Chapter 9: A Different War (5)
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"Takasago" and "Akitsuzu" took advantage of the fact that when the "Dingyuan" was concentrating its firepower on the "Yoshino," they also took the opportunity to take advantage of the cover of the dense fog to sneak attack the "Dingyuan" ship, and the "Dingyuan" ship was hit by seven or eight guns, but the thick iron armor was unbreakable, and as if nothing happened, they continued to fire torpedoes to attack the "Yoshino"; after the "Yoshino" sank, the "Dingyuan" began to turn its gun muzzle and shoot at the "Takasago" in the dense fog. "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan" tightly surrounded the "Takasago" in the middle, forming a tight encirclement, and the dense cannonballs bombarded the "Takasago" again, and its surroundings almost turned into a sea of fire!
The Japanese were very frightened of the two sea giants "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan", and the 4,000-ton "Bailang Guenkarada" and the 2,047-ton dome cruisers "Erachulis" and "Pingdu" also quickly surrounded them, trying to concentrate their firepower and sink the two giant ships as quickly as possible. However, the speed of the Japanese giant ships was fast, and they got too close, and many shells flew over the "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan", and the hit rate was not high! Even if they hit the "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan" giant ships, the iron armor of these two warships is too thick and the volume is large, just like King Kong on the sea, standing tall.
The morning fog gradually dissipated, the dazzling and warm sun rose from the sea, and the deputy commander of the Beiyang Naval Division, Lang Weili, saw that the Japanese warships were surrounded, and immediately ordered the Beiyang Fleet to outflank it, arrange a fish-scale formation, and attack the Japanese warships ship by ship. After the formation was successfully arranged, the 11 cruisers of the Beiyang Fleet besieged the five Japanese battleships, and the heavy artillery of the Beiyang Fleet hit one after another by the Japanese ships, the shells whistled in the sea breeze, and the sound of violent explosions came and went in the Yellow Sea. The Japanese ships were hit one after another, some batteries were destroyed, and the firepower was noticeably weakened. The "Takasago" was hit by a torpedo ship fired by the torpedo cruiser "Guangbing" and slowly disappeared into the sea.
Togo Heihachiro looked bad, the Beiyang Fleet was too ferocious, and if it continued to fight, it would be annihilated, so he hurriedly commanded the warships to break through by the speed advantage, and the "Akitsuzu" was in the process of escaping, and was hit by a shot of the "Dingyuan" on the mast, and the sun flag on it fluttered with the wind, fell into the sea and slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.
Liu Buyun stood on the deck of the "Zhenyuan", waving his blood-stained arms angrily. Roared, "Don't let the Japanese warships run away, let's catch up!" ”
The deputy pipe belt standing next to him said: "My lord, our warship is too big and slow. Can't catch up. ”
At this time, Zhan Tianyou had already commanded the four fast warships of the Yangtze River series to chase after them, and Liu Buyun spat out. Scolded: "Fuck it." It's really annoying, this time I actually let this railroad play prestige! ”
Zhan Tianyou really made a big show, commanded four warships, pursued Togo Heihachiro all the way for more than 40 nautical miles, sank the "Bailang Guen Karada", and captured the "Era Chulis" dome cruiser.
The First Battle of the Chinese and Japanese Navies in the Yellow Sea. In two hours, starting at eight o'clock in the morning and ending at twelve o'clock in the afternoon, the Beiyang Fleet sank three warships, including the Yoshino. One was captured, and the Minister of the Navy, Saigo, cried when he heard the news.
Song Xiaofei did not give the Japanese a chance to breathe, and immediately drove the warship to the port of Nagasaki and shelled Nagasaki. The whole of Nagasaki was in flames, and the police station and city hall were blown up. Immediately afterwards, Song Xiaofei asked the 2,000 new army to take Nagasaki and advance to Maguan. At the same time, four warships of the "Dingyuan", "Zhenyuan" and the Yangtze River series were sent straight to the port of Tokyo.
When the Japanese mainland was attacked again, the Meiji Emperor convened an emergency imperial meeting in the Phoenix Pavilion of the Imperial Palace, attended by Japanese Prime Minister Shigenobu Okuma, Chief of the General Staff, Speaker of the Privy Council, Minister of War, and Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu, and asked the Emperor to decide whether to withdraw troops from China and Korea, or to continue to increase troops, break the kettle, and fight to the death with China.
