Part 1 Chapter 157 International Public Opinion
Seeing the Qing army leaving Tokyo in an organized manner, thinking that the brutal massacre was over, the surviving Japanese searched for their relatives in the ruins, and the cries, roars, and heart-rending screams filled every street
However, this is by no means the case, the artillery battalion and the fourth brigade of the 2nd Division of the Qing Dynasty have not left Tokyo, the artillery battalion is still looking for a suitable place to set up a position, and the 4th Brigade is still dutifully guarding the artillery battalion
"Right here, each company is in place," Cai Ning pointed to a piece of ruins at his feet
"Yes" The artillerymen skillfully installed the mortars on the spot, and in an instant, a mortar covered with a white cloth had been successfully installed in the ruins
"Target, 1,000 meters to the northeast, put ......," Cai Ning commanded with his finger to the northeast
There was another series of explosions, and the whole Tokyo shook in an instant, and the citizens who had just crawled out of the rubble were killed by the ruthless shrapnel, and some were directly swept up by the air wave for nearly 10 meters or so and fell heavily to the ground, and all the white and red liquid objects appeared on the ground, and many people were firmly buried in the houses that were blown up
Terror once again fills the whole of Tokyo, and the air is filled with a thick smell of blood, which makes people feel sick
"Brigade commander, there are no Japanese troops in this city, what are we going to be wary of?" Chen Shanyuan muttered
Xu Bangdao said impatiently: "You kid can talk a lot of nonsense, Cai Ning, this kid is really persistent, just bomb twice and leave, the troops are almost withdrawn, and he is still there one by one."
"Brigade commander, this little Japan is really tenacious, it's all like this, I am stunned not to surrender, I heard that their emperor fled to Hokkaido, and they are still preparing to fight us," Chen Shanyuan said solemnly
Xu Bangdao said nonchalantly: "Fight, let them come, anyway, the little devil is completely finished this time The emperor said that they will have no chance to turn over in two hundred years."
"Report to the brigade commander, the sentry reports that a group of shirtless Japanese is rushing towards our position," a communications corpsman reported
Xu Bangdao was stunned for a moment, maybe he didn't expect that the Japanese still had troops in Tokyo
"How many people came? Are there any heavy weapons? ”
"It's just ordinary people, there are about 200 people in their hands, there are all kinds of guys, there are British rifles, oriental swords, and even seagull flat swords," the signal soldier replied truthfully
"It seems that the little devil is more persistent than Cai Ning, the guard company will follow me and deal with these Japanese devils" Xu Bangdao took out a Mauser pistol from his waist and yelled behind him
"Yes," they all replied
It was another one-sided massacre, those shirtless Japanese muttered some incomprehensible spells in their mouths and rushed quickly towards the position of the Qing army, when the distance between the two sides was only 100 meters, the machine guns, rifles, grenades and bullets of the Qing army on the position woke up at the same time, and in just ten minutes, the life that was still alive just now instantly turned into a terrifying corpse
The mutilated corpses lay on the ruins in front of the position, and the intestines and internal organs flowed all over the ground, which made the Qing troops on the position also nause, and some of the enlisted soldiers even began to vomit "whoosh" on the battlefield
It was another 3 hours of continuous bombardment, and all the houses in the northeast were razed to the ground as long as the mortars could reach, and there were constant mournful moans and calls from the ruins
Finally, when the order to withdraw the troops was ordered, the Qing soldiers didn't even have time to burn the corpses before they spread their feet and ran out of this hell on earth
After all the Qing soldiers left this "hell city", reporters from various countries and envoys from various countries in Tokyo hurriedly entered the city where they had only been away for a few days
But what they saw was a human tragedy, and even some of the reporters began to vomit after entering, and the ambassadors could no longer find their embassy, because the houses had been razed to the ground, and there was not a single one to ask for directions
This is what everyone sees when they enter Tokyo, and the whole world is amazed
Britain first protested against the massacre of the Qing Dynasty and warned that it would reserve the right to send troops to Japan to maintain peace among mankind if similar acts occurred
After the big brother of Britain jumped out to speak, France, Russia, and even the United States jumped out to raise indignation and serious warnings against this behavior of the Qing Dynasty
In the Forbidden City, Guan Xuqing was in the Palace of Cultivation of the Heart, holding the negotiation telegrams of various countries and looking at them carefully, the more he looked at them, the tighter his brows wrinkled, and the more he looked at the anger in his chest, the more suddenly, he slammed the telegram in his hand on the table and scolded Peng Yulin in front of him: "What are Britain and France? More than 20 years ago, in the Second Opium War, the allied forces of the two countries invaded the capital, plundered the finances of the Qing Dynasty and burned our royal gardens and ravaged the people of the Qing Dynasty.
Peng Yulin bowed his head and was silent, but he agreed with Guan Xuqing's words very much in his heart
"The little Japanese coward has violated the negotiation agreement by taking advantage of the opportunity to assassinate me, and has violated the negotiation covenant by attacking our Qing soldiers in Tokyo, and my Qing Dynasty only killed some civilians by mistake in legitimate defense, how did it become a slaughter in their mouths?" Guan Xuqing still said angrily
"What the emperor said is that it's just ...... If Britain takes this opportunity to send troops to Japan, how should we respond? Although Peng Yulin did not take Japan seriously, he was obviously still very jealous of Britain
"Hmph, can't you see it? It was only a matter of time before Britain sent troops into Japan, but they definitely did not want to oppose our Qing Dynasty, but to take this opportunity to swallow the land of Japan," Guan Xuqing said lightly
Peng Yulin was suddenly startled when he heard this, raised his head and asked: "I have so many soldiers and warships killed and injured in the Qing Dynasty, do you want the British to pick up ready-made ones?" ”
"Haha, of course the Japanese will not take out loans to buy British weapons, and now they can't afford it, and it is very reasonable for the British to cut off two pieces of land, but I have paid so many excellent officers and soldiers for the lives of the Qing Dynasty, how can I just get these lands?" Guan Xuqing squinted his eyes and said
Obviously, Guan Xuqing had already thought about what he would ask for later, and what he needed to wait for was the cooperation of these countries that ostensibly protested against the barbaric behavior of the Qing Dynasty