Chapter 154: Post-War Aftermath (1)
The naval battle between Huaxia and Fuso ended with the victory of the Huaxia fleet, and the fleet sent by Fuso can be said to have suffered heavy losses, leaving only two warships, the "Kongo" and "Iwami", and the strength of the Fuso navy fell by nearly half, while the losses of the Huaxia Empire were relatively light compared to Fuso.
The battleships of the Fuso fleet, such as Kirishima, Mikasa, Hizen, Shubo, and Tango, were all sunk and sunk, and only the battleship Kashima and several armored cruisers surrendered and were captured.
The battlefield area of the Yellow Sea is full of floating tattered iron blocks, and some of the larger iron blocks occasionally have raging fires or thick smoke on them, which is a mess!
The Huaxia fleet was carefully searching the Fuso naval soldiers in the sea, but instead of rescuing the enemy soldiers, they drove them to gather together by the floating iron plates and wooden blocks. The armored cruisers and battleships that surrendered had been towed back by the Huaxia Fleet, and the main force of the Huaxia Fleet was still here, because the 'Pearl River' had sent the news that Fuso's second fleet had appeared in the East China Sea, and they were preparing for the next fierce battle.
"Commander, what about the soldiers in the sea in Fuso, and whether you will rescue them all?" An officer was very strange when he saw that the fleet had never intended to help the Fuso soldiers!
"Hmph, these Fusang Navy soldiers must die except for the surrender of the warship, keeping them is just wasting the food of the empire, ordering all the warships to kill those Fusang soldiers on the spot, leaving no one behind!"
Although Sa Bingzhen didn't want to kill these Fusang naval soldiers, he had to do so, because Qin Yu sent him a telegram privately, suggesting that he would kill the prisoners, in the name of reducing the burden of the empire and weakening Fusang's maritime power. No matter what, Sa Bing has to carry this black pot, and he has to carry it!
"In addition, this matter is ordered not to be leaked by the whole army, sealed up, and publicized after a hundred years! Well, the navy of Fuso is very patriotic and willing to show up for their bullshit emperor, except for a few warships such as the 'Kashima', the other Fuso warships have committed suicide by blowing themselves up, this spirit is worthy of our admiration! In the end, Sa Bingzhen didn't forget to find a very lame reason for himself.
Many naval officers wanted to object, but they didn't dare to say anything under the attitude of the commander and the angry gaze of a group of veterans of the Beiyang Naval Division, just saying that this would affect the reputation of the Imperial Navy, and this voice was quickly drowned out!
"Da Da Da ......"
The Huaxia fleet shot a fire dragon, and countless bullets were poured towards the Fusang soldiers, and blood stained half of the battlefield!
"The people of China will not die well......"
"I curse you, the empire will definitely come back, and your fleet will definitely die!"
"You can't do that under the Geneva Conventions...... Ahhhh......h
No matter how the Fusang Navy soldiers complained and cursed, the Chinese Navy soldiers excitedly used machine guns to strafe, and even many Chinese Navy soldiers used Fusang Navy soldiers as target practice, from the First Sino-Japanese War to the present, the Chinese people are sullen for the Fusang people, and the Navy soldiers are venting their madness!
Li Yunhai frowned and looked at the soldier next to him holding a gun and shooting the Fusang soldier, in his opinion, such a move was not necessary at all, this was completely joking with the honor of the navy!
"Kid, you're still too young, war is already cruel, and it's normal to kill prisoners, if it's us who lose, I'm sure the Fuso fleet will do the same! Whoever is strong in today's world has the right to speak, think about the massacre of Fusang in Lu (Lu) Shun at the beginning, and then think about how the Fusang fleet dealt with us in the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, the Fuso people have not become the fifth largest naval power in the world, and the countries that intersect with them are affected by this? It's a sin to be weak! Xie Baozhang patted Li Yunhai on the shoulder and said, for the general, he must have a ruthless heart, otherwise he will harm himself and the army.
Li Haiyun was still puzzled: "I understand what you said, a strong army should not be famous for its ferocity, but with its strong strength to make the enemy tremble when they hear it!" ”
"You look at the reaction of the soldiers, sometimes you have to think about other things, think more!" Xie Baozhang left after speaking, and did not say much.
Li Yunhai couldn't extricate himself for a long time, stood there and thought quietly, and after a while, he picked up his gun and joined the soldiers' actions.
When a post-war summary was placed in front of Sa Bingzhen, he also knew that what he had guessed before had come true, no wonder His Majesty wanted to expose the submarine force in advance!
The Huaxia fleet only lost one 'Heilongjiang' and most of the armored cruisers, and the other main battleships were damaged by different means, and the navy lost more than 3,000 men, dozens of people were missing, and more than 2,000 were wounded.
In the end, the Huaxia fleet concluded that if it weren't for the submarine force, their chances of victory would be less than 30%, and the main thing was that their strength and soldiers' experience could not keep up, otherwise they would not have lost so much.
