In the sound of "bang, bang, bang", the plaster flag of Lushun Fortress fell, and the five-color flag of the Republic of China was immediately raised.

In the headquarters of the Lushun Fortress, a group of generals who had already bathed and changed their clothes had gray faces and red eyes. The Kwantung Army was trapped in the fortress of Arthur, and the Chinese stationed more than three times as many troops on the Dalian front, and they were equipped with tanks and planes, and the Chinese weapons and firepower were much stronger than theirs, so they could not rush out. Having lost the right to dominate the sea, they have no way out.

It is said that the Kwantung Army has been holding on to the fortress of Arthur, looking forward to the counterattack of the empire. But the bad news came one after another, which was desperate. But now the country is actually asking them to surrender, which is unacceptable.

Lieutenant General Shirakawa Yoshinori was the commander of the Kwantung Army, and in the command headquarters, he gritted his teeth and said: "Gentlemen, in the Russian War, in order to seize the Lushun Fortress in the Empire, tens of thousands of martyrs under the eldest son of the emperor [***] God (Nogi Noshinori) were martyred, but now they have to give up to Yu Zhina, what face do we have to live in the world?" ”

It is already impossible to resist, and if it is only a telegram from the base camp, perhaps they will dare to resolutely disagree. However, in order to avoid further incidents, Emperor Momoto personally sent a telegram pointing out that "the lease of the Arthur fortress seized by the empire from Russia has expired and should be returned" to show the sincerity of the peace talks.

"Gentlemen, I'll go first." Shirakawa Yoshinori bowed deeply to the many generals of the Kwantung Army, and then drew his sword

The situation is irreparable, but Shirakawa Yoshinori can't afford to hand over his command sword to the Chinese side, then he will be stinking for 10,000 years. At his level, he can already vaguely understand the overall situation of East Asia, after this war, the decline of the capital has become inevitable, and the rise of China, a behemoth, will not be able to see the counterattack of the capital in his lifetime, nor will he have the opportunity to wash away the shame. The surrender of the Kwantung Army was inevitable, but he was unwilling to be the one who handed over the command sword.

"Ten thousand years for the emperor, ten thousand years for this empire!" Shirakawa Yoshinori screamed, stabbed the katana into the stomach, pulled it hard, blood gushed out, and a panic and survival ** gushed out in his heart: It hurts, it hurts. But he didn't dare to scream, lest he ruin his heroic image, and his mouth roared like a beast, and the intense pain made his face twisted and hideous.

Many of the generals were frightened when they saw Shirakawa Yoshinori dying painfully. This suicide by disembowelment seems to be a little different from the sacredness of the bushido spirit promoted by this book, looking at the death of Shirakawa Yoshinori, the whole body is convulsed and deformed, where is there any holiness of smiling martyrdom?

"Gentlemen, I'll go first. Today, our Kwantung Army was ordered to lay down its arms and surrender to China, which has since become a disgrace to the empire, and even if we return to China, we will only have a dead end, and may even affect our families. In that case, it is better to die now to avoid such a great disgrace. A major general gritted his teeth and took out his katana, but he hesitated for a moment and said to the general of the headquarters, "Gentlemen, please, cut off my head first, give me a good time, and then help me do a caesarean ceremony, please do it neatly." Please. ”

"Help each other!" Many generals breathed a sigh of relief, after all, many soldiers are not afraid of death because they are used to seeing life and death, but no one is not afraid of pain, and no one is willing to taste the process of painful death. Anyway, it's not a public caesarean section, and it's okay to do a little fake, and a severed head can reduce the pain and fear of death

In the howl of the ghost crying wolf, one by one, Ben Jiangzuo cut off his head with the help of his colleagues, and then made a solemn caesarean section.

"Ten thousand!" Finally, the last adjutant was sweating profusely, his face was distorted with fear, and he stabbed his katana into his stomach with a roar covered in blood. No way, in order to save the face of everyone else, this ritual of collective suicide cannot be passed on, as the last one he has no one to help, and he can really be a samurai like a samurai. The intense pain made his whole body become distorted, and the pain overwhelmed his reason, and he involuntarily cried out: "It hurts, it hurts, save me" However, everyone around the martyrdom of the headquarters has been diverted, and no one has tried to save him, so he can only die slowly in pain

In the school yard of Port Arthur, rows of soldiers were waiting in a dejected queue, and on the side were piles of neatly arranged ordnance.

Sa Zhenbing, Li Dingxin and other old Beiyang naval officers walked into this surrender site step by step in high spirits, since the defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War, China has lost the first fortress in the Far East, and the Russian army and the Chinese army stationed here are like sharp swords hanging at the gate of Beijing-Tianjin in China at any time, and the shame always torments everyone's nerves. And today, they are back, and they have set foot again on this land as strong and victorious, and set foot in the first fortress of the Far East.

"We're back!" The heart of every old Beiyang is shouting, and the figure and voice and smile of the former robe seem to appear in front of them: Deng Shichang drove the ship into the enemy ship regardless of his life, and countless brothers fought bloodily; Liu Buchan killed himself with a horizontal knife; Cheng Biguang finally sent a letter of surrender in humiliation to preserve the little blood of the navy

The navy once wanted to embrace the world and embrace the deep blue, but the First Sino-Japanese Naval War brought too much blow and too much humiliation to the navy. But in fact, was the Navy really defeated in the First Sino-Japanese Dadonggou Naval Battle? In the eyes of the old navy, it was not the defeat of the people in power at that time, the idea of protecting the ship, and the failure of tactical conservatism; in fact, the "calm" second ship was an unsinkable warship, and the navy could not have sunk these two giant ships, and if the people in power at that time had a firm will to fight, the Chinese navy would still be invincible even if it lost some warships.

