Yuhiro Ito is right, the Italian army does not have enough winter clothing. But if you think about it, you will know who would stock up on winter clothing in a tropical city. In a humid and hot environment, thick winter clothing will grow moldy after being stored for a long time.
Therefore, the busiest people at this time were not the Guards officers and soldiers preparing for the expedition, but the colonial officials who were raising supplies for them.
"Don't be too busy preparing the livestock. The Qing Congress will prepare them."
"Send a telegram to Shanghai to tell us when the cotton and furs we need will be delivered."
"Don't tell me it's difficult. I don't care how much cotton Shanghai is short of. Tell Zhang Shusheng that if he can't raise it within three days, then he won't be able to get our material purchase orders in the future."
The person who is constantly issuing orders is Chen Yonghe, deputy director of the Pontianak Materials Department, one of many mid-level officials in the Lanfang colonial government, and one of the few Chinese mid-level officials.
As the Chen family of the original Lan Fang Kingdom, they were also very powerful. However, the world has changed now. I didn't see that even the Liu family hugged the Italians' thighs. How could the Chen family not be interested?
Therefore, as the future head of the Chen family, Chen Yonghe naturally needs to do things for the Italian government. Of course, not only do things, but he also needs to do things beautifully, otherwise how can he show his loyalty.
No, this time to prepare for the army's expedition, the Chen family used all their strength. They used all the connections they could, trying to earn a dazzling performance.
In fact, not only the Chen family, but also the major original families in Lanfang, as well as the families who immigrated from Southeast Asia, are basically trying to take advantage of this opportunity to show their abilities to Italy. They are trying to gain greater rights from the rights allocated to the Chinese.
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Don't say that these people don't love their motherland. These people have basically reproduced in Southeast Asia for several generations and are already closely connected with the local area. Although they still have some nostalgia for their homeland, it is mainly because the colonists harvested them as wealth, and people have no safety.
Feeling this, naturally we looked to the Qing Dynasty to come forward.
However, it is a pity that the skin of the Qing Dynasty is not useful in Southeast Asia, and the court does not care about these abandoned people, but thinks that they have become a generation without a king and a father after leaving the jurisdiction of the court.
This is also why Dr. Sun in the future is so popular in Nanyang. Although he makes random wishes, it gives them hope to some extent.
But now that Italy has put aside its prejudices and treats them as nationals, they are naturally grateful and want to express their own ideas.
This is one of the reasons why local Chinese officials were more active than other colonial officials.
In a sense, Italy is poaching Dr. Sun.
But in any case, the efforts of Chinese officials have shortened Italy's preparation time. According to the estimate of Lieutenant General Alvaro, commander of the dispatched force (who is also the commander of the task force), Italian reinforcements will be available in another half month.
You can go north.
When Italy was busy preparing for departure, a large number of ships gathered in Lushun Port on the Liaodong Peninsula.
At the same time, a large number of Japanese soldiers were boarding the ship one after another under the command of officers.
The commander of the First Army, Shan Peng Youxian, looked at the soldiers who were boarding the ship with a sad look on his face, and said to Lieutenant General Shan Ji Youxin, the commander of the First Division behind him. "We wasted two days in Lushun.
Days of time were wasted like this. If I had known that it would take more time due to lack of manpower, I shouldn't have done that."
As a subordinate, Lieutenant General Shandi Youxin, of course he knew what Shanpeng Youxian was talking about. He also knew how important their mission was this time. They were only given twenty days to capture Weihaiwei, and they wasted two in Lushun.
Oh my god, in terms of military science, it’s called delaying a fighter plane.
"Your Majesty General, there is nothing we can do about this. The soldiers have been fighting for a long time and have a lot of grievances. If they are not allowed to vent, there will be problems. It is all the fault of those diplomats. Didn't they say they had obtained the support of all countries before starting the war? Why?
The sudden appearance of Italians caught us completely off guard."
What Shandi Youxin said was the Port Arthur Massacre that was covered up or ignored by the great powers in this era. Before the war, Port Arthur had a population of more than 20,000 Chinese, but now there are only 36 people left. These 36 people are still because they are needed
They buried the crimes committed by the Japanese army, so they survive until now.
Of course, the crimes of the Japanese army are not unrecorded. According to the British Allen's record in "Under the Rolling Dragon Flag": "The Japanese soldiers chased the fleeing people and used guns and bayonets to deal with everyone; they even brutally attacked those who fell.
Thorn. Walking on the street, you can step on dead bodies everywhere."
There are also records from the United States. "New York World" reporter Kliman described: "I saw a man kneeling in front of the soldier, kowtowing and begging for life. The soldier stabbed his head into the ground with a rifle butt knife in one hand, and cut off his head with a sword in the other hand.
.There is a person shrinking in the corner
On the head, a team of Japanese soldiers fired bullets and shot his body to pieces. An old man was kneeling in the street, and the Japanese soldiers chopped him into two pieces. A refugee was on the roof and was also shot to death. One man fell from the roof into the middle of the street, and the soldiers killed him.
The gun butt was stabbed with a knife more than ten times."
However, these records were suppressed by the United Kingdom and the United States, which supported Japan behind them. In Japan, any word about this massacre was not allowed to be published in newspapers.
The wronged souls of more than 20,000 people were covered up in this way.
The regrets of the two Japanese commanders now are mostly due to fear of delaying the fighter plane. How ridiculous this is.
As for Lieutenant General Yamachi Arishin’s last sentence complaining about the Foreign Minister, it is actually very common among the army and navy.
At this time, Japan did not eliminate its fear of the great powers after winning the Russo-Japanese War.
Today's Japan, like the Qing Dynasty, suffers from the phobia of great powers. It is common to see the bones of great powers being weak.
Don't look at the later Japanese general Mosaha's resistance to the British attack, which is almost exaggerated. But this is just a small fleet of seven ships of the British army without infantry. Compared with the scale of the British army in the Opium War,
It's not even a small scene.
It is precisely because of this that Japan has such a great fear of Italy joining the war.
This is an army of tens of thousands, and Italy has made great achievements in Europe. How can Japan, which originally only wanted to fight monsters and practice leveling without provoking the boss, not be afraid?
But there is nothing we can do now. The big-legged British man is unwilling to let go, so he has no choice but to take the blame himself.
"Fortunately, there were fewer Qing troops near Weihaiwei, otherwise this battle would have been difficult to fight."
"This shows that our country has done a very good job in intelligence work on the Qing Dynasty over the years and can gain insight into the Qing Dynasty's actions. However, the next battle will require more help from the intelligence department."
Just as the two men were chatting enthusiastically, a messenger rushed over.
"Report, Commander of the Combined Fleet, Lieutenant General Ito Yuhiro, has arrived."
Upon hearing the arrival of Ito Yuhiro, Yamatomo Yuken immediately said, "Let's go and greet the commander of our combined fleet. Whether we can capture Weihaiwei next will require the full support of the navy."
"Okay, then I will accompany the general to meet the maker of the plan."
