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    Chapter 340 Assassins are rampant (Part 1)

    The period in early September 1914 was definitely the most painful for the whole world.  ./¡¶¡·/¡¶¡·Advertisement Full text

    In the Far East.

    The news of the disastrous defeat in the Qingdao Battle did not last long before it spread throughout Japan. The reality of more than 30,000 young people dying in one day and night made the country pause, not to mention that the combined fleet, which was regarded as a national strength, was sunk 4 times in one go.  The battleship, the armored cruiser Iwate, also arrived in Sasebo with great difficulty, but was completely abandoned due to too much water ingress and eventually the keel broke and capsized.

    What kind of war is this!

    Although the Russo-Japanese War cost more, the army has been advancing and winning, but this time almost all the news is bad.  First, they were caught off guard in Fengtian and lost the important South Manchuria Railway and Nanfen Coal and Iron Mine. Then the 38th Regiment on Motian Ridge was wiped out and even the regiment flag awarded by the Emperor was lost. Before they could recover, they came to Lushun.  Two violent attacks in Kou and Jiuliancheng once again resulted in heavy casualties.  When groups of young people clamored for revenge with the dream of completely conquering the mainland and sent troops to Shandong to try to seize Qingdao in the "God Bless" environment that broke out in Europe, they encountered the bloodiest and most brutal battle since the war began.

    The losses have reached as high as three divisions, which is a full 60,000 young lives!  The loss of five battleships, the South Manchuria Railway, the Fushun Coking Coal Plant, the Baofen Coal and Iron Mine, and a large number of enterprises related to Japan's national economy and people's livelihood have made Japanese investment in China face annihilation. If all added up, it means that just two  In just one month, Japan lost as much as 600 million national currency!  However, before this was over, there were calls from the Republic of China government across the sea to forcibly take back the concession and end all Sino-Japanese treaties.  It has already lost 600 million. If Japan's concessions in China, which have been blocked since the beginning of the war, are taken away, and all the factories and banks in those concessions are forcibly confiscated, I am afraid that the last bit of Japan's investment in China will be wasted.

    That is such a huge number. When 50 million people have cut down on clothing and diet and have not yet paid off their loans, salt has been poured into the wound.

    The chaebols finally couldn't sit still, especially several large enterprises such as Yokohama Shokin Bank and Mitsui Zaibatsu. In the past twenty years, only they know how much money they have invested in Japanese concessions all over China. Only Shokin Bank  The gold and silver reserves in the three major concessions of Hankou, Shanghai and Guangzhou alone exceed 100 million US dollars!  Since the Chinese army quickly blocked waterways and seaports after the war, all external communications were interrupted. Britain and France wanted to disintegrate the Sino-German alliance, and the United States wanted to seize the opportunity to seize Japan's interests in China but was unwilling to help and delayed the shipment. If this had not been  God knows what problems will happen to Japan's domestic economy.  ./¡¶¡·/¡¶¡·Advertisement Full text

    Armistice!  revenge!

    wipe out!  Peace talks!

    Two sharply opposing choices suddenly collided. The ancient and stubborn feudal clan and the chaebol who urgently needed a truce to recuperate and tide over the difficulties could no longer sit down peacefully. The democratic forces headed by the Constitutional Council broke out with the military in an instant.  There were serious conflicts, and those supporters of both sides who were incited and deceived also took to the streets, and the confrontation was torn apart and even conflicted with each other.

    In early September, Asia was turbulent and uneasy, and the storm was getting bigger and bigger.  However, compared with the fierce battle of Europa, this storm has become insignificant.

    In order to defend Paris, France used almost all the power it could use. Millions of young people ended their dream era and took up arms to gather from all directions on the crucial Marne River defense line. The United Kingdom also did not skimp on financial, material and manpower.  Various colonies mobilized troops to try to completely block the unstoppable pace of the German army.  Joseph Gallieni even did not hesitate to contradict the stubborn Marshal Joffre and went to garrison Paris in person, with nearly 40 fortresses, more than 300 heavy artillery pieces over 200 mm, 2,500 cannons and millions of soldiers chanting the slogan of defending Paris to the death, using their blood  and life rushing toward the enemy like moths to a flame.

