Chapter 394: Mess
"Ceasefire! Cease fire! β
On the balcony of the embassy, after seeing that the soldiers of the Japanese Navy had successfully dispersed and arrested the mob outside the embassy, Tong Kong shouted loudly to the marines and guards inside the embassy from the balcony.
After understanding that the situation had changed, after hearing Tong Kong's order, the machine gunners on the embassy building stopped firing at that time, and the other marines and guards also threw down their weapons and pounced, preparing to subdue the mob who had planned to commit murder in the embassy.
In this process, many marines and guards were injured by cold weapons such as knives carried by the mob, but this is also a helpless thing, although the marines and guards have been strictly trained, and it is very common to fight three at a time in normal times, but after all, they are just ordinary humans, not Superman and Batman, not to mention that Superman and Batman can also be injured, let alone them
And in the process of resisting the mob, several Marines and guards died of their injuries
It's normal
If the mob were just ordinary "youth vigilantes" or Japanese civilians, they would not have been able to touch a single cent of the embassy personnel with the fire support of three Type 19 machine guns, but if the mob was mixed in with many army soldiers who were originally responsible for protecting the embassy
Although only a part of the soldiers of such a brigade of Japanese soldiers participated in the mob, it was still a large number.
And the 38 style in their hands, although there are many problems in later generations, is indeed commendable in terms of accuracy.
The most important thing is that no matter how small the power of the 38 type among them is, it is by no means comparable to the burning stick, and when these original Japanese soldiers are involved. In the early days, almost all casualties among the Marines were inflicted by these Japanese soldiers.
That being said. However, Tong Kong, Sa Zhenbing and others are also quite lucky. Because the purpose of these Japanese soldiers was to protect the embassy and not to destroy it, they did not bring heavy weapons such as Haqi Keith machine guns when they came, as for artillery or anything
They are here to protect the embassy, not to fight. So not a single artillery piece was brought
They rarely even brought grenades or anything, after all, they were here to protect the embassy and not to fight
Thankfully
It is for this reason that it is also possible. Therefore, among the more than 100 marines and guards, only a dozen or so were injured, and only a few were very unlucky. Otherwise
If you take the shelling directly. Even if there are 30 Type 19 squad machine guns, plus more than 1,000 marines, I am afraid they will not be able to hold the embassy, after all, their only advantage compared with the Japanese army is firepower, and if the advantage in firepower is gone, then they are not much different from the Japanese army
Not. That may not be true
Because in addition to the superiority in firepower, the Marine Corps also has a geographical advantage and an organizational advantage.
Especially the organizational advantages. The Marine Corps is one of the most elite units of the Wehrmacht, and it goes without saying much about all aspects
The key lies in the Japanese army
Needless to say, the quality of the Japanese army itself was needless to say, although the Sixth Division had been completely wiped out by the Wehrmacht on Sakhalin Island, but after a few years had passed, the Sixth Division had been reorganized, and the Japanese had also restored the original establishment of 19 standing divisions
The divisions stationed near Tokyo are undoubtedly the more elite ones in the Japanese army, and it is obviously an incredible thing to say that such troops are not effective in combat.
However, this time, because only some of the army soldiers participated in the siege of the embassy, the organization of the army itself was destroyed, and they were only part of the countless mobs, not the other way around, which also made them unable to constitute any organized attack at all, many times it was only a single attack, even a squad and team situation, and it was also for this reason that the Wehrmacht guarding the embassy could be so easy..., of course, the Japanese did not fail to understand this, after all, the Japanese are not all idiots.
It's a pity that by the time they reacted, they had already lost too many troops.
And most importantly, by the time they began to organize, the people of the Navy had already come
"Bastard !!"
"You thieves, you actually help the people of China, the thieves, the thieves!!"
"Look at how many of us these people have killed, and if you don't kill all these people with us, you actually protect them in turn and capture us, you are still not Japanese!!"
Although he was ordered to suppress and disperse the mob, because they were all his own citizens, and no matter how rational the navy was, it was still ten times more rational than the army, so in the end the navy adopted a relatively gentle approach.
It is also because of this relationship that almost all of the Japanese mobs that were dispersed were scolding there.
