Since the late liquidation, as long as foreigners are involved, there is no good thing, and famous ministers like Li Hongzhang of Zeng Guofan have been ruined because of foreign characters. Therefore, as soon as Yuan Shikai heard that more than 200 Japanese soldiers had been killed in Mukden, his head immediately went blank.

"Emperor, Emperor! The head is almost gone, what kind of emperor should he be! Lao Yuan roared loudly: "What the hell is going on, did our people do it, do you want to declare war with the Japanese?" ”

It's no wonder that Yuan Shikai thinks so, on Chinese territory, so many Japanese soldiers have died, and the first object of suspicion is China, how can Lao Yuan not feel afraid!

"Gong Bao, I don't think our army did it, they don't have the guts!" Yang Du said: "Whether it is Zhang Zuolin and Feng Delin in Fengtian, or Meng Enyuan in Jilin, they are not foolish people, can they provoke the Japanese?" ”

"Huizi, I also know that it can't be them, but if it is done by local bandits, we will not be able to escape the involvement, the Japanese will use the excuse to increase the garrison and expand their power, and those unreasonable demands in the 21st Article will be taken out again, and the three eastern provinces will be in danger!"

"Not necessarily, I know the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, even if the local bandits are 1,200, they can't easily eliminate 200 Japanese soldiers, how can the difference between heaven and earth be possible!"

Yuan Shikai also calmed down, and his mind gradually cleared up, but he still hung his heart in the air.

"President, the Japanese Minister Nichiki has sent news that it is said that the Russians who attacked the Japanese soldiers this time seem to be for the purpose of looting the arms, and they have nothing to do with us, but the Japanese have asked us to assist in the investigation."

Yang Shiqi strode in and told him the information he had gotten, and Lao Yuan listened to him. Immediately relaxed, back in his seat. In a short moment, a delicate layer of cold sweat soaked out of his head, as long as it has nothing to do with China, Lao Yuan frowned again.

"Xingcheng? Wasn't Russia and Japan both members of the Entente? How can they still fight, do they still have to fight a war in the three eastern provinces? Lao Yuan's heart hung again.

"President, it seems that it was not the Russian government that did it, I have heard that it was probably the Russian anti-tsarist organization that did it in order to rob the arms on the train. Now the great powers were alarmed, and the ministers of Japan, Russia, Britain and the United States gathered together. What are you talking about? ”

Lao Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief: "So the best, so the best!" I am now trembling, walking on thin ice, we cannot afford to offend the great powers, if there is another Russo-Japanese war. Beat the Northeast to pieces, and the old man will be ashamed of the world! ”

"Kung Pao. Don't worry. As long as you change the national system as soon as possible, you will ascend to the Ninth Five-Year Plan, gather your authority in one, command the world, promote the good and eliminate the bad, and soon China will have a great change! "Yang Du never forgot Junxian's dream. Seize every opportunity to cheer up Lao Yuan.

Yuan Shikai also nodded: "As said, the old man will be reluctant to make it difficult, so he should be the dragon chair." But after all, this happened on Chinese soil. At least help the Great Powers with their investigations! ”

"President, what do you think about letting Duan Zhigui take full authority to deal with it?" Yang Shiqi recommended Duan Zhigui, which was not kind, but wanted to push this highness into the fire pit.

"No, he's not this material!" Lao Yuan knows his godson too well, his talent is whiskers, his instinct is to make money, and it is a dream to point to him to deal with the Japanese.

"Send a telegram to Zhang Zuolin, let him deal with this matter!" After Lao Yuan finished speaking, he sighed again: "The Japanese are a wolf, it depends on whether Zhang Zuolin, the fox, has the ability to deal with it!" ”

What Lao Yuan said is not bad at all, the Japanese are indeed wolves, and they are also injured wolves, and they are going berserk. More than 200 people died in a daze, and this is absolutely unacceptable to the Japanese people, whose self-esteem is extremely inflated, so it is necessary to give an explanation to the Japanese people, otherwise the Japanese government is in danger of falling.

As the direct person in charge, the governor of the Kwantung Prefecture, Yujiro Nakamura, was even more stressed, and he had already issued an order to the troops along the South Manchurian Railway, ordering them to enter a state of first-class combat readiness and be ready for battle at all times, and the 17th Division, which was responsible for guarding Lushun, was also mobilized.

The Japanese army was tense and put on a fighting posture, and the atmosphere in the entire three eastern provinces suddenly solidified, and just after ten years of the Russo-Japanese War, no one knew whether the black land would be ruined again, and everyone was panicked from top to bottom.

Of course, for Japan, finding the murderer is a top priority, otherwise there is no place to vent your anger. They first investigated the valley where the military train was hijacked, and found that the valley was full of discarded bullet casings, and the train was also full of bullet holes, which shows the fierceness of the battle at that time.

The two corpses, including the driver and the boilermaker, were two hundred and five people, and none of them were alive, and there was no possibility of getting direct information from them, but the Japanese were not without gains. They examined the shells and found that there were two main types, the Japanese Type 30 rifle and the Russian-made Mosin Nagant rifle, and it was clear that the attackers were using Russian-made weapons.

