the purpose of his coming here was to send a letter to the Japanese, and the other purpose was to persuade the Japanese to fight to the death with the Ming Empire at this time when the Japanese could not get out.

As long as the Japanese fought to the death against the Ming Empire near Liaoyang and Anshan, then at least the Liaodong region could be thrown into chaos. Only in this way can it be possible to continue the situation of going up to the mountains to fight guerrillas in the rebellion of the Jin State - there is no chaos, the rich areas are occupied by the Ming army, and even if the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Jin State can escape from the encirclement, what capital and Ming army will be consumed? (To be continued.) )