() Once the guerrillas launch an attack, no matter it is day or night, sunny or rainy, there will always be various people firing at the U.S. military from the rainforest, leaf piles, ponds and even tree trunks.
, and due to the widespread rainforest and inconvenient transportation, the US military’s combat effectiveness in these areas is still
Less than half of the usual number, sometimes they even have to attack each other with cold weapons with the guerrillas who rush up close. The most terrifying thing is that most of these guerrillas have grenades and explosive packs hidden on their bodies. Once they are slashed or surrounded, they will pull
He took the explosives on his body and pulled several American troops around him to go see God together.
After a few days of this kind of fighting, the US military will be exhausted, and what awaits them is a situation where they are blocked in front and intercepted in the back, unable to move and unable to fight. In the end, most of the US military will be dragged to death.
In the rainforest and swamp area between the two occupied cities, the soldiers or officers who survived were so mentally stimulated that they could no longer stay and fight there, so they had to be sent back in batches by ship.
domestic.
After experiencing several such large-scale casualties, the U.S. military in the Philippines no longer dared to go out of the city to clear out the enemy. They only firmly defended a few cities and confronted the guerrillas who lacked siege weapons.
Faced with this situation, not only the governor-general in the Philippines was helpless, but also the ministers and generals in the United States could not think of any good solutions. Because the Philippines is too far away from the United States, and the local climate is hot and rainy, transportation is extremely inconvenient.
, even if more U.S. troops were sent to the island, they would not be able to obtain effective supplies. They were able to successfully land on the islands and occupy most of the areas, all relying on the bullying at that time.
They lied to the Filipinos and said that they were helping them drive away the Spaniards, so they gained the support of the locals. But even so, after driving away the Spanish, the United States still fought with the Filipinos for several years before it finally gained a foothold. Now.
With things like this happening, the locals will definitely not be deceived again. These generals don't even have the confidence to want to fight jungle warfare so far away from home with the guerrillas who have been fighting for nearly ten years.
President Taft, who was not very fond of foreign military use in the first place, became even more disgusted with this endless war after listening to the introductions of these ministers and generals. According to his thinking, bullets are far from equal to the power of the US dollar.
Instead of fighting those people to the death, not only would precious American lives be lost,
, it is not cost-effective to have to spend a lot of money on military expenses. However, as a war initiated by the former president, he cannot completely deny it. Regardless of whether it is a negotiation or not, necessary force deterrence is still necessary, so even if it is the last
With both sides sitting at the negotiating table, the benefits that the United States can gain will be greater.
Just when Liu Fu was secretly fighting with the Americans through the du li uprising on the Philippine Islands, the Qing Dynasty, which had always been Taiwan's largest neighbor but had been ignored by Liu Fu, suddenly experienced great changes.
In mid-October 1911, the Ministry of Internal Affairs suddenly reported something that surprised Liu Fu but was within his expectations. That is, a coup had taken place in the Qing army in Wuchang, Hubei Province, and they occupied Wuchang City and declared the establishment of the Republic of China.
Fu, also elected a former Beiyang general named Li Yuanhong to serve as the governor of Hubei, and sent a message of power to the outside world.
"Wuchang Uprising!!! I also gave my elementary school history to the teacher." Liu Fu said to himself helplessly while holding this report.
"Tell your people, keep an eye on what's happening on the other side during these times, and report everything to me as soon as possible." Liu Fu thought about it for a while and said to Xu Zengliang, the Minister of Internal Affairs next to him.
"Yes, will our iron mines in Hainan Island be affected? Should we send more troops to protect them?" Xu Zengliang said in a low voice.
"Hainan Island... This is quite troublesome. Don't send troops for the time being. You'd better have people keep an eye on it and see if it can be solved with money. Don't use force. This is very troublesome..."
Liu Fu thought for a few minutes and made a decision.
"Yes...I'll make arrangements right away..." Xu Zengliang agreed as he walked out of the President's Office and walked towards his own office.
