Imperial Foreign Office, in the office of Foreign Secretary Tang Shaoyi. At this moment, Tang Shaoyi was bargaining with the Japanese Minister to China, Hayashi Quansuke, while the British Minister to China, Sir Zhu Erdian, was reconciled. Otherwise, the two sides would have already collapsed.

Suddenly, the office door was pushed open, and all three of them looked at it. Now that the negotiations are at a critical juncture, how can anyone bother them? That's too unruly, isn't it?

The person who came was Tang Shaoyi's secretary, he walked a few steps quickly to Tang Shaoyi's side, leaned over and whispered a few words in his ear. Suddenly, Tang Shaoyi's face changed greatly. The original smile on his face disappeared cleanly, replaced by deep anger.

"Little Japan, you deceive people too much!" Tang Shaoyi pointed at Lin Quanzhu's nose and scolded.

"Your Excellency, what do you mean by that?" Lin Quanzhu stood up without showing weakness, looked at Tang Shaoyi, and asked coldly.

"Humph! What you do for yourselves, you know in your own hearts. I tell you solemnly, if you don't give us an explanation this time, then the negotiations will break down. If you want to fight, fight it, the Chinese Empire has never been afraid of you. Tang Shaoyi snorted coldly.

"Two, please stop being angry, what the hell is going on?" Sir Zhu Erdian hurriedly said. Seeing that this negotiation was about to succeed, but at the last moment, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, which made him very anxious.

"How do I know what's going on?" Lin Quanzhu was also quite puzzled, and he didn't know how Tang Shaoyi's attitude had changed greatly.

"A little more than an hour earlier, Japanese marines stationed at Daye Iron Mine shot and killed hundreds of Chinese miners who had gone to ask for wages. They're all unarmed civilians, how can you do it? Tang Shaoyi looked at Lin Quanzhu viciously.

"Damn, how could this be!" Lin Quanzhu was stunned, he didn't expect it to be like this.

Sir Jurdian didn't know what to say. Albeit. He never took ordinary Chinese seriously, even if there were many deaths, it had nothing to do with him. However, the current China is not the decadent and backward country that can be bullied by them at will. It's a country that's getting stronger day by day. When the Japanese did this, didn't they take the initiative to tear their faces with this powerful country?

"Your Excellency the Foreign Secretary, is there some misunderstanding? How could the army of the Great Japanese Empire attack civilians? Lin Quanzhu immediately began to shirk responsibility. Although, the massacre of civilians, the Japanese soldiers did not less. However, they will never admit it. After all, this will have a great impact on Japan's image in the international community. The image of humility that they had managed to put on was ruined.

"Misunderstanding? How could this be a misunderstanding? Hundreds of Chinese have died at the gate of the Daye Iron Mine. Japan. An explanation must be given to the Chinese Empire. Otherwise, the Chinese Empire would not have given up. Tang Shaoyi's attitude is extremely tough.

"The truth of the matter, we will find out. In addition, I would like to advise Your Excellency that the Empire of Japan was not afraid of war. If you hadn't wanted peace talks, the war would have started long ago. After Lin Quanzhu dropped this sentence, he left haughtily.

Daye Iron Mine, 50th Infantry Division of the Imperial Army. The 501st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment, after more than half an hour of wild running. Already rushed here. At this moment, there are many Japanese marines at the entrance of the factory area who are disposing of the bodies of the Chinese workers who were killed, and they have dug a large pit not far away, preparing to bury the corpses so that they can destroy the incriminating evidence. Anyway, once the Chinese empire accused them of slaughtering civilians. They just don't admit it. Without evidence, the Chinese Empire has no way to take them.

"Good! Little Japan actually dared to destroy the evidence. Brothers, get ready to fight. The battalion commander of the major immediately ordered.

More than 1,000 officers and men immediately formed a battle formation. A stiff light and heavy machine gun was erected, and the artillerymen also set up mortars. Aimed at the defense of the Japanese marines in the factory area.

"The army of the people of China, the army of the people of China is coming. Withdraw quickly. When the Japanese sentries in the factory area spotted the galloping Imperial Army, they immediately raised a loud warning. The officers and men of the Japanese Marine Corps, who were disposing of the corpses, immediately left the bodies and fled back to the factory.

At the same time, the Japanese management of Daye Iron Mine also learned that the Chinese army was coming, which made them like ants on a hot pot, and they were very anxious.

"The army of the Shina people is coming, will they attack? What are we going to do? "Some management is already panicking.

