Chapter 63: Events Ferment
Because of the intervention of the Seris navy, most of the soldiers and civilians in Lushun, who should have been slaughtered by the Yue army, survived in the end.
Not to mention his "astonished attitude" towards the sudden appearance of the Seris naval fleet off the coast of Arthur, at the same time, the news about the atrocities committed by the Yue army in the city of Lushun in the Qing Dynasty also filled the world's public opinion media in an instant.
On September 26, the British newspaper The Times was the first to reprint the news of the Serris newspaper, which published the news of the atrocities in this newspaper," ...... The beheaded, the beheaded, the beheaded, the breast-pierced, the abdomen-broken...... The sea in Lushun was all stained red with blood...... Along the way, there were the cries and screams of the Qing people...... The ground was covered with a blur of flesh and blood, and the stumps were severed......"
The news has aroused great repercussions in Seris and Western society, especially the turbulent public sentiment in the British people, who were already dissatisfied with the sinking of their country's "Gao Sheng" by the ship, were completely angered by their own atrocities at this time. Popular demonstrations were everywhere throughout the British Isles, and a proposal for the Far East Fleet to punish him was also discussed in the British Parliament.
Perhaps it is because the crisis public relations of this political axe has indeed been done in place, and these incidents have gradually subsided in the UK in a few days, until this day on October 2.
An anonymous letter was abruptly sent to the Times in London, England......
The next day, October 3, the Times suddenly published a news article that "British *** parliamentarian accepted bribes from the legation". People everywhere thought of the "Gao Sheng" and the Lushun atrocities that were suddenly pressed down by the political axe, and they were immediately furious, and the people were boiling. The popular demonstrations that had been quelled have once again been set off across the United Kingdom, and the scale is even greater!
On October 11, a British Far East squadron of nine warships made a surprise visit to Yokosuka, Tokyo.
Commander Ferryman, who was traveling with the ship, made a tough request to the officials who rushed to receive him for the "Takasheng incident" and demanded the arrest of the captain of the ship "Yoshino," who had ordered the firing of the gun.
But what made the commander of the Ferriman fleet dumbfounded was that all the officers and men of the "Yoshino" ship, including the captain of the ship, Kawara Yoichi, were actually shattered in the Battle of Inchon with the Qing fleet.
At first, Feriman didn't understand the meaning of the jade shatter, and when he learned the news that Kawahara had been killed, Ferriman felt embarrassed.
The unwilling commander of the Far Eastern Fleet then demanded compensation from Masamu Komoto, but was rejected by the commander of the Combined Fleet, Heihachiro Togo (Yuhei Ito, who was killed).
"Although Kawara, the captain of the 'Yoshino,' ordered the shelling of your 'Gao Sheng' on the spur of the moment, it has proved that his actions are also justified, and according to our personnel's investigation, it was the Qing escort ships that took the lead in attacking our fleet."
Phileman looked at Dongxiang in front of him with contempt, "You are completely quibbling, the Qing State escorted a 'Guangyi' ship at that time, and the ship was light and weak. Do you think that under such circumstances, it will take the initiative to attack a powerful detachment composed of the latest naval warships? Moreover, after the incident, it was said that this side did not rescue any of the ship's soldiers and sailors, and by doing so, it was simply discrediting the naval circles of various countries, and you were committing a crime! ”
The two sides eventually broke up, and although Philiman eventually returned to Hong Kong with the fleet at the behest of the British political axe, the seeds of discord had already been planted.
On October 15, Britain unilaterally announced that it would escort all its own merchant ships in East Asia, essentially abandoning the neutral attitude it had held since the Qing War.
When he learned about it, he was shocked and immediately asked his minister to the United Kingdom, Kentaro Aoki, to submit a letter of protest to the British political axe, and asked the British political axe to retract the decision, but the British political axe refused.
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South Seas, Republic of Seris
"The people in the intelligence department are doing a good job," Chen Zeyu stood up, took the telegram from Cao Jiaxiang, vice minister of security, and walked to the map to observe.
"Thank you Führer for the compliment!"
"Hmmm! Let them keep up the work and keep following up. Strive to get the British to fully intervene as soon as possible! …… By the way, how is the tsunami project completed? ”
"Just about to report to the Führer! The first batch of agents trained by the Military Intelligence Agency have successfully landed in Hainan, Taiwan, Guangdong and other places in the Qing Kingdom, and now they are waiting for the actions of the other parties! ”
"Good! Don't forget to send a batch on Jeju Island in the north to give the landing force a good front stop! ”
"Yes, Führer! Noted down! ”
Just when Chen Zeyu was arranging the military operations of the Republic, the war situation between Liaodong and Korea gradually changed.
