The U.S. government was unable to quickly reinforce Martinsburg for the time being. However, they do not want to see the Chinese Expeditionary Force overcome without a fight, and they hope to see the US military in the First Battle of Martinsburg in a 'tragic posture' to bring into full play the combat will of the European and American coalition forces, try to save the face of some Western armies, and not lose so ugly, and especially not to cause the people of Europe and the United States to despise their own armies and fear the Chinese armies.

John. Pike knows that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in close informal contact with the Chinese during these days! And it's not a great secret, and everyone in the list has probably heard of it.

If you understand this, you will be able to understand that John. Why did Pike and his generals go to the military meeting with a straight face. Everyone knows very well that once the battle of Martinsburg starts again, they will either hold on until the Sino-US peace talks are held, or they will die in Martinsburg, and there is no other choice.

The ancient Chinese art of war believed that 'the mourning soldier will win', but John. Pike couldn't see even the slightest hope of victory in the looks of his men. All the people were very depressed and very pessimistic, including John. Pike, the garrison commander himself, was very unoptimistic about the outcome of the Battle of Martinsburg.

It's hard to win this battle.

"Everyone, cheer up! New York has already given an order, so the battle of Martinsburg is about the honor of the entire Western civilization and the glory of all white people! In any case, we must do our best, even if we die on the battlefield, it will be glorious and shining. We must carry forward the tenacious spirit of the Battle of Washington, and even if we fight to the last man, we must not give up the duty of Martins and others!

I hope that every general will always be mindful of his or her mission and responsibility. I want every general to think of himself first as a soldier in war, and then to think about his position. At the height of the fighting. I will join the battle as a normal soldier and contribute all my strength! ”

Perhaps seeing that the atmosphere was too depressing and frustrating, John. Pike decided to 'cheer up' the crowd. It's a heavy word, but it has an effect. All of them looked stunned, and their backs straightened up in an instant.

"The Chinese did not have new weapons in this battle. Whether it's those thin-skinned tanks, or Chinese soldiers. Their weapons are no more advanced than ours. "Gas bombs have been available for a long time, and Hu Runzhi can think of himself as 'China's morality', but in the eyes of Europe and the United States, air defense positions are more important than infantry positions, right? But this is not a reason for the rout of the American army, the American soldiers on the front line are equipped with a large number of gas masks, and gas warfare is not a reason for their defeat. "The Chinese rely on a firm fighting spirit and a brave spirit that is not afraid of death. And what about us, us on the battlefield? I didn't do it before, but I must do it later. ”

New weapons. Secret weapon, in this world war, China and the army can always come up with secret weapons that are invincible at critical moments, so that the rules of war change again and again, and let the first-class army that was the world's top at the previous moment become outdated and backward in an instant. The entire Western world is afraid of the Chinese's new weapons, secret weapons.

However, China's new weapons and secret weapons are an excellent shield to cover up the unbearable defeat of itself.

No new weapons appeared in the Martinsburg War, and the United States and Europe were defeated again and again. This is the real embarrassment and humiliation of losing face.

Without any excuses, the defenders of Martinsburg were doomed to be slandered. Naturally, the generals also understood this, although the waist board was still straight. But his face became even more ugly, and the atmosphere of the meeting was even more gloomy.

John. Before Pike could say anything more, a staff officer burst into the conference room.

"Air raids! Air strikes by the Chinese! ”

That means gas bombs!

Everyone immediately couldn't sit still. While the other officers couldn't wait to rush to the anti-artillery bunker, John . Pike strolled out of the three-story building where the headquarters was located and looked up at the sky.

The sky was densely packed with Chinese airships the size of castles, at least fifty of them. The entire course of the air raid lasted twenty minutes. Three or four hundred tons of bombs fell on the heads of the US troops, and the damage caused was naturally not small, and the blow to the morale of the defenders was even more obvious.

After the Chinese airship troops flew away, John . Pike looked west. There, the sun was setting red. The sunset on the horizon was red, and the earth was covered with a blood-colored coat.

The great United States, from the world's largest industrial output value, from a country with excellent geographical advantages, to a dying country like the sunset, only took two years, two years......

John. Pike never believed in miracles, God only saves those who save themselves, and the so-called miracles are always just a reward for those who work hard. But China was lifted and strong in the two-year war, and John, who did not believe in miracles. Pike can't help but sigh that this is a real miracle!

He prayed again and again for God's protection! Because he was so disappointed, only God made him trust!

……

Kobe, Japan. Sunlight shone through the cracks in the curtains. It was already 8:30 a.m.

Zhongjiang Zhaomin walked to the window and opened the curtains, the bright sunlight made his eyes a little uncomfortable for a while. He narrowed his eyes and looked out the window, the street was deserted, and there were more policemen patrolling than pedestrians.

This is Konan-cho in Kobe's Higashitana district, a small private inn close to the port. Higashitan Ward is the easternmost ward of Kobe City, located far from the center of Kobe, but easily accessible from each other.

