Liu Kun's attack on Haicheng stunned the foreigners who came to watch the war. This was not a war, it was just washing the ground with artillery shells. More than 500 cannons kept pouring artillery shells towards the Japanese defense line. On the other side, except
Nothing could be seen through the smoke and firelight.
Liu Kunyi was helpless at this point. His soldiers had long been frightened by the Japanese machine guns. If he didn't plow through the entire Japanese defense line, it would probably be a waste of energy in the end. Anyway, he didn't lack artillery shells. He was not far away.
On the Niuzhuang Pier, merchant ships coming from the south are sending boatloads of artillery shells in a steady stream. In this case, let's just use cannons as weapons and smash hundreds of thousands of artillery shells over. If the Japanese army on the other side still resists
His ability is simply incredible.
But even so, he failed to capture Haicheng before Shanxian Youpeng withdrew and blocked the only way to retreat. The Japanese warriors left 5,000 people to continue to block the attack, and then the remaining 20,000 main forces withdrew without hesitation.
Ximu City, and then ran towards Xiuyan on the rugged mountain road.
However, their retreat was not smooth. The mountains along the way were full of small-scale militia groups that ambushed them. Now their bad deeds of blowing up the graves of Boarskin and his son have spread, and these guys are massacred in the Northeast on a large scale.
People have aroused great hatred. After all, the Manchus in Liaodong are somewhat different from the garbage in Beijing. They have not been corrupted to the point where they have no other ability except smoking big cigarettes and waiting to die.
These Manchu hunters, who still retained some of the wild nature of their ancestors, were full of hatred and kept attacking the Japanese troops in the mountains and forests with guns and even bows and arrows. Their bravery shocked the mountain county. Although this small-scale attack could not stop them, their numbers
It's still very annoying if there are more. He had to burn and kill all the way and escape. After this war, Liaodong was severely harmed by the Japanese. Basically, there were dead bodies and ruins everywhere.
As for the remaining Japanese troops, in order to ensure that they could safely withdraw across the Yalu River, a friend from Shan County gave them the task of holding on as long as they could. As a result, the Japanese troops held on for two days before they were reduced to rubble by Liu Kun. In the end, there were more than 500 remnants left.
After withdrawing from Haicheng, of course, all five hundred people finally disappeared among the high mountains of Xiuyan.
After taking Haicheng, Liu Kunyi immediately went to Xiuyan, but at this time Shanxian had already withdrawn to Andong. At the same time, the Japanese troops who were in a stalemate with Yiketang'a at Motianling also withdrew to Fengcheng. Yiketang'a was unable to pursue them and could only
Seeing them all retreat, although he blocked the Japanese army here and killed thousands of Japanese soldiers so far, his losses also exceeded 2,000.
However, the main force of the Japanese army commanded by Shan County suffered heavy losses when they arrived at Dagushan and rushed along the coast towards Anton. Because the Beiyang Navy arrived at this time, and Li Erjiap, in order to show his kindness to Cixi,
The entire fleet was transferred back to assist in the battle. It was originally intended to land at Dagushan with 5,000 Huai troops to stop the Japanese army, but it arrived too late.
It was impossible to land, but it was very easy to bombard them with naval guns. Eight battleships lined up in a row, and dozens of large-caliber heavy guns regarded the retreating Japanese troops as targets. When Shanxian Youpeng finally fled to Anton in shock
, this burst of shelling alone caused him to lose almost a regiment. Of course, at this time, he could no longer care about the memory. After meeting with the Japanese troops who had withdrawn from Fengcheng, he quickly escaped back to North Korea through the pontoon bridge that was originally erected, and then blew up the pontoon bridge.
Deploy defenses along the river.
At this time, the most terrifying news for the Japanese finally came. The Russian army landed, but not on Hokkaido, but directly on Honshu. Under the escort of more than a dozen warships transferred from Europe, 40,000 troops
The Russian troops landed in Hirosaki and Akita respectively. Although they were desperately blocked by the Japanese Eighth Division, it was obvious that they could not hold out for long.
This division can't even have one rifle per man, so what can it do to fight an enemy that is almost three times its size? What's more, the opponent has fleet support. The Russian army on the southern route quickly occupied Akita. Here, Mao Xiong's
This barbaric nature was fully demonstrated, and they committed all kinds of crimes including burning, killing, looting, and even Nodai who resisted the most resolutely. The entire city was slaughtered by them.
Although the northern line was blocked at Hirosaki Castle, this did not mean much, because it was said that the second batch of Russian troops had also boarded the ship in Vladivostok. Nicholas had prepared a full 200,000 troops for this expedition. Obviously, he
The ambition is far from being as simple as cutting off territory.