"Sir, what now?"
Seeing that the mob around the embassy had almost been dispersed, but these dispersed mobs were still surrounding the embassy and did not leave, a Japanese officer quickly ran to the vicinity of his commander and asked loudly.
There is no way, although the navy looks down on the army on weekdays and calls it "horse manure", but the navy is also Japanese, and seeing so many civilians being shot and killed in the embassy, it is obviously impossible to say that they are not angry. If it weren't for the military orders, which were led by Yuzaburo Kato himself this time, and the navy was much more rational than the army, I am afraid that the navy would have been involved in the siege of the embassy just like the army
Yuzaburo Kato is the same, no matter how rational and calm he was in the past, but when he learned about the situation in the embassy, Yuzaburo Kato was still furious, however, now he must be calm
Because the distance between the Chinese embassy in Japan and the embassies of the United States, Britain and other countries in Japan is not very far, that is to say, what is happening in the embassy now, in fact, the diplomats of the United States and Britain are all looking at it.
The mob besieging embassies of other countries, with the participation of the military, is already an international scandal in itself. If there were rumors that the Navy was involved, there would have been more Japanese deaths in this incident. There will be no sympathy for Japan
"Command the troops. Shoot"
A frown, but the officer nodded.
"Understand !!"
With the order of Yuzaburo Kato, the naval soldiers who were ordered to suppress the riot opened fire one after anotherββββββ don't get me wrong, the shooting here is not the kind of real guns. Rather, it uses a weapon made in China and now popular in almost all capitalist countries, the "rubber bullet".
As a more powerful one. However, there are not many weapons that hurt people's lives, and capitalist countries such as Britain and the United States can be said to be fond of rubber bullets, after all, the most in capitalist countries is demonstrations or something. Therefore, the emergence of rubber bullets is indeed a wonderful thing for capitalist countries such as Britain and the United States.
Especially in the years after the end of the First World War and the First World War. Due to tax and other reasons, the demonstrations in Britain and the United States and other countries have increased greatly, and in this period, it is also the period when rubber bullets are sold best, and rubber bullets are also one of the best patents sold by Yan Guang
Of course, rubber bullets are also a sharp weapon. But rubber bullets are obviously not enough, if not accompanied by another sharp weapon. In the case of tear gas, rubber bullets alone will obviously not be able to play their full role
"Bang! Bang! Bang! β
With the sound of gunshots, the mob that had originally gathered around the embassy screamed and retreated, and the use of tear gas made them "burst into tears", to this point, obviously they didn't have much energy to scold the navy..., of course, there were some more insistent, but these insistent guys were arrested by the navy soldiers.
Although the whole incident has come to an end to this point, Yuzaburo Kato's face shows no signs of improving, because until now, he still does not understand what the situation inside the embassy is.
"Let's go, let's go in and have a look."
"Yes!"
More than a minute later, Yuzaburo Kato strode into the embassy with a group of naval soldiers.
However, when he and the naval soldiers behind him walked into the embassy, they were almost forced to take a few steps back by the thick smell of blood in the embassy
"God, what the hell is going on here"
In the embassy, the corpses were scattered all over the field, and it was probably impossible to describe the situation inside the embassy, and the mob that climbed over the wall to enter the embassy was almost piled up and shot to death in the corner, and the few who were lucky enough to run a few more steps.
Similarly, when I was outside, I couldn't hear it because there was too much noise, but when I entered the embassy, the wailing sound was almost everywhere
"Snap"
Stepping into a small pool of blood, the thickness of the blood water was almost submerged
"Bagaya Road!"
After seeing everything in the embassy, several more emotional navies took up their weapons.
However, before Yuzaburo Kato could stop them, three Type 19 machine guns and a few Mauser sniper rifles were already aimed at them high up in the embassy building.
Not long after, Tong Kong walked over under the escort and protection of several marines.
Obviously, although Tong Kong is the highest diplomat in Japan of the Guoshe government, he has obviously never seen such a formation
Therefore, when he walked out of the embassy building, he asked about the smell of blood in the embassy, and Tong Kong's face was quite ugly.