Sa Bingzhen is very sorry that he did not completely annihilate the Fuso fleet, and let the 'King Kong', the most advanced battleship in Fusang, run away, but the current results are also very satisfactory, after all, the submarine force still has a lot of shortcomings!
In the imperial capital, after the news of the naval victory reached the naval headquarters, it was reported to the cabinet and the emperor as soon as possible, and then the imperial daily newspaper immediately edited the information, as long as the government announced it, it was released immediately, so that everyone in the whole country knew about it!
On the evening of December 3, 1913, the Imperial Government officially announced that the Fuso Navy had attacked the Imperial Fleet in the Yellow Sea and annihilated the Fuso Navy under the fighting of the Imperial Fleet, and demanded an explanation from Fuso! Demand that all troops of the Fusang Empire withdraw from the Northeast, and once again declare that the unequal treaties signed between the Manchu Qing government and Fusang are all abolished, and that the Korean Peninsula is extremely Duwan Island and other territories inherent in the Chinese Empire, please withdraw from these areas!
The Imperial Daily published the news announced by the government for the first time, and the victory of the navy occupied a lot of space, and the detailed process of the naval battle was also simply written, and the whole empire was shocked for a while!
"How many years? Huaxia's navy finally defeated Fusang, it was so ruthless, nearly half of Fusang's main force was annihilated, and the empire's fleet suffered such a small loss, I couldn't believe it! ”
"If it weren't for the government's announcement and the Imperial Daily, I would have thought it would be fake, after all, Fuso is the fifth largest naval power in the world, it's incredible!"
"Liar, how can the Imperial fleet be the opponent of the Fuso fleet, this is not the Far East Fleet of Britain, the government has also learned to panic, tsk!"
"Get out, when did the government deceive us, the Imperial Fleet will not win, and the navy will definitely be able to defeat Fusang under the leadership of His Majesty, we are the Celestial Empire!"
Some people believe and some question the news released by the empire, and the vast majority of the people believe the news of the government and celebrate with firecrackers!
In the winter capital of Fuso Country, the Prime Minister's Office was in a mess, and the core high-ranking officials of the Fuso Navy knelt on the ground and silently endured the angry scolding of Yamamoto Gonbei.
"Waste, the extra high class is all waste! We don't know that the people of China have such a powerful submarine, and we don't even pay attention to this kind of news, and the defeat of this naval battle is simply a shame for the empire! ”
"Half of the main forces of the empire's navy were killed in the Yellow Sea, and Nakano Uee disobeyed the order and did not retreat in time, although he obtained part of the number and performance of the submarine force of China, but the merit was not worth it, otherwise it would be difficult for the people to be angry! All the intelligence officers in China did everything they could to find information about submarines, especially to make drawings, to speed up the development of imperial submarines, and to prevent submarine attacks from the bottom of the sea! ”
"I will go and ask the emperor for increased naval investment, the threat of the Shina navy is too great, if the Shina submarine sneaks up on the empire's coast, it will inevitably cause the empire to lose Yanzhòng, so now the important military factories must be relocated!"
Yamamoto Gonbei was very angry, the people of the submarine force of the Shina people did not find out at all, the failure of the fleet would make him lose support among the people and the high-level, the empire is the fifth strongest naval power in the world, and it is an absolute shame to lose to the weak Shina people!
No one in the core of the navy dares to speak, the defeat is already in sight, no matter how much the news is blocked, the people will know sooner or later!
"The Imperial Navy has not been able to attack the China Fleet recently, and now is not the time, what I am most worried about is that Lu Shun and Duwan will be snatched back by the China people, so let the armies in these two places not be impulsive, they must hold on! Now only by relying on the army to suppress the Chinese people and constantly consume them, Britain and the developed countries have secretly supported us, and the Chinese people will definitely not be able to consume the empire! ”
That night, Yamamoto went to meet the emperor, and the next day the Fuso government announced to the people the defeat of Nakano Ueeda's fleet with great sadness, and at the same time stated that the Huaxia fleet attacked first, and the imperial fleet was only defending itself, and the reason for the defeat was that the Huaxia people used a new weapon called submarines, and the imperial fleet was ambushed and failed!
Claim that North Korea is the territory of Fuso, not the territory of China! More importantly, the government wanted to recruit troops and recruit a large-scale army to help the Manchurian Empire retake Manchuria, and Fusang and Manchukuo were allies!
Parades broke out in the Fuso country, and the powerful fleet of the Fuso Empire was defeated by the weak Shina fleet, and it was almost annihilated, which was simply a shame for the Fuso country, and the people demanded that the strongest fleet be sent to annihilate the Shina fleet! Of course, there were also people who demanded that the prime minister step down, but this voice was quickly suppressed, and the Fuso government focused the people's attention on the army, and the newspapers overwhelmingly publicized conscription, and countless young Fuso young adults joined the army!
This naval battle in East Asia also attracted the attention of all countries in the world, especially the submarine forces of Huaxia, which shocked them, and they began to contact Huaxia and Fuso, trying to get useful information about the submarines.