Emperor Meiji was saddened by the backwardness of the Japanese navy and decided to ask the British to mediate, and Song Xiaofei decided to talk to the Japanese for the time being.
Liu Buyun expressed his dissatisfaction, why didn't he go straight to Tokyo, Song Xiaofei said: "I recently received information that the Russian army and navy are about to move in the northeast. If Britain helps the Japanese at this time, we will be very passive, so we might as well give face to the British first, and shift the responsibility for the breakdown of negotiations to the Japanese, so that Britain can at least remain neutral. ”
So, Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu led the Japanese delegation and the British ambassador to Japan to Nagasaki to negotiate with Song Xiaofei, Song Xiaofei chose the negotiation site in Yangfan Tower, which is the place where Song Xiaofei and former Japanese Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi negotiated in 1886, on the terrace on the second floor of Yangfan Tower, looking at the quiet Nagasaki port, the golden sun covered the sea, the sea breeze gusted, countless seagulls flew up in the sky, fluttered down to the water and spread their wings and flyed, Song Xiaofei knew that this time, can not easily let go of the Japanese!
During the negotiations, it took a long time for the Japanese delegation to take its seat as Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu, Minister to China Komura Shotaro, and others as they wore black tuxedos, and the Chinese side was represented by Foreign Minister Sun Tingfang, as well as Li Jingfang, Song Xiaofei, and Deng Shichang, who were familiar with Japan.
Mutsu Zongguang handed Sun Tingfang a thick plan for Sino-Japanese peace talks, Sun Tingfang looked at it, and handed it to Song Xiaofei. Song Xiaofei looked at it, stood up, and slammed the document on the table, and the flying file almost hit Mutsu Zongguang's face, Song Xiaofei's face turned gloomy, and he sneered: "Lord Mutsu, we don't need to talk about it, China and Japan will go back and declare war!" ”
Li Hongzhang meant that he wanted to end the war as soon as possible, and Li Jingfang saw that Song Xiaofei was so popular, so he hurriedly asked the Japanese what plan they proposed.
Song Xiaofei immediately roared and said, "Recognize the independence of North Korea!" Reparations for war money! China and Japan work together to help the DPRK reform its internal affairs! Open to trade with Taiwan! I really think that Japan can win against China! The Japanese invaded Korea first, the British mediated, and China gave priority to the overall situation of peace in Asia before allowing the peace talks. I see that you Japanese can't understand human speech, only the sound of artillery! If you don't withdraw your troops from North Korea, we'll just drive the battleship to Tokyo! ”
As soon as Mutsu Somitsu heard that Song Xiaofei was going to drive the battleship to Tokyo, he quickly softened his attitude and said, "What is your country's proposal?" ”
Song Xiaofei said: "China's request is very simple, you listen, the first article, Japan unconditionally withdraw from Korea, and compensate China for the military treasury of 50 million taels of silver, which is calculated according to the Chinese ** people who died on the Korean battlefield, and each Chinese ** person will be compensated 5,000 taels, which has an international precedent, and the Japanese are limited to pay it off within ten years; Article 2: Cession of the ports of Nagasaki and Shimonoseki to China; Third, Japan opened treaty ports such as Tokyo, Kobe, and Yokohama to China. ”
After speaking, Song Xiaofei looked at the eyes of the Japanese delegates as if they were mourning, and a big cool word was born in his heart! Li Jingfang reminded Song Xiaofei at this time that the Japanese army should retreat from Anton and Jiulian City, Song Xiaofei said, "No need for this, I have received a telegram from Duan Qirui this morning that the 2,000 soldiers who occupied Andong and Jiulian City have been wiped out. ”
When Mutsu Munemitsu heard the bad news, he stood up, his face gloomy and about to rain.
Song Xiaofei continued to laugh, "I also told my lord a bad news, Zhang Xun's pigtail army has recovered Kunming!" Well, if you agree to my three conditions, we will sit down and continue to talk; Otherwise, China and Japan will be ready to fight to the end! (To be continued......)