In fact, Tong Kong's performance was already very good, in fact, when the fire was just fired, there were already a few female typists in the embassy who fainted, and more of them found a place to vomit shortly after the start, but they did not have sympathy when they arrived, and asked the machine gunners to stop shooting, apparently these women also had a relatively clear understanding of what happened outside after the earthquake.
"Anyway, thank you for coming so quickly to disperse the mob outside."
Although there were also a lot of Japanese soldiers in the mob outside, Tong Kong still smiled.
However, in the face of Tong Kong's outstretched right hand, Yuzaburo Kato did not pick it up with an ugly face
"Why, so many people died"
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Although the siege of the embassy was very noisy, when Yuzaburo Kato arrived with his naval soldiers, the mob outside was all dispersed.
It's just that although the mob was dispersed, it is clear that the matter will not end so simply.
Because according to simple statistics after the fact. During the mob siege of the embassy, the Marines and guards inside the embassy caused at least nearly a thousand casualties among the mob. Among them were both crazy Japanese civilians and Japanese soldiers who were supposed to be responsible for protecting the embassy
Nearly a thousand casualties of the mob
Of these, at least half of the mob died directly or from their injuries. And what about the casualties in the embassy? Except for a few unfortunate local Chinese and embassy staff who were wounded or killed by stray bullets, only a dozen Marines and guards guarding the embassy suffered casualties
Although the casualties of more than a dozen people were not insignificant, at least when it came to suppressing the Iraqi resistance and the Bolshevik partisans south of the Volga River, the Wehrmacht's casualties were only that number.
However, after referring to the casualties of the Japanese. The casualties in the embassy were obviously insignificant.
It is also for this reason, although it is obvious that the Japanese are at fault. However, the Japanese government has put on a posture of unforgivenessββββββ it will not work if it does not do it, after all, on the territory of Japan (although the land in the embassy belongs to China, the citizens of the local country usually do not pay attention to this.) In fact, this is true for any country). There were almost a thousand Japanese casualties. Nearly 1,000 casualties, if they were only caused by earthquakes and fires, but they were shot and killed with guns, and if the Japanese did not make some gestures under such circumstances, I am afraid that the Saionji Cabinet would have been dissolved on the same day.
However, in the face of the attitude of the Japanese, the attitude of the Kokusha government was also very tough.
Because the siege of the embassy itself is a problem for the Japanese government itself. The soldiers who were originally in charge of the security of the embassy turned around and participated in the siege, which was even more of an uproar in the world.
But most importantly. Yan Guang had evidence in his hands
That's right, evidence
First of all, because several diplomatic missions in Japan are relatively close to each other, although the relations between various countries are not very good, out of some diplomatic gestures, some diplomats from Britain, France, and the United States were guests in the embassy when the Japanese mob besieged the embassy.
By the time the mob began to besiege them, it was clear that these diplomats could not get out, and it was for this reason that they actually watched the whole process inside the embassy.
But it doesn't matter even if there are no of them, because the British, French and American embassies are not very far away from the Chinese embassies, so even without these things, the staff of the British, French and American embassies can see the whole thing clearly.
In fact, because of the Japanese siege of the Chinese embassy, it was not long before the British, French, and American embassies were under martial law, and at the same time they also sent telegrams to their own governments, and at the same time strongly demanded that the Japanese government guarantee their safety
In addition to these two things, Tong Kong also had another more decisive government, that is, the video taken during the siege of the embassy by the Japanese
These videos can definitely be conclusive evidence.
In addition to these videos, the embassy also has some evidence that Tong Kong has collected in the past about the torture and murder of local Koreans by the Japanese.
Although the massacre of colonial civilians is actually a frequent occurrence in various countries, such things have always been regulated in the media, so although such things happen from time to time, the public itself is not very clear.
However, if the information in Tong's empty hands is disseminated, then even if Britain, France, and the United States have supported Japan in all aspects on weekdays, they will never stand on the side of Japan at this time, as for the Japanese government? The impact of these materials on the Japanese government was also decisive.
Of course, Tong Kong was still very shrewd, and did not publicize the existence of these materials at the beginning, but hid all the original versions of these materials in Sa Zhenbing's convoy through the request to send Sa Zhenbing back to the fleet, and only when Sa Zhenbing had returned to the flagship [Xingri Ma] battleship with the materials, Tong Kong informed the Japanese of the existence of these materials.
