Send away the yearning Yuan Shikai and let him go and harm the so-called Empress Mingcheng who is touted by the sticks. Let this old lady, whose actual status in the history of the sticks is no less than that of Concubine Yi, continue her tragic ending of being killed by the Japanese Juan.
Yang Feng began to turn his attention to his construction aspects.
In fact, this was first proposed by Xue Fucheng. As the governor of Taiwan, he naturally wanted to make some contributions to his jurisdiction.
"Why don't you build a factory in Taiwan?" Xue Fucheng asked.
"Build, we will build whatever you want. But from now on, we must first build an arsenal, so that we don't have to transport arms all the way from Europe. Second, we must build a cement factory. Are we building it now?"
This thing won't work. In addition, we need to build a railway connecting the north and south of Taiwan.
Oops, speaking of which, this place is still too small to be able to use it! I wonder how much it would cost for our court to buy a governor?" Yang Feng suddenly asked.
"How can this governor be bought?" Xue Fucheng said angrily.
"That's not necessarily true, right? Don't you think I have a purchased title of governor now?" Yang Feng said disdainfully.
"The governor of our court governs several provinces. Can he be the same as the governor of your small fishing village? But I have never understood why you spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to buy that place?" Xue Fucheng said curiously.
Yang Feng chuckled and thought, can I tell you that there is inexhaustible oil under that piece of sand?
"You think I can't do this. I have neither fame nor connections, and no one in the court knows who I am. But things will be different when you get older. You can just hang out in Taiwan for a year and then start to make some connections next year. I
I will pay you to buy the position of governor of Fujian and Zhejiang." He did not answer Xue Fucheng's question, but continued the topic of buying an official.
Xue Fucheng was noncommittal, but he also knew very well that nowadays, the officials in the imperial court basically have clearly marked prices. Although buying a governor sounds appalling, it is actually not a big deal. A second-grade official like him spends dozens of dollars.
With 10,000 taels of silver, some activities in the military aircraft department, and some more for the eunuchs of the inner court like Li Lianying, it would be easy for a governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. Since Yang Feng is willing to do this, he will naturally not refuse.
The two did not continue to discuss this issue, but went on to study factories. First of all, cement plants can be invested by Yang Feng, and arsenals must be included in government operations. In fact, there was a small arms industry in Taiwan during Liu Mingchuan's time, but Shao Youlian
Times have been wasted again, and now the original factory has been reopened, from being purely government-run to a joint-run between government and business, that is, a joint venture between the Taiwan Provincial Government and Bofors. Of course, the Taiwan Provincial Government does not need to pay any money.
Bofors was responsible for the investment, while the Taiwan provincial government received 40% of the shares in exchange for the land used and permanent tax exemption.
Then there is the railway. Liu Mingchuan built the railway from Taipei to Keelung, so there is a Taiwan-wide railway bureau in Taiwan. There is indeed a railway running through the north and south of Taiwan in the plan, but he put it aside after he left. Now it is just restarting operations.
Originally, Liu Mingchuan firmly disagreed with foreigners building the railway, but now this issue no longer needs to be considered. The railway will be built by the British JY Company. Of course, many privileges for foreign companies to build railways are naturally indispensable. For example, it is 30 miles along the line.
mining rights.
In fact, Yang Feng doesn't care much about this benefit. Taiwan doesn't have many resources. It's just camphor, sulfur, and maybe some gold mines. The biggest one is the Keelung Coal Mine. Boss Yang doesn't like this kind of thing at all.
However, this kind of rule cannot be broken. Now the great powers are doing this when building railways in China, and they cannot break the rule when they come to China.
These things have caused some shock in Taiwan, but this is what Xue Fucheng needs to solve, and it has nothing to do with Yang Feng. Anyway, no Han gentry dares to oppose him. Even the local powerful now know that Boss Yang is not
It's easy to mess with. As for the natives, they have to talk with cannons. The thousand people he left in Taipei for Xue Fucheng were given to old Xue Qian as an envoy. The remaining main armed forces in Taiwan are Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army and Lin Chaodong.
Dongjun, these are Xue Fucheng's supporters. As long as they don't interfere, the thousand mercenaries are enough to sweep across Taiwan, and it's useless for them to oppose it. Under Yang Feng's strong military pressure and economic pressure, coupled with Xue Fucheng's
Under Fucheng's political pressure, opponents had no choice but to die.
While he was engaged in construction in Taiwan, Nozu Michizuki of Tianan finally launched his third attack on the Qing army after a long rest, mainly to appease the frightened minds of the Japanese soldiers.
And this time it wasn't just in the direction of Tian'an, even Cheng Huan's Oshima Yimasa had to bite the bullet and fight his way out.