"What do our Russian friends want to do?" Yang Feng sat in the Japanese Imperial Palace, imitating Jiang Taigong with a fishing rod, and worriedly said to Waldzer. Of course this guy knows what Nikolai wants to do. He is probably
I feel that the scar on my face should be worth the whole of Japan, at least most of Japan. Hokkaido is obviously not worth it.
"Yang, I think we should consider new negotiation conditions now." Waldzer said with the same solemn expression. William also disliked the Russian ambitions. You must know that Germany and Russia are not allies. In fact, with the end of the reinsurance treaty
With the signing of the Alliance Treaty between France and Russia, the two countries should be said to be potential enemies, so the large-scale expansion of the Russians in the Far East is not in the interests of the Germans.
You must know that the British really don't leave much to others, and the Germans can't even take it all. If an extremely greedy polar bear is added to the mix, the competition will be cruel. After all, Germany has no advantage here, even
There are no bases, but the Russians have Vladivostok.
"This is indeed the case. The Russians are too ambitious. This is not good news for all of us. Now is the time to curb them." Yang Feng said with the same feeling. He now wished that Nikolai
In a shopping spree with the Emperor in Japan, it would be best if both sides die in the millions. That way everyone will be happy, especially China, who will no longer have to consider the threat from the north in a short time.
What Yang Feng is most worried about now is this issue. Japan's defeat is a foregone conclusion. Then the protagonists of the next struggle in North Korea will definitely be China and Russia. To be honest, with his current ability, it is indeed easy to kill Japan, but if he wants to
Killing Russia is really beyond our capabilities. Japan's lifeline lies at sea. Solving the combined fleet is equivalent to solving Japan. But the Russians are different. There are tens and hundreds of thousands of Russian troops going south. At that time, even he has to be blinded, so this guy
Only then did he try every possible means to draw the attention of the Russians to Japan.
Now that we have succeeded, we must lock them here firmly. No matter who is the winner in the end, it will be the Chinese who benefit.
"What do you think? I'll help you contact the British. Anyway, they don't want to see the Russians go south. On the contrary, they can accept your country getting some space in the Far East. The British now occupy half of Kyushu.
Island, it is better to let them put pressure on Japan, Yingde takes half of Kyushu Island, and then gives the southern islands to Ryukyu, in exchange we can help them resist the Russian invasion." Yang Feng said.
"Okay." Waldzer said with a smile.
The two shameless men sold their allies in this way, but they can no longer be considered allies because those Russian cruisers have withdrawn from the coalition forces and gone to the north to join the war.
After confirming this, Yang Feng jumped to Tianjin as quickly as possible, but this guy did not dare to go ashore. Now he has offended too many people. If he is captured by Lafayette after landing, he will be in trouble. Now he is not leading an army.
When they landed, the guy directly sent a telegram to invite the British Minister to China, Ogner, and the German Minister to the Nautilus.
"Both of you must know the news about the Russian landing in Aomori, right? To put it simply, I think our punishment of Japan has achieved its purpose now. There is no point in continuing this war. In fact, Val and I started a month ago.
Count Deze has already decided to agree to the Japanese conditions, but because of the Russians' refusal, we cannot agree unilaterally. After all, unity as a coalition is the most important thing, but judging from the current situation, it is obvious that the Russians are another
There is a picture, so we have to think about it.
I think that the Russians control Japan, which everyone doesn’t like to see, and I don’t like it either, so we must withdraw from the war while ensuring our interests. My proposal is very simple. Britain and Germany should divide Kyushu Island equally, one family
Lease half, Britain leases the western half, Germany leases the eastern half, and cedes the islands south of Tanegashima to Ryukyu. As for the compensation of 20 million, let’s say 20 million. In fact, this country doesn’t have much money to take.
If they continue to be forced, they will have no choice but to dig up the tombs of past emperors to collect money." Yang Feng said somewhat helplessly, he really regretted this, because it was said that there were a lot of good things in the hundreds of emperors' tombs.
At this time, this guy suddenly had a very shameless idea. He couldn't dig it out, but he could let it out. The Russians would definitely not let them go, otherwise it would be difficult for Nikolai to have a lasting interest in Japan.
After all, this country needs resources but not resources, and it needs land but not land. Presumably, he would not like geishas who are painted like ghosts. It would not be fun if one day they resolutely give up their ambition to conquer this land due to Japanese resistance.
The two Ogners naturally agreed with his suggestion. Now the British are worried about how to ensure Japan's sovereignty. These guys seem to have a special fondness for Japan, but sending troops to help Japan under this situation is a bit too risky.
That would offend all countries. You must know that Tokyo Bay is no longer the Eight-Nation Alliance. With the participation of Italy, Austria, France, and even Spain and the Netherlands, it is now the Thirteen-Nation Alliance.
The original target of the Germans was only Kagoshima, and half of Kyushu could be said to be very satisfied. As for reparations, William really didn't have much interest in this thing. (To be continued...)