Chapter 68: The Conflict in the Japanese Concession and Joining the Army
The coup d'état in Japan came so quickly that it was over before people reacted, and even half of their master, Britain, did not know what was going on, let alone other countries.
After investigation, the various countries learned that it was the differences of opinion in the three eastern provinces of China and the previous contradictions that triggered the coup d'état, and the Japanese attack on Jilin was truly exposed to the world.
Katsura Taro's cabinet believes that Jilin should not be attacked, and the newly appointed Yamamoto Gonbei affirms that it should, but in any case, the dispute between Japan and the Chinese Empire has made the entire Far East more tense, and this is the war between the two countries against China!
At this time, Tsarist Russia was most excited, Japan invaded and occupied Northeast China, which meant that China was going to war on two fronts, and it would soon be unable to support it, and the tsar hurriedly asked people to contact the Japanese ambassador and ask the two countries to share military intelligence and cooperate to enter the territory of China.
And Britain and France are also very excited, if Japan joins the war, it will be more beneficial than disadvantageous for them, it can weaken the Chinese Empire as much as possible, slow down the rise of the Chinese Empire, and also reduce the pressure on Tsarist Russia, why not.
Soon the Chinese Empire officially and publicly criticized Japan for the Jilin incident, demanding that Japan cease the war and give an explanation, if the war is not stopped, it will be regarded as a provocation to the Chinese Empire, and the Chinese Empire will retaliate.
"Extra! Extra! Japan's unreasonable invasion of Jilin is a blatant provocation to the Empire! ”
"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers, there is a wave of non-stop, the Japanese wolf ambition to occupy the entire Northeast, take a look!"
"Selling newspapers, the Japanese coup d'état, Yamamoto Gonbei has become the biggest profiteer, and the ambition to invade the empire is exposed!"
The Imperial Daily published an account of the Jilin incident and the causes and consequences of the Japanese coup d'état, and the newspaper sellers stood in the streets shouting loudly, and suddenly the streets that had just been deserted were crowded with people, all vying to buy newspapers.
The people who bought the newspaper were all blue when they read it, and they were very angry that they could not imagine that Japan would attack Jilin, and its target was the Northeast or the entire empire.
Countless cups and bowls were broken in restaurants and tea shops across the country that day, and the angry Chinese people spontaneously rushed to the Japanese Embassy in China, and surrounded the entire embassy on three floors inside and three layers outside.
"Get out of China! Shameless slaves! ”
"The Japanese are shameless and invade Jilin!"
"Give me back the concession! Give me back Taiwan! Get out of China! ”
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No matter how the people shouted, the Japanese ambassador just didn't come out, huddled in the embassy and looked at the Chinese people outside with sweaty faces through the glass of the window, and the attendants next to him were also very worried, because they were afraid that they would not be able to leave the embassy.
Many of Japan's ambassadors to China did not know what was going on, the Katsura Taro cabinet had blocked the news before it fell, and Yamamoto Gonbei was so busy forming a cabinet after he came to power that he had not forgotten to inform these diplomats in China. Only some diplomats with domestic backgrounds know about these things, but they are also busy packing up their things to avoid risks, where can they tell other diplomats.
At this time, the diplomats who came to China to serve as diplomats were either very background in Japan, or they did not have any power, you must know that after the establishment of the Chinese Empire, Sino-Japanese relations basically reached the freezing point.
The door of the embassy was closed, and the Chinese people did not break open, the law on the parade issued by the empire before did not allow smashing, looting, and burning, and smashing the embassy would damage the external image of the empire, so they just bought a lot of rotten eggs and bad vegetables to throw into the embassy.
After a few hours, the Imperial Police, who were usually very efficient, arrived slowly, and their commander came out to persuade these people to retreat, and the two countries were not going to fight each other, and besides, these Japanese diplomats had changed the affairs of the country, and it was useless to come here to surround them.
The people quickly dispersed under the persuasion of the police, but many young people remained, and they sat quietly outside the diplomatic embassy, no matter how much the police persuaded them.
The strictest was the Japanese concession in Hankou and Chongqing, and now the entire Chinese Empire still has a Japanese concession, so it is natural that it has become a key gathering place for the people.
The people launched an assault on the concession, and a large number of stones directly destroyed the gate of the concession, and the Japanese soldiers in the concession held against the people, but the people retreated at all.
Shortly after the confrontation between the people and the Japanese soldiers, the Japanese soldiers were hit by stones and angrily shot at the people, and the angry people directly broke through the Japanese soldiers' resistance and burned the Hankow Concession.
Hearing the news, the Chinese Imperial soldiers saw only the raging fire and the dying Japanese diplomats, who dispersed the angry crowd and then asked the soldiers to quickly take these diplomats to the rescue. When they counted the wounded people, they were stunned to find more than 40 corpses in front of them, including 27 Chinese citizens, and the remaining dozen were Japanese soldiers. There were hundreds of injured people, and the angry soldiers directly took out grenades and blew up the entire concession.