    Germany was also not to be outdone, and Prince Ruprecht personally went into battle. 1.5 million German troops launched the attack under the superior firepower of 50,000 submachine guns, 3,400 Maxim heavy machine guns, 1,900 mortars, and 4,500 barrel artillery pieces.  In a frenzied offensive, the six-foot-tall mountain of corpses witnessed an unusually brutal battle.  In the final stage of the First Battle of the Marne, in the eight days from September 5 to 12, Britain and France once again paid 330,000 yuan, which was 60,000 yuan more than in the parallel world, before they could stabilize the defense line. However, the lack of long-distance maneuverability  After paying a price of 170,000 casualties, the German army announced that quickly capturing Paris and ending the war was just a dream.

    Countless military scientists have said that the Schlieffen Plan was perfect. If it were placed in the armored era, the war might have been over, but before the lack of decisive forces for long-distance detours and outflanks, more than 300 soldiers in a battle that relied entirely on railways and cavalry  Kilometers of long-armed gyrations are just a pile of yellowed scraps of paper.

    Hopes of an end to the war at Christmas are becoming increasingly slim as both warring partiesThe leaders of various countries finally calmed down in front of the bloody casualty figures and realized that a huge and tragic war of attrition had arrived.  The German army began to adjust. The angry Wilhelm II went directly to Moltke and became a puppet. After the stalemate on the western front, the German army began to consider defeating the decadent Russian army on the eastern front. This caused Nicholas II's pressure to increase several times, but Japan and Russia  After the war, the 300,000 elite garrison troops sent to the Far East were strangled by China and Japan and did not dare to withdraw just as a precaution.  For the sake of the diamond and gold throne under his butt, he simply sent a telegram directly to the British and French governments, saying that if the Far East could not be pacified as soon as possible, he could not rule out the possibility of Russia simply sending its troops to the Northeast to carry out preventive strikes against China and Japan.

    This crazy person who overestimates his abilities!  It is ridiculous but also a warning to Britain and France that Russia has become more and more important.

    In addition to these, manufacturing orders began to be issued like a snowflake. Only one month after the first wave of resource orders, more orders for industrial products were overwhelming factories. American businessmen began to cheer, and businessmen from all over the world waved their hands.  Arms, to the warring parties, they are millstones of flesh and blood, but to them, they are an era of gluttonous wealth!  Even the weak China has not been spared. A rivet, a piece of clothing, a helmet, a pair of military boots, etc., etc., as long as you can make it, red-eyed European businessmen will buy it back at any cost.

    However, two countries were forgotten in this feast.

    Japan!  This country with the strongest industrial capacity in Asia has already had its factories come to a standstill due to lack of raw materials. Yawata Steel once again lowered its annual steel production to 130,000 tons in the same period in 1910. At the same time, the Republic of China government reduced the production of three steel plants in 1914.  The total output was adjusted to a high of 350,000 tons, and for the first time, it was announced that it would achieve an output of 500,000 tons in 15 years.

    And another neglected country is gradually unable to extricate itself from the whirlpool of the Far East, but their voice is so weak that almost no one will pay attention to it.

    In front of Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul, there is a huge European-style building. At the door, Japanese military police with leggings almost wrapped around their knees have set up a high deer wall. Sandbags are piled from the door to the road.  Since the Sino-Japanese war broke out again, all walks of life in North Korea have also opened their eyes to pay attention to this war that will determine the future pattern of the Far East.  The National Defense Forces swept through Fengtian and quickly seized the South Manchuria Railway, Baofen Coal and Iron Mine, and a series of achievements such as the total annihilation of the 38th Regiment. This country that almost gave up was once active. When the Japanese troops landed in Jinzhou and Longkou at the same time, the tragic Battle of Qingdao broke out.  Then the activity turned into silence.