The Japanese found several surviving garrisons, all of whom said in unison that they had been attacked by the Russians. Immediately after that, the Japanese investigated the surrounding people, and some people told them that there was a large group of horse-drawn carriages that went west and north, and the people who drove the carts were tall and strong.

After some careful investigation, the Japanese basically determined that the attackers were Russians. The Japanese Government immediately lodged a solemn protest with Russia and demanded an explanation from Russia.

The Russian government has also suffered an unwarranted disaster, and Tsarist Russia in Eastern Europe has not only suffered a bruised nose and swollen face, but has actually been beaten internally, and the huge empire has encountered an unprecedented crisis. At this time, how could Tsarist Russia provoke Japan, you must know that Japan is still one of the financiers of Tsarist Russia.

The Russian side also had a rare chance of being effective, and immediately explained to the Japanese side, saying that it was absolutely not the act of the Russian government, and after investigation, it was preliminarily determined that the Russians were not regular troops, but those opponents of the tsar, that is, bandits.

A steady stream of news gathered in Beijing, and the ministers of Japan, Russia, Britain, and the United States got together, and they have been discussing this matter for the past two days, but they have not been able to come up with a unified opinion.

"It is an indisputable fact that the Japanese Empire lost 200 warriors in China, and the murderers were Russians, so the Russian government must be responsible, daoqian compensate, arrest the murderers, and give an explanation to the Japanese people." Rizhiyi is the most angry these days, and Japan has suffered such a big loss, he must earn back face.

The Russian minister rolled his eyes and said in the same loud voice: "The Japanese soldiers died tragically, and the Russian government is also very sympathetic, but this is not a reason to blackmail us, those organizations that oppose Tsar Bixia have betrayed Russia, the government has no binding force on them at all, and we will definitely not be daoqian because of their mistakes." As for the arrest of the murderers, the Russian government is willing to cooperate, and these guys have also caused us a lot of trouble, and they will definitely not let them go easily! ”

"It's really clean, does a gang of bandits have the ability to plan such a huge robbery, and do they have the ability to kill two hundred imperial warriors? It's a joke, maybe it's just a trick of your government! ”

"Hmph, it's unreasonable!" The Russian minister said in a gloomy voice: "Everything must have a motive, what good is it for the Russian government to do such a thing, to make trouble for itself?" ”

"Don't quarrel with the two ministers, listen to me!" British Minister Zhu Erdian finally spoke: "First of all, I think this case is a very serious case affecting the Far East, and it must be carefully investigated. In addition, the investigation of responsibility cannot only focus on Russia, the case happened on the ground in China, China has an unshirkable responsibility, we can first let China assist in the investigation, after determining the murderer, we will move on to the next step. ”

Britain is worthy of being a country accustomed to being the hegemon of Shijie, and its affairs are full of evil and viciousness, and the original contradictions between Japan and Russia were turned to China by him with a few words. Japan and Russia are both important allies, and this is the time to sacrifice China's interests.

In fact, Ri Zhiyi also knew that the Russian minister was right, no matter how you look at this matter, it could not be the Russian government's doing. However, it is also difficult for the Japanese government to ride a tiger, and the Japanese government needs to give an explanation to the people, and it can't tell the people that the Japanese soldiers were killed by Russian bandits, can the people accept this explanation?

Therefore, only by letting Russia, or the unlucky Beiyang government, take responsibility, can it be logical, after Zhu Erdian made a suggestion, the ministers of the four countries immediately jointly asked to see Yuan Shikai.

The mountain rain is about to come, and the wind is full of buildings, and the entire Far East is shaken by this case. Zhang Tinglan, who single-handedly directed the case, was very calm at this time, he and his father Zhang Zuoxiang carried the corpse of a soldier to the pile of wood, and Yang Yuting and other officers also followed, carrying the corpse and silently placing it on the wood.

During this operation, forty-three fighters were killed directly, and later six more were seriously wounded. They were more than 200 miles away from Mukden, and the carriages were also occupied by machines and heavy artillery, so these corpses naturally could not be brought back to Mukden, so Zhang Tinglan proposed that they should be burned en masse, and then the ashes should be brought back.

The other soldiers of the Feng Army looked very solemn, looking at the scene in front of them, the big living person who was jumping around a few days ago has now turned into a cold corpse, and everyone feels uncomfortable.

"Brothers, if you choose to be a soldier, death is inevitable. But death and death are not the same, every soldier who sacrificed for the development and growth of our army, in order to protect the black soil under our feet, and for this calamitous country, we must remember him firmly, and we must give him a memorial service, so that his name will forever go down in history! ”

All the soldiers listened to Zhang Tinglan's speech intently, silently, not even a single one out of the air.

"From today onwards, starting from the Independent Brigade, the first thing all the new troops enlist in the army is to pay homage to these sacrificed seniors, and every New Year's Day, they must also make regular sacrifices. The brothers who died this time temporarily set up an ancestral hall in the military camp, and in the future, a piece of land was set aside in Wenguantun to establish the Fengjun Cemetery, so that the victims could be buried in the cemetery and enjoy the respect of all the people! (To be continued......)

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