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    The cold fog is spreading, the north wind is biting, and Lushunkou is deserted in the morning.

    Since the Russian occupation of the Gengzi period and the construction of Dalian, which is not far away, Port Arthur has not been so depressed.  Although the weather is cold, due to the natural geographical advantage of not freezing all year round, winter was the busiest season in previous years, but now there are only a few people here, and there is nothing visible on the street except dense sandbags and bunkers.

    Nagano Yuanping, who was thin and wearing a thin jacket, emerged from the stable of the refugee camp where he had stayed up all night. He said goodbye to his shivering wife and headed to the harbor covered in the stench of horse manure, hoping to get some food from his friends.

    It turns out that he was an engineer on the South Manchuria Railway with a good career and income, but just when he was looking forward to a better future, the war broke out.  In just ten days after the Xihua Gate Incident, tens of thousands of Chinese Army troops who were ready to go quickly cut off the South Manchuria Railway, snatched away all branches in various places, and beat the road protection team to the point where they abandoned their armor and retreated in a hurry.  Within a few days, the entire railway line from Harbin to Haicheng was interrupted, and he had to take his wife to flee from Shenyang to Lushun.

    After arriving, he did not leave immediately. In addition to the fact that the ships needed to be used to transport reinforcements and combat supplies, he also felt that once the mighty Japanese Empire launched, it would be a thunderous force, and the railway should be recaptured soon, so he stayed in Lushun.  Stay and wait patiently with the Japanese expatriates who came from all over to return to work after the war is over.  During that time, he would come to the port every day. When troops arrived one after another from the country, he would cheer. However, as fewer and fewer ships arrived, especially after the ambush at Lushunkou, the route was almost interrupted, making everyone's  My heart began to sink.

    At that time, he was still lucky enough to believe that the difficulties were only temporary and victory would definitely belong to Japan, because the powerful Imperial Army began to land in Shandong.

    One day, two days, one month passed slowly while waiting. When the news of Qingdao¡¯s failure came back, it shocked everyone!  The army collapsed and lost 30,000 people in one day and one night!  The Imperial Navy, known as the strongest in Asia, even had four battleships sunk in a row overseas in Qingdao!  That day everyone realized that the war was likely to fail, but when he was about to return home, he found that the crucial shipping routes from Port Arthur and North Korea to Kyushu Island in Japan had been disrupted by attacks. The dilemma of not having a ship to return home made him regret it.  I didn't leave earlier, and in the end I had to wait patiently with my young wife.

    The war situation became increasingly unfavorable, and the soldiers began to spread the news that North Korea was lost, followed by the loss of Jinzhou and the loss of Sinuiju.  From that day on, the last trace of confidence in victory was completely buried. Even the soldiers knew that defeat was inevitable.  For the more than 10,000 ordinary Japanese stranded in Lushun, the unfavorable news of the war situation may only cause a burst of curses and pain, but the tight food supply has suddenly put everyone's lives in trouble.  As the war caused most of the Chinese in Kanto Prefecture to flee to Fengtian, the farmland here was left uncultivated and there was a shortage of labor.  In addition, he did not expect a war to break out in advance, so the Governor of Kwantung shipped last year's grain reserves back to China in March to help alleviate the domestic food disaster, but he did not expect that this would become a nightmare for Lushun.

    Since the beginning of the war, Kanto Prefecture has entered into food rationing supply.  Each expatriate could only get half-full food, and when Jinzhou was also lost, the food shortage became even more severe. With the onset of severe winter, the supply fleet was still unable to arrive in large numbers, and the Chinese National Defense Forces were stationed in Pulandian and Piziwo.  , in order to ensure that the army had enough food to survive the severe winter, even the food rations were finally cancelled. The Governor-General asked the expatriates to find a solution on their own.

    On both sides of the road leading to the dock, there were many banner men with pigtails sitting on them begging.  He looked down upon these people. He had used up the last of Lushun's food reserves by supporting tens of thousands of these lazy and lazy guys, and now no one had anything to eat.  Even now, they would rather beg than figure it out on their own.  No wonder these decadent bannermen were defeated one after another!  After Nagano Yuanpei spat in his heart, he continued to walk towards the dock against the north wind.

    He is from Kagoshima, and Kagoshima is the hometown of the Satsuma Domain of the Navy, so after escaping to Port Arthur, he made many naval friends, so he quickly found a naval boatman who was also from Kagoshima.  "Nagano-kun?" The boatman almost didn't recognize the young engineer after smelling the smell of horse manure on his body, and asked, "What's wrong with you? Where have you been?"