    Here, no one thinks that China can defeat the extremely powerful Japanese army, which has been showing off its teeth and claws for twenty years and seems to be invincible. Many officials who surrendered to the Japanese army even ridiculed the Chinese for not overestimating their own capabilities. However, when the final result of the Qingdao Battle reached Seoul, it was like a mountain.  Photos of mountains of Japanese corpses and seized weapons and ammunition appeared on the front pages of newspapers. When four extremely powerful warships sank in Fushan Bay, the shock to this nominally annexed country was unimaginable to outsiders.  .

    Countless leaders of the resistance forces began to cross the mountains and the Yalu River to contact their former sovereign states, hoping to receive assistance to drive away Japan. Guerrilla groups in the mountains north of Pyongyang also became active. They began to attack the garrison everywhere. Among these guerrilla groups, the former name  The little-known North Korean army has slowly emerged. Not long ago, they attacked Chongjin Port, not far from Vladivostok, for the first time. Although they were quickly defeated by two destroyers, they still caused the death of dozens of Japanese businessmen and soldiers.

    Since Russia has been deeply entrenched in Europe and cannot extricate itself, the well-dressed and puppet government officials who used to be able to rely on them have even begun to circulate that they should reconsider the "Fourteen Articles of Hongfan" regarding "cutting off the attachment to the Qing Dynasty and establishing a basis for independent independence."  ¡± clause in order to legally introduce Chinese power to expel the Japanese forces running rampant in Korea.

    The atmosphere on both sides of the Han River is depressing, and even the footsteps of ordinary people have become hurried. The peninsula, caught between China and Japan, has unknowingly begun to be involved in the strange and twists and turns of the Far East whirlpool.  At this time, the North Korean Governor-General's Office undoubtedly shouldered the important responsibility of stabilizing North Korea and ensuring the safety of this springboard for Japan to enter the mainland.  In the office, General Arisawa Ueda, who was temporarily acting as the temporary governor of Korea and the commander-in-chief of the Japanese troops in Korea, looked worried. The figures of losses suffered in the attack on Chongjin Port in his hand made him a little uneasy.  As the divisions stationed in North Korea moved northward, there were only about one brigade of troops left in the entire North Korea, and most of them were civilian police.  In addition, after the Korean Army was forcibly disbanded, he currently has no available personnel. The telegram he sent back to the country in the hope of sending a division to take charge was finally shattered with the tragic defeat of Qingdao.

    In the past, let alone a brigade or a regiment, he would have been sure to make those Koreans obedient, but now it is different!  The Chinese's successive victories will undoubtedly greatly encourage the Korean guerrillas, and the Japanese army that suddenly appeared is said to be all equipped with Japanese military standard equipment. So many standard weapons are definitely not sold by Japan, so there is only one left.  channel.  So he waved the telegram and asked the attendant in front of him: "Who is the leader of this Japanese army?"?Can you tell me?  "

    The attendant put his feet together and said, "It's the criminal who killed Lieutenant Tsuchida Rangliang before, as well as Hong Fantu and those rioters."

    Jin Jiu?  General Ueda Arisawa thought of Jin Jiu who was arrested and sent to a farm labor camp, and his eyebrows suddenly became a little solemn.  He was not afraid of China's support for the guerrillas, because those crumbling rebel parties lacked political foundation and leadership, so they were not enough to threaten Japan's control here. However, Kim Koo, a figure with wide reputation in North Korea, suddenly became the commander of the army.  This gets a little tricky.

    A guerrilla army with a political leader who is famous throughout the country can already be regarded as a regular army!

    "Go and prepare the car."

    Ueda Arisawa did not continue to speak and asked the attendant to prepare the car. Now it is time to contact those greedy and despicable North Korean officials. It is time to give them some benefits and let them contribute to the empire.  But he didn't know that just as he was packing his things and adjusting his military uniform to go out, two ordinary-looking men wearing thick vests also appeared on the road east of the Governor's Palace.

    Inside the hem of the vest, a lead looms with movement.

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