And at this time, it is useless for the Japanese to regret it.
After all, the data has already arrived in the fleet, and even if the Japanese have great ability, it is impossible to recover these materials.
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"If the Japanese are any longer entangled, we will publish all this information."
In the presidential palace, after sending off the Japanese ambassador. Yan Guang said to Xu Shichang and the others.
Just now, Yoshizawa Kenkichi claimed in front of Yan Guang that Yan Guang was on Sino-Japanese relations. Think about it.
So much to think about the meaning. is to let Yan Guang find so many scapegoats and hand them over to the Japanese government, so that the Japanese government can get by in terms of face.
However, let Yan Guang hand over his own people to the Japanese? It's a big joke
It wasn't 1905, and Yan Guang didn't feel at all compromised like the Manchu government had been.
Although Britain, France, the United States, and other countries are emotionally supportive of Japan, they are in the face of ironclad evidence. In the end, they chose to support China..., so Yan Guang did not feel at all that he needed to compromise with Japan. Betraying dedicated soldiers to salvage relations between the two countries
"Relations between the two countries are not getting better anyway"
However, after listening to Yan Guang's words, Xu Shichang said with a wry smile.
"But the president, if you really release all the information. Rationally, we can certainly stand firm. But the skin with the Japanese government is completely torn."
"So what to do? Do you hand people over? β
"This" Xu Shichang, Gu Weijun and the others looked at each other, and finally they all shook their heads and sighed.
Truth be told, they don't understand why it's happening the way it is.
In fact, they also know what happened to the North Koreans in Japan. Or, in fact, they already knew about it while the rescue fleet was still on the way. However, at that time, the Chinese in Tokyo and other places had already been sent to the military camp for protection, so they didn't worry much about it.
As for the embassy under siege? In their opinion, the Japanese are not crazy either. The likelihood of this happening is negligible
What people didn't expect, however, was this almost negligible possibility. It actually happened.
At least tens of thousands of Japanese mobs besieged the embassy, and many of them were armed with Japanese soldiers, and when the news reached Beijing, Xu Shichang and others could hardly imagine what would happen in the end.
Fortunately, the marines sent to the embassy and the guards of the embassy itself were quite competitive, and in the end, the security of the embassy was completely guaranteed, and the casualties of the embassy itself and the casualties of the Japanese were always negligible.
However, after the crisis of the total destruction of the embassy passed, another matter surfaced, and that was how the Japanese government should solve it
Nearly 1,000 Japanese casualties, which is definitely not a small number
And the direct result of such a number is that the Type 19 8mm squad machine gun, which has just been equipped in small quantities within the Wehrmacht, as a super-high-speed machine gun with a rate of fire of 1200 rounds per minute, in the face of the Japanese mob that stormed the embassy, the machine gunners almost as if they were slaughtering, as for the Japanese soldiers who carried weapons? It was also suppressed by the machine gunners with machine guns, and they could barely raise their heads.
Of course, the ultra-high rate of fire is not without a price, such as heavily depleted ammunition, and a reddish barrel
Ammunition aside, because of the ultra-high rate of fire of the Type 19 machine gun, it will not take long for the barrel of the Type 19 machine gun to turn red due to the high rate of fire. Fortunately, the standard of the original Type 19 machine gun was that the barrel could be removed in 7 seconds for a raw hand, while it only took 3 seconds for a skilled hand, so
For the rest, all you have to do is look at the dozen or so barrels scattered around the machine gunner
As for the shells?
These three machine guns threw out almost more shells than the remaining 100 or so marines.
"Anyway, it seems that only the generals of the military are happy about this matter now."
When he thought about it, he looked at the generals of the army and navy in the corner discussing the performance of the Type 19 squad machine gun with great interest, and Xu Shichang secretly smiled bitterly there
In any case, this incident did bring a mess to the national government
And it's a mess that's not easy to solve
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I don't know what's going on.,It's been a pretty tragedy that the Internet hasn't been available since 7 o'clock.
I waited until 9 o'clock, and after not recovering, I ran to the Internet cafΓ© to code words