It used to be a busy scene here, and it is difficult to see it again in a short time. Kobe is Tokyo, Japan's largest and busiest commercial port. But what's the solution? The situation is stronger than the man. The Chinese handed over the 'security army' to southwestern Japan, and Saigo Takamori deliberately relaxed the pass, causing thousands of landless and destitute people in the Kanto region [Japan] to flock to the South Seas. As a result, half a year has passed, and the cultivated land has already harvested a season of rice, and Saigo Takamori tied his pockets, not only did he not let a single Kanto citizen go to the South Seas, but also confiscated all the fields opened up by the more than 30,000 people who had fled before, stuffed them into the British cargo ships, and pulled all the boatloads back to the port of Kobe!

Nakae Zhaomin only stayed in this private inn the day before yesterday, and he was born in 1847 in Kochi Prefecture, Japan, to a low-ranking samurai family. He studied Sinology since he was a child, and especially loved to read "Zhuangzi" and "Historical Records". The young name is Zhuma, and then changed its name to Atsusuke, and the names used successively include Qingling, Qiushui, Nanhai Xianyu, Mu Qiangsheng, Fire Fanweng, etc., and finally set on the word "Zhaomin". The word "Zhaomin" is in the "Book of Songs" Lu Xing chapter "one person has a celebration, and the people of Zhaomin rely on it", which means "the people of billions of trillions", that is, the meaning of "the public". From the age of 17, he began to learn English, Dutch, French and other Chinese, and in 1865, Nakae Zhaomin went to Nagasaki as a student of Tosa Domain, where he met Sakamoto Ryoma, a scholar of the Restoration. In 1871, he was sent by the government to study in France. He devoted himself to the study of philosophy, historiography and literature, and was deeply influenced by French democratic thought. He was a theorist, politician, materialist philosopher, and atheist of the Meiji period in Japan.

In 1874, Zhongjiang Zhaomin returned to China, and then joined the eunuch road, first as the clerk of the Senate, and then as the principal of the foreign Chinese language school; Soon he resigned and engaged in education, opening a French school, teaching French, politics, philosophy, etc. More than 2,000 people have been educated. In 1881, he joined the Liberal Party, threw himself into political struggle, founded the Toyo Free Press, and began to engage in theoretical activities. The vigorous attack on feudal politics had a great impact on the theory of the liberal civil rights movement. In 1882, he published the "Political Theory Series" and "Free Press" to promote the doctrine of liberal civil rights. At this time, he translated Rousseau's "Theory of the Social Contract" into Chinese, with an explanation, called "Translation of the Civil Covenant". After the publication of the translation, it had a great impact on Japanese society, and many young people joined the freedom movement under the influence of Nakae Zhaomin. As a result, Nakae Zhaomin gained the reputation of "Oriental Rousseau" in Japan. He opposed the hereditary monarchy, openly advocated "co-governance of the monarch and the people", "decentralization of powers", and even said that the "lord" of "autonomy" was to put a nail in the head of the "king".

Such a person is destined to be intolerant of both the northern and southern governments of Japan. In December 1887, after the Tokyo government deployed police and troops in Tokyo, it promulgated the "Security Regulations" and immediately carried out a large-scale manhunt in Tokyo, ordering 560 non-governmental political activists such as Kenyoshi Kataoka and Nakae Zhaomin to leave Tokyo on trumped-up charges such as "conspiracy to civil strife" and "prevention of harm to public order", otherwise they would be arrested.

As a result, Nakae left Japan and settled in Nanyang Singapore.

Singapore is the political, economic and military center of Nanyang, where the vast majority of its residents are Chinese, and the newspaper industry has an extraordinary influence in Nanyang and even in China. Using the last two characters of his name as a pen name, Nakae Zhaomin has repeatedly published articles criticizing the governments of the north and south of Japan, saying that the dual monarchy of the Tokyo government is not a class and is a watchdog for Western countries; He said that the 'military management' of the southwest government was an out-and-out dictatorship and dictatorship, and scolded Saigo Takamori as a one-man and a thief! Accusing the Southwest Military Government of being China's dog leg and the culprit of causing trouble to Japan! To put it bluntly, the samurai class is a rag destined to be thrown into the garbage heap by the world!

Zhongjiang Zhaomin also occasionally criticized China's politics, saying that Emperor Liu was a typical vacillation when he strengthened his domestic power while holding on to military power on the other. However, it is Japan that Zhongjiang Zhaomin wants to criticize.

Both the Japanese government in Tokyo and the Japanese government in southwest Japan hated him to the core.

The previous two Japanese governments did not care about him, and their power could not hook Singapore. He didn't dare to rashly send someone to assassinate Zhongjiang Zhaomin. Until now, the Southwest Military Government has the 'right to law and order', and then when the illegal immigrants in the Kanto region are cleaned up, the generals of the Nanyang Public Security Army waved their hands, and Zhongjiang Zhaomin was packed and sent back to Kobe! (To be continued......)