    Nagano Yuanping spread his hands and felt helpless: "After the Governor's Palace canceled the food ration, I went to Dalian, but there were no ships there. When I came back, I found that my temporary residence was occupied by soldiers, so I could only live in a stable temporarily. Weather  It¡¯s so cold and there¡¯s only hay there to keep you warm.¡±

    After hearing his general experience over the past few days, the boatman was also a little angry: "These damn army fools! Provoking China and dragging the empire into war for those lazy bannermen is not counting them as treasures to support the Manchu and Mongolian forces.  It was a waste of food to feed them. Now I finally know how stupid it is!" The battle between land and sea is not something that is known in Japan.Even if it is a secret, Nagano, as an engineer of the South Manchuria Railway, has also heard of some cases where the two armies have not been in contact with each other for a long time.  For example, the navy uses all British standard equipment, but the army uses German calibers, resulting in weapons and ammunition that cannot be used interchangeably with each other.  But he didn't want to get involved in this kind of dispute and said with a smile: "Forget it. They also wanted to support a puppet government for the sake of the empire. Who would have thought that it would become like this."

    The boatman still had disdain on his face and turned back to the dormitory to get food.  Although material management is strict, the navy is much richer than the army. Food is stored in the military port, so he quickly brought a small bag of food.  Looking at the bulging baggage, Nagano Yuanpei looked excited. He bowed with gratitude before going to pick up the life-saving baggage. But when his fingers just touched the outer layer of his face, a beast-like sound suddenly came from his ear drum.  Shouts and gunshots!

    Gunshots!  Why are there gunshots?  Aren't the enemies still in Pulandian and Piziwo?

    The silence was shattered by dense gunfire. Thousands of soldiers rushed out of the direction of the camp and fired into the sky like vents. More soldiers began to rush towards the harbor. Even the navy could not stop this surging tide!  The soldiers rushed to the seaside, knelt down one after another and raised their hands in the air, shouting wildly: "The Emperor is on board! We must not lose one."

    "The loyal soul of the Japanese Empire will live forever!"

    "Kudanzaka! My home."

    The suddenly agitated soldiers dragged Lushun into a frenzy. Nagano Yuanpei, who was full of confusion, hugged the cloth bag tightly and turned around to see that a similar situation had occurred on the warships parked in the harbor. Before he could understand what was going on, he saw  A young army sergeant shouted several times and then suddenly raised his gun and pointed it at his head.

    Snapped!

    In the clear gunshot, the suicidal sergeant's head suddenly shattered like a watermelon smashed open by a hammer, and blood and brains were mixed together and spewed out and splashed all over the floor.  The sergeant's suicide seemed to have kicked off a suicide speed competition. Hundreds of soldiers shouted wildly, fired, fired grenades, or simply jumped into the sea from a cliff dozens of meters high!

    What's wrong?  What happened!

    The intense death scroll violently impacted Nagano Yuanpei¡¯s eyes. Chills suddenly spread from his back to his whole body, and soon he was unable to move.  The boatman behind him seemed to have thought of something, and quickly ran back to the nearest destroyer. After a moment, he came over with a slumped look on his face.  "The empire has been defeated! His Majesty the Emperor has issued an edict, ordered the withdrawal of all troops except Taiwan, and exchanged the concession to China."

    "What!"

    Even though he was not a military member, young Nagano Yuanpei was still shocked by the news!  How can it be?  How can it be!  How could the empire, known as the strongest military in Asia and even the world, admit defeat?  Also throw away all the land and interests outside Taiwan!  Nagano, who seemed to have lost his soul, walked towards the stables of the refugee camp where he stayed last night. Along the way, countless out-of-control soldiers smashed, smashed, looted and burned. Bags full of food were also snatched away. His body was knocked down by the tide of panic-stricken people.  After a few somersaults, when he returned to the stable, he saw the ugliest scene!

    I only saw a dozen soldiers who were rioting out of control and crowded into the stable. Familiar clothes were torn into strips and scattered everywhere. A soldier who had stripped off his lower body was howling like a wild beast. Two white legs had just emerged from the  He leaned out and was held down by the soldiers next to him, pinching him hard.  The high-pitched and frightened screams were intermittent in the corner, and their voices were completely lost in an instant.

    "Bastards! You bastards! Beasts!"

    Blood rushed to his head suddenly. Nagano never expected that the rioting soldiers would vent their resentment and anger on his own people after learning the news of the failure. He used all his strength to pick up the wooden stick next to him and rushed towards the soldiers, but before he could wait,  He got close to a gun butt and hit him hard in the face.  When he fell down with blood on his face, he finally saw his wife who was being ravaged and dying from the gap. At that moment, he realized that the army under the might of the emperor was so ugly and terrifying.