It was not only the Hankou Japanese Concession that had a problem, but other Japanese concessions such as Chongqing and Suzhou had such a thing, but it was not as strict as here, because the Chinese army there arrived in time.
In the end, it was calculated that as many as 53 people died and more than 300 were injured as a result of the conflict in the concession, which was several times more casualty than when the British concession was recovered.
Soon the Chinese army directly surrounded these concessions, and then groups of soldiers rushed into the concessions and forcibly recovered the concessions, and the officials of the Japanese concessions were very knowledgeable and did not resist.
Because of the conflict in the concession, large-scale demonstrations broke out in the Chinese Empire, and a new boycott of Japanese goods was quietly staged in various places.
The imperial government came out at the first time to appease the people's feelings, hoping that the people would exercise restraint and be rational and patriotic. He also sent another note to the Japanese government, saying that he would abolish the unequal treaty signed between the Manchus and Japan, formally recover the Japanese concession in China, and also said that he would punish the real culprits.
After receiving the note from the Chinese Empire, Yamamoto Gonbei realized that he had neglected the safety of diplomatic officials in China, and that there was no ward for them in advance, which led to the current occurrence of such a thing. Of course, he will not admit his mistakes, but he will not reply to the Huaxia Empire, because he has to publish it together with the Jilin incident.
Because of the coup d'état in Japan, the relationship between China and Japan completely fell to the freezing point, and the Chinese students who stayed in Japan spontaneously rushed back to the empire, and the Japanese in China also rushed back to Japan because they were very unpopular in China. The Japanese and Tsarist Russians are now the two most unpopular countries among the Chinese people, both of which have invaded China three times and twice and have also seized a large amount of territory in China.
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"I have long said that Japan will not die if I am in China, my relatives were killed by the Japanese, this time I am going to join the army, don't stop me, I have made up my mind!" A tall boy in the uniform of the Imperial College looked at the few classmates in front of him and said very firmly.
"You're gone, what should Xiaoyi do, if, I mean if you ......" was interrupted before he could finish speaking.
"It is my honor to die for the Empire, and now is the most difficult time for the Empire, fighting on two fronts and fighting against the powerful powers of the two countries, so that I can contribute to the future of the Empire. Sue sù Xiaoyi, marry when you meet the right person, don't wait for me, I'm not worth her waiting. Goodbye, everyone! Work hard, the empire still needs you to build, I hope we will meet one day! After saying that, he put the burden on his back and strode towards the train station without looking back.
"Xu Yuan, you remember for me, I will wait for you until the moment you return triumphantly, you are mine, and death can't take it away, come back alive!" The woman from Xiao Yi came out of a corner and shouted loudly, holding back her tears to keep them from flowing.
Xu Yuan, who stopped for a moment, sped up his pace without looking back, and soon got on the train, at this time, the woman named Xiaoyi finally couldn't help crying, and several classmates came up to comfort, and several of them seemed to have made some decisions. They didn't know that this Xu Yuan was the butcher who would terrify the enemy in the future - Blood Wolf, one of the top ten generals of the Empire.
Things like Xu Yuan's pen from Rong were staged all over the country at this time, but the number of people was not large, there were only a few in one school, and there were more schools. Even if the imperial military merit system is vigorously promoted, it is difficult for the concept of scholars to change for a while, and that military merit is not so easy to earn, and it is difficult to say whether to live or die on the battlefield, so intellectuals still have a problem with joining the army.
Xu Yuan was going to take the train to Tianjin, because the empire was now recruiting a large number of soldiers, and the conscription offices in Beijing and Tianjin and other places were in Tianjin. His hometown was in the northeast, and when their village was slaughtered by the Japanese during the Russo-Japanese War, he and a few friends were only able to escape by hiding in a cellar. When they came out of the cellar to see a scene that they would never forget, they swore revenge.
The seven friends finally separated, and all those older than him went to join the army, some of them had died in battle, and some were still serving in the army. His eldest brother is now a lieutenant colonel under Zhang Zuolin in Jilin, and two of them are fighting against Tsarist Russia at this time, and may have died in battle, and they kept in touch after separation.
There are only four of the seven left, and only Xu Yuan has been studying diligently with the support of these friends, and he has always been the pride of his friends because he was admitted to the Imperial Academy. Originally, he missed the Imperial Military Academy, but because he missed the time for the physical examination, he missed the opportunity to retreat to the Imperial Academy.
His eldest brother is fighting the Japanese, how can he dodge, eldest brother is waiting for me, we will meet on the battlefield. Xu Yuan's eldest brother, Xu Qiang, is also one of the top ten generals in the future of the empire - the butcher Violent Bear.
The times create heroes, this is a crazy era, an era of talents, and an era of empires!
ps: Make up a chapter, all kinds of begging, kneeling and begging!!