In fact, in Xu Zengliang's view, Hainan Island, Taiwan's largest metal mineral supplier, should have sent troops to seize it long ago. He understood part of Liu Fu's current thoughts, which was to find a development direction for Taiwan, but he did not understand Liu Fu's
Another part of my mind is that it's obviously in the north
There are countless territories on the mainland that can be occupied. According to Taiwan's current military strength, I dare not say that it is more than enough to occupy the seaside provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian. There are countless minerals and fertile land that can be utilized, and there are also
The thing Taiwan lacks most is population.
Since Taiwan has a large number of immigrants from Guangdong and Fujian, Xu Zengliang felt that it was very natural to lead his troops back and occupy these provinces. Taiwan was not even afraid of joint attacks from Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and Japan, and could not defeat them.
Qing Dynasty soldiers?
This is not the first time that this issue has been raised in Taiwan's government. Some people have long suggested that the mainland should be the direction of development, but Liu Fu vetoed it. Moreover, after raising this issue several times, Liu Fu seemed very dissatisfied.
I was impatient, and the tone of my replies became more and more blunt. Slowly, no one was willing to poke this hornet's nest anymore.
"The Wuchang Uprising...then the Qing court abdicated, and then the Northern Expedition? The establishment of the Republic of China? Yuan Shikai became the emperor?" After Xu Zengliang left, Liu Fu sat alone in the office, arranging over and over the modern Chinese history that he could think of.
Although he knew about some major events in history, he only knew who was next to whom and the exact date of occurrence. He was not sure.
On November 1, 1911, intelligence from the Ministry of Internal Affairs confirmed that Liu Fu had not forgotten all his elementary school history knowledge. The Qing court announced the dissolution of the royal cabinet and appointed Yuan Shikai as prime minister and cabinet minister. With the announcement of this news,
The whole mainland of China suddenly broke out into a frenzy of declaring du li.
On November 3, Shanghai announced its recovery, and Chen Qimei was appointed governor of Shanghai;
On November 4th, Guizhou and Zhejiang provinces announced du li;
On November 5th, Jiangsu announced du li;
November 7th, Guangxi du li;
November 8th, Anhui duli;
November 9th, Guangdong du li;
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Liu Fu was in Taiwan, watching the old empire across the strait collapse. However, countless young shoots stubbornly emerged from the ruins and were growing desperately in order to absorb more nutrients from the corpse of the empire that had just collapsed.
, make yourself taller, stronger and bigger.
However, Liu Fu knew that after the initial growth, these young shoots would begin to attack and kill each other, just to grab more nutrients, occupy a wider sky, and absorb more sunlight. In fact, Liu Fu
Fu sometimes feels that although human beings are advertised as
High-level intelligent creatures can still find traces of the instinctive behavior of lower creatures in many things. For this discovery, Liu Fu admired Darwin very much, a naturalist. His theory of evolution can not only be viewed as natural knowledge,
It can also be understood as philosophy.
At the end of December, when the vigorous revolution was in full swing, Sun Yat-sen returned to China and was elected as the interim president by representatives of 17 provinces.
Liu Fu had no opinion of his own about Sun Yat-sen, the founding father of later generations. In later generations, some people worshiped him, while others slandered him, with different opinions. Regarding these things, Liu Fu did not study who was right.
How many people in future generations will truly understand?
However, Liu Fu very much agrees with the view that the Revolution of 1911 was not successful. It was ultimately a failed revolution because it fell far short of the expected results. As for Sun Yat-sen himself, Liu Fu could not evaluate it, but Liu Fu felt that he could
Being 17
The person who was unanimously elected as the interim president by the provincial representatives, no matter how incompetent he is, is not comparable to ordinary people. In any case, he has his own certain abilities. Even if he is a liar and can deceive most of the people in China, he will not be able to compare.
He is a capable liar.
Regardless of whether the Revolution of 1911 was right or wrong, or whether Sun Yat-sen was good or bad, Liu Fu was not very interested. He also had no interest in analyzing the history of these events and the quality of his character based on the facts at the time.
A country and government that has been recognized by the world
Fu, Liu Fu doesn't intend to get involved in this matter. It's not that he doesn't love his motherland. Moreover, Liu Fu feels that he is incapable and unsure of making the motherland better during this period. Instead of using his second-hand sword,
It is better to do other things that are beneficial to the motherland if you use your ability to govern and your innate political wisdom to trouble the motherland.