"Yaga, be quiet for me, are you still warriors of the Great Japanese Empire? This is our territory, and the people of China dare not enter it. If they dared to attack, it would be tantamount to a war against the Japanese Empire. Now, aren't they negotiating with the Empire of Japan because they are afraid of war? Therefore, the people of China are just putting on a show, and there is nothing to fear. "The superintendent of Daye Iron Mine, Kimio Nishizawa, looked like he didn't care. However, no one saw that his feet were actually already shaking, and this was all caused by fear.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Suddenly, a violent explosion sounded.

"Shelling, this is the man who opened fire." The management of the Japanese side exclaimed.

Nishizawa Gongxiong was even more iron-faced, he just said that the Chinese* army did not dare to really attack them, but the Chinese* army had already opened fire, which was a slap in the face.

"Damn the Shina people, aren't they afraid that they will go to war with the Japanese Empire because of this?" Kimio Nishizawa didn't know what to say.

At this moment, the Imperial Army has begun to attack Daye Iron Mine. Six 120-mm heavy mortars belonging to the battalion artillery platoon were firing at the positions of the Japanese marines.

There was only a squadron of Japanese marines in the Daye Iron Mine, with a total of more than 200 people, and they had to face an attack by an integrated infantry battalion of the Imperial Army, with more than 1,100 people. Both in terms of strength and weaponry, the Japanese Marines were completely at a disadvantage. Even if they are on the defensive, there is no danger in the factory area.

"Yaga, fire back!" The captain squadron leader of the Japanese Marine Corps, gave the order to open fire. The only two light mortars opened fire. However, they were then met with a powerful counterattack from the Imperial Army.

The 80-mm medium mortars of the 2nd battalion and the light mortars of the platoon also joined the shelling, and more than 20 mortars intensively bombarded the Japanese positions.

Just three minutes later, two Japanese mortars were destroyed. Dense shells fell on the Japanese positions, blowing them up and crying for their mothers. Quite a few Japanese marines were directly torn to pieces by artillery shells.

Although, the soldiers of the Japanese Marine Corps, are all elite. But in the face of such a terrifying firepower, they still couldn't hold on.

Ten minutes later, more than a dozen heavy machine guns of the 2nd Battalion opened fire, suppressing the fire of the Japanese marines. At the same time, a company of infantry went on the offensive. Although, the first wave of the offensive failed. But the second wave of attacks that followed successfully entered the Japanese positions and began to engage in a white-knuckle battle with Japan.

Next, more and more troops attacked the Japanese position, relying on absolute superiority in strength, dividing and encircling the Japanese Marine Corps squadron, and annihilating them step by step.

In less than an hour, this squadron of the Japanese Marine Corps was completely annihilated, and more than 200 people were killed, leaving not a single prisoner. The attacking 2nd Battalion also suffered more than 20 casualties. Most of them were killed and wounded in a white-knuckle battle with the Japanese army. Even though the Imperial Army strengthened its training in white-knuckle warfare, there was still a certain gap between it and the Japanese army in this regard.

After annihilating the Japanese marines at Daye Iron Mine, the Imperial Army began to hunt for the Japanese inside. All the Japanese were guarded, and anyone who dared to resist was killed.

As for the Japanese management such as Kimio Nishizawa, they were all asked to write a letter of repentance. At first, there were still people who did not obey their orders, but then, after the Imperial Army killed two people, the rest were honest. In order to survive, they can only honestly write a letter of repentance according to the requirements of the Imperial Army. Even the tough Kimio Nishizawa is no exception. These confessions will be sent to Yanjing as evidence of the massacre of Chinese civilians by the Japanese.

The news of the Imperial Army's attack on Daye Iron Mine was also quickly learned by the Japanese side. This made the Japanese furious, and the Japanese Minister to China, Hayashi Quansuke, rushed to the office of the Imperial Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi, pointed at his nose and cursed.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency's unauthorized attack on the Daye Iron Mine and the killing of hundreds of our soldiers is a provocation to the Empire of Japan. If the Chinese Empire does not give an account to the Great Japanese Empire. Well, wait for the war. The Japanese Empire will make you pay a heavy price. Lin Quanzhu's face was angry.

"Your Excellency, you are the first to sue the wicked. Look at this, this is a letter of repentance written by your management at Daye Iron Mine, who ordered the massacre of Chinese civilians. Tang Shaoyi showed no weakness.

Lin Quanzhu was stunned for a moment, flipped through a few articles casually, and his face turned pale.

"Slander, this is all slander, you must have used some improper means to force them to write it."

"Hmph, the facts are already in front of you, do you still want to quibble?" Tang Shaoyi said coldly.

On January 21, 4608 (10) of the Yellow Emperor Era, Japan declared war on the Chinese Empire under the pretext that the Chinese Army took the initiative to attack the Daye Iron Mine. Subsequently, the Chinese Empire also declared war on Japan on the grounds that Japanese marines had slaughtered Chinese civilians. (To be continued.) )

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