In the Liaodong battlefield, after the Seris fleet retreated from the Arthur Sea, the army continued to attack the depth of Liaodong after it had recently replenished a number of troops and supplies.
After spending some time clearing the Qing troops in Liaodong, Dashanyan continued to lead his troops in the direction of the Yalu River, preparing to flank the Qing defenders along the Yalu River with his own troops stationed in Korea.
According to Da Yanshan's prediction, his actions should naturally be echoed by the Youpeng army stationed in Chaoshan County, and the Qing army will immediately retreat after being attacked by the enemy.
However, to Dashanyan's surprise, since October 24, when his troops reached the position of the Qing army along the Yalu River, they have been met with stubborn resistance from the Qing army. There was no news of the originally expected reinforcements, and by the 29th, the army of Dashan Iwabu had been unable to succeed after dozens of consecutive charges and attacks in the Jiuliancheng position.
After resting for several days, the army of Oyama Iwabe, who had suffered heavy casualties, launched another attack on the Qing army's position in Jiuliancheng on November 4.
This attack was unexpected by the commander of the army, Dashanyan, and the troops attacked very smoothly, and at noon they conquered all the positions of Jiulian City.
But what surprised him was that most of the Qing army originally stationed here had already retreated!
According to the news of several local captured civilians, this Huai army led by Liu Mingchuan, a veteran general of the Qing Dynasty, has retreated to Shanhaiguan in the west. Dashanyan couldn't help but be very annoyed after learning the news, feeling that his caution had caused the troops to miss a good opportunity to conquer Shanhaiguan.
On November 5, just as the commander of the First Army of the Yue Army, Dashanyan, was still staying in Jiulian City and considering his next move, a piece of news from the Korean war situation immediately stunned him.
Pyongyang actually fell!
How is it possible, after the Yue army, which had made up its mind to find out, left a part to garrison Liaodong, most of the remaining troops under the leadership of Dashanyan immediately set up a pontoon bridge along the Yalu River and went south.
Along the way, the troops have been sniped by Qing troops from all over the country, but fortunately, the opponent's troops are not strong, and one of them has been annihilated by their own side.
On November 20, the army of Daesan Iwabe finally arrived at the city of Pyongyang, North Korea.
There is really the Yellow Dragon Banner of the Qing Kingdom hanging on the head of the city! Enraged, Daesan Am immediately ordered his troops to launch an assault on Pyongyang City.
At this time, after gathering the strength of another division in the early stage, the army of the Dashan Rock Institute already had a strength of more than 13,000 people and 78 mountain artillery, which was extremely strong.
And the Qing army on the opposite side of the city is fighting against the army of Dashan Iwabu, which is Ye Zhichao's department that is said to be heading south from Anzhou!
Ye Zhichao didn't know what kind of shit luck he had taken, since he went south, he found that the Yue army had retreated all the way. In this way, after Ye Zhichao supplemented some of the reinforcements given by Marshal Liu Mingchuan, he led his troops along the way to recover all the territory of northern Korea without much effort, and planted the Shuai flag all the way to the head of Pyongyang.
It wasn't until later, after many investigations, that Ye Zhichao knew that there was a problem with the back road of the Yue Army, so he made a big bargain.
Because of his "huge" military exploits, Ye Zhichao was also rewarded by the imperial court, and Ye Zhichao's face was almost crooked when he received the telegram from the imperial court.
Ye Zhichao, who was extremely confident, was thinking about when to drive the Korean army into the sea with all his might, when the sudden offensive from the north immediately interrupted his illusions.
After receiving the telegram from the front, Ye Zhichao figured out that Liaodong was actually lost!
The troops of the old general Liu Mingchuan, who were originally stationed in the Yalu River, also withdrew at once, and all of them ran back to Shanhaiguan.
"Lord Ye! The court told us that there was no way to support us by sea, so we asked our troops to hold on and wait for help! ”
Ye Zhichao was stunned by these news in a short period of time, "Our army is surrounded by two corps in this way!" ”
"How's that going now?"
"Could it be that I really want to die a heroic martyr?"
Ye Zhichao, who had a hot head, made up his mind in an instant......
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