There haven't been any battles between the two sides these days. This is mainly because Zhang Gaoyuan, Nie Shicheng and others were also frightened. The difference was that Nozu Michonuki was frightened by the casualty rate, while they were frightened by the bullet consumption of their soldiers.
. According to the analysis of the battle situation during this period, they found that their soldiers actually had to consume an average of 4,000 rounds of ammunition to kill a Japanese soldier. This is simply unbelievable. Nie Shicheng's troops, who have experienced many battles, are doing better now.
It dropped to less than 2,000 rounds. The Xu Bang Dao Department, which had just entered the battlefield, even reached a record of 8,000 rounds. In such a situation, it was definitely impossible to launch an attack. Taking into account the courage problem of the soldiers, even the logistics could not bear it.
The total of the four generals must not consider taking the initiative to attack until the exchange ratio between bullet consumption and battle results drops below one thousand.
However, although there was no fighting, the Japanese army still suffered a large number of attrition. It was very simple, deserters! There was a serious situation of soldiers fleeing. Although the Fifth Division came from Hiroshima, which is famous for its tenacity, there were still a large number of soldiers who could not bear this cruel and cruel situation.
The bloody or desperate battle chose to be a deserter. From the beginning of the war to now, the entire division has fled more than 300 people, and the Guangda Island Yichang Division has fled almost 200. There is no breakthrough in this situation.
In order to win the victory, Nozu Michikan doubted that everyone would escape without fighting, so he decided to concentrate all his efforts and risk his life to fill up the Qing army's defense line.
"His Majesty the Emperor's loyal and brave warriors, I know we have suffered defeat before, but why? Is it because you are not brave enough or your marksmanship is not accurate enough? Neither. You are the best soldiers, and even those devils cannot compare with you.
, but you still failed. The reason is very simple. Your weapons are not as advanced as the enemy's. Your bullets are not as many as the enemy's. Your cannons are not even as good as the enemy's. In short, you are too poor, and the Japanese Empire is too poor.
Why are we poor?
Because we are on a small island with nothing.
We have nothing, so we have to be bullied. If we don't open up new territories, our children and grandchildren will have nothing, and we will always struggle in poverty from generation to generation.
For them and for our descendants, we must use our blood and our lives to win a future for them where they will no longer be bullied.
Defeat the enemies in front of you, and a rich land beyond your imagination will open to you.
There is gold everywhere, there are women everywhere, there is endless food, and there is endless wealth.
Warriors, attack for our future!" At the pre-war swearing-in ceremony, Lieutenant General Nozu Michizuki brandished his saber and roared hysterically. The remaining 12,000 soldiers of the Fifth Division were filled with a sense of sadness and indignation.
, holding a single-shot Murata Type 18 rifle with a bayonet, launched an attack on the Qing army from three sides.
Nozu Michonuki's deployment was still the same as before. Cheng Huan and Tian'an were restrained to the south, and the main force of the concentrated division, about 6,000 men, attacked Zhang Gaoyuan's department from the front. In fact, he had no other choice. Tian'an was stuck at a crossroads, heading east.
Yashan, facing north, is surrounded by mountains on three sides and the sea at this time. It is not modern at this time. Roads extend in all directions. If you want to take a detour, it is just like playing. At this time, there are only a few roads you can take to live and die. The rest are basically barren mountains and wilderness.
Ridge, dense forest and swamp, there is no other way to play except this.
In front of them, the three thousand Qing troops led by Zhang Gaoyuan were also ready for everything. Although the numerical gap between the two sides was relatively large, he was not worried at all. The reason was simple. The secret weapon Burton said had been deployed. In
In terms of small money, Li Ergui is very generous. The cheap barbed wire used by pioneers in the western United States can't be bought as much as they can. Now the three lines of defense are densely lined with barbed wire full of barbed wire. Not only Tianan
The front line was set up, and even the two fortresses of Lushunkou and Weihaiwei were set up. What was even more shameless was that AC power was connected to the barbed wire fences of these fortresses according to Burton's suggestion.
Bofors & Co. now also sells generators produced by General Electric, and these generators use small steam turbines from Young Power Systems.
Of course, even Yang Feng himself is not sure whether the Japanese can still enjoy such high-end goods.
Six thousand brave Japanese soldiers stepped into the bloody hell without hesitation. There were only less than thirty artillery pieces to provide cover for them, and due to logistical problems, there was a serious shortage of ammunition.
Their opponents now have more than a hundred mortars alone, and the total number of artillery pieces exceeds two hundred. On their positions, the number of artillery shells alone exceeds 50,000. At the Asan base in the rear, there are still
There are nearly 200,000 rounds of artillery shells, 3 million rounds of ammunition, and 50,000 grenades in reserve. Of course, a small amount of them are already domestically produced. Ye Zhichao is not good at fighting, but he is still good at logistics and manages the rear base well.