    "Blow this place up completely. We must not leave it to the Chinese! Even if I die, I will not leave here!" Shirakawa Yoshinori, who had escaped from Longkou by chance, showed a fierce look and directed the rebels to rush to the Golden Mountain Fort, pointing at a door.  The thick coastal heavy artillery tried to destroy it, and dozens of naval artillerymen came to stop it, but they were blocked by the sharp bayonets.

    "General, by doing this you will break the armistice treaty."

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? The bloodshot eyes of Shirakawa Yoshinori severely slapped away the ensign who came to block him, shouting hysterically: "Bullshit armistice treaty! His Majesty the Emperor has been deceived by the capitulationists. As an emperor, he should fight until the end."  Don't give up even once, instead of leaving these cannons to the enemy!" His words made the naval soldiers dare not move anymore. In fact, they did not want to leave these powerful heavy cannons to the enemy, so they all took a few steps back to let them go.  The Army took over the battery to destroy.

    Crazy army soldiers began to stuff the barrel and base of the gun**, trying to completely destroy the Lushun Fortress Group, many army soldiers also stormed the Navy Pier, clamoring to blow up and sink warships, block the Lushun Port channel, and completely block everyone's way home. Their mania caused the Navy to  dissatisfied, the two sides engaged in a small-scale fierce exchange of fire.

    It¡¯s chaos!  Total chaos!

    Lushun, Dalian and even the entire Jinzhou were in chaos. Army soldiers were everywhere with explosions and destruction.  After the soldiers filled out the bombs, Shirakawa Yoshinori immediately ordered the explosion.  Amidst the rumbling explosions, a mushroom cloud suddenly rose into the sky, but before the second cannon was detonated, several shells fell on the fort.  Rumbling sounds of artillery were also heard on the sea. The nervous soldiers turned around and saw four British, American, and Russian cruisers flying the Union Jack, Stars and Stripes, and Double-Headed Eagles respectively. All their guns were aimed at the fort. Behind them were  The Qingdao armored cruiser is equipped with the new Republic of China naval flag with a blue background and dragon claw flag (on a blue background, with the blood cloud dragon claw folded arrow in the upper right corner. Refer to the training in the Pacific, haha, the hippopotamus is too lazy to change it).

    "General Terauchi, I want to remind you! Your country has signed an armistice contract. According to the contract, all facilities must be completely handed over to China! If the destruction continues, it is a declaration of war!" In the Governor's Palace of Lushun, the three British, American and Russian officials responsible for supervising Japan's performance of the contract  The officials were furious. They did not want to watch Japan break the treaty and restart the war, causing the situation in the Far East to become chaotic again. Especially the Russian military officials who urgently needed to withdraw their troops pointed at Masaki Terauchi unceremoniously. They had a great opportunity to retaliate ten years ago.  The posture of taking revenge with one stone.

    Three countries, three countries again!  How is this different from the Three Kingdoms Return to Liao Dynasty?  Shame!  Even his defeated generals dared to come and point their noses at others.  Terauchi Masaki's eyes were full of reluctance, and his mouth was twitching wildly. He couldn't help but look at the British envoy from the corner of his eyes, but the same cold expression showed how much Europe cared about the armistice between the two countries at this moment. Although he had ten million reluctances in his heart, he could only struggle in the face of pressure.  He nodded and sent someone to issue an order to stop further destruction of the facility.

    Under the protection of the warships sent by Britain, the United States and Russia to supervise Japan's withdrawal, the Chinese navy once again returned to Lushun after 20 years!  On the deck, Chen Shaokuan, the navy representative who came to supervise the withdrawal, felt his scalp numb as he watched the Japanese soldiers jumping from the cliff. When they entered Lushun Port, the densely packed corpses of soldiers and ordinary people were even more shocking.  What kind of country is this?  !  There is nothing wrong with soldiers dying on the battlefield, but it is crazy that so many people are still buried after the country and government have made a decision!

    What¡¯s more, this is a land that doesn¡¯t belong to them in the first place!

    Thinking of this, he began to worry about whether he could successfully take back Taiwan in five years. He also understood why Commander-in-Chief Yang Qiu did not smile at all despite rumors that the contract was signed.

    When the Qingdao sailed into the bay and announced that Lushun was returning home, two Japanese merchant ships also untied their moorings and sailed out of the Yangtze River in despair, far away from the Wusongkou Pier in Shanghai.  On the deck, Kato Takaaki couldn't tell whether he was happy or in pain. Looking at the farther and farther coastline, he always felt panicked and uncomfortable.

    Similarly, after Chen Haohui burned the telegram in Japan, he pried open the floor and took out two long-collected Republican-style pistols and stuffed them into his clothes. He looked at Yoshiko Kawashima who was already asleep and took a deep breath.

    "After nearly three years of waiting, the light is finally coming"

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