After 29 years, a full 29 years, the navy has developed into a behemoth, known as the third in the world, and the Chinese navy has long been unable to even enter the ranking of naval powers. However, with its new tactics and will to fight, the Chinese Navy has defeated an enemy who is far ten times stronger than itself and has brought endless humiliation to itself, but the Navy has never wantonly sacrificed its robes, because they all have a pimple in their hearts - Lushun Fortress. The Lushun Fortress, which was almost occupied by the bloodless soldiers of the First World War, and the Lushun Fortress that was massacred and bloodstained after the occupation of the fortress, cannot be recaptured, and the tens of thousands of unjust souls will be difficult to rest in peace, and their hearts will not be at peace.

Now they have returned, standing proudly on the platform of surrender.

Several officers of the Yue Army walked towards the surrender platform, which made Sa Zhenbing and all the other old navy change their faces, because they saw a Shao Zuo, and their hearts swelled with monstrous anger, and at that moment Sa Zhenbing shouted: "Where is your supreme commander? ”

The young man said: "Report to the general, the contemptible person is the current supreme commander of the Lushun Fortress." This surrender is a last resort, not a crime of war, according to the analysis of the commander, your country will have to pay at least 200,000 casualties if you want to conquer the fortress of Arthur. The Kwantung Army could not tolerate this humiliation, nor could it go against the will of the emperor, so they could only apologize by disembowelment, in the spirit of full bushido. ”

Sa Zhenbing, Li Dingxin and all the other old navy were full of anger, saying that the surrender of the Lushun garrison could be completely surrendered by the army that was close by, but Li Haijun strongly demanded to the Nanjing Command that the navy surrender, and Li Haijun also deliberately let all the old naval officers of the old Beiyang era participate in this surrender ceremony collectively, just for the sake of the old navy's heart, but he did not expect to encounter such a situation.

Li Dingxin said: "Are you not convinced? ”

"Yes!" He tried his best to tilt his head and grit his teeth in reply, showing his unyieldingness.

"You can't afford to lose!" Sa Zhen shouted coldly, "Your navy and army have been completely defeated, and most of your homeland has fallen, so we can easily besiege you and starve you to death." The reason why you are where you are today is that your navy and army are vulnerable, and if it weren't for the suspension of the columns, you would have perished. Who are you to be unconvinced? ”

"That's because of the Great Kanto Earthquake, a crime of non-war!"

Sa Zhenbing said sharply: "What about the Shandong Campaign, the Taiwan Campaign, the Battle of Dadonggou in the Yellow Sea, and the Battle of the Ryukyus? That was before the earthquake. Without an earthquake, you are just as vulnerable. The Great Kanto Earthquake can only show that the day is dead and the death is called the book! Even God wants you to be defeated, which shows how angry you are and how angry you are! ”

Heaven-Death-Say-Ben!

Shao Zuo's face turned pale in an instant, and he lowered his head in despair. How to explain the Great Kanto Earthquake? At that critical moment, when a major earthquake broke out, destroying the frantically assembled troops and frantically mobilized strategic materials in one fell swoop, was it really just a natural disaster? Or is it providence?

This earthquake gives people the feeling that the sky is going to perish, and the feeling of the person himself is particularly profound. In this era of superstition, the will of the heavenly immortals is irresistible, and almost instantly crushes the will of all the people themselves

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The negotiation hall in the Shanghai concession was crowded, and countless reporters were waiting for news.

Britain, France, and the United States once again urged China to hold talks, which is a major event that has a bearing on the overall situation of East Asia and has attracted the attention of almost the whole world.

In the clubhouse, the representatives of Britain, France and the United States, Smith, Hollande and Conger, were already in place, and the negotiator Inu Yangyi was also very anxious, because every minute of night, the loss of the company would be greater, and the army of the Central [***] team was strictly disciplined, but the Korean army in the country was burning and plundering.

Finally, Tang Shaoyi and Gu Junwei arrived belatedly with the Chinese representatives. Smith couldn't help but reprimand: "Your Excellency Minister Tang, you are a full quarter of an hour late. ”

Tang Shaoyi didn't sit down, and raised the telegram in his hand to report: "The command is calling, so I delayed a little time, and I'm very sorry for this." I regret to inform you that there is a problem with the surrender of the Lushun fortress, and if it cannot be effectively resolved, I do not think there is any need for negotiations. As he spoke, he threw the telegram on the table.

Smith asked someone to take the telegram and quickly skimmed it, his face ugly: "What do you want?" ”

Tang Shaoyi elegantly stretched out two fingers and shook them: "Two ways: first, since Yu Ben is still not convinced, then continue to fight until they are all convinced; Second, I have sent a new commander of the Kwantung Army and the officers that the Kwantung Army should be equipped with, and solemnly and formally surrender to us! With that, he turned around and led people away.

Inu Yangyi felt as if he was about to explode at this moment, and his huge anger almost made him almost lose his mind. What is it? It is an insult and a naked person who tramples on the dignity of the whole world. Not to mention refusing to accept surrender, he actually asked Yue Ben to send a group of officers to surrender the troops to surrender, which is simply a big joke in the world. At this moment, he suddenly understood the mood of Li Hongzhang in Maguan back then

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