Liu Wei thought for a while and then asked: "Are there any conditions for the surrender of Osaka City?"
The envoy lowered his head and replied: "Sir General, all the businessmen and officials of Hankai Prefecture have reached an agreement and hope that your army can ensure the safety of life and property of all residents of Hankdai Prefecture."
Liu Wei thought for a while and saw that this didn't seem like he was planning to surrender, so he decided to test the envoy first: "I can assure you that the lives and property of the residents in the city are safe, and I will never do anything wrong. However, my
The army will take over the city defense of Osaka Prefecture, and may recruit some strong men to help my soldiers handle some chores. Can you agree to such a condition?"
When the envoy came back, he received an explanation from Kawaguchi Changru that as long as the lives and property of the merchants in the city could be guaranteed, any other conditions could be agreed.
"General, there is no problem at all. When we came here, everyone already explained that we will fully cooperate with the general from now on."
After Liu Wei heard this, his mind started spinning again. Although the other party said this, he could not take it lightly.
"In that case, you should go back first. I can assure you that my troops entering Bandai Castle will never endanger the lives and property of the residents in the city."
After hearing Liu Wei's assurance, the envoy breathed a sigh of relief, then respectfully knelt back a few steps before he dared to stand up and exited the restaurant under the leadership of the soldiers.
As soon as the envoy left, the officers beside Liu Wei started to quarrel.
"It can't be that easy, right? Aren't they very capable of fighting? Why don't these people seem so difficult to deal with during this time?"
"They just bully the weak and fear the strong. Now they are afraid of being beaten by our commander, so they are all honest."
"Why are you talking about this now? Send troops to Osaka Castle as soon as possible. If these people react and start to regret it, won't our work be in vain?"
Liu Wei was eating at the top while listening to the discussion of the officers below. These people probably had similar views to his own, thinking that the Osaka Prefecture really wanted to surrender this time.
After lunch, Liu Wei immediately ordered the Marine Corps to dispatch 1,000 people to first occupy the pier of Hankou Prefecture, then advance to the city center and take over all government agencies and banks.
Other Marines serve as reserves and are ready to provide reinforcements at any time.
At the same time, just in case, Liu Wei ordered the fleet to approach Osaka Castle, and all the cannons were aimed at the city. If there was anything wrong, the bombardment would start immediately.
After making these arrangements, 1,000 marines boarded the dock of Osaka Daifu.
What greeted them here was not a hail of bullets, but a group of dignitaries and thousands of women in the city.
At this time, the Marines were a little overwhelmed. Finally, Wang Tong, the leader of the 1st Marine Regiment, pushed aside his own soldiers and walked to the front.
"What do you do?"
The person who greeted the Marines on the pier was Kawaguchi Nagatoshi, the leader of the Hankuk University Chamber of Commerce. When he saw the commander on the other side coming to inquire, he immediately jogged up to him, bowed deeply, and then said in less than standard Chinese:
"I am the leader of the Hankou Chamber of Commerce. I am here to greet you on behalf of all the residents of Hankook City."
"What about the main officials in the city? Why don't they come?"
As soon as Kawaguchi Changru heard the other party's question, he didn't know the other party's suspicion at this time, so he quickly explained: "Sir, some officials in the city are ignorant of current affairs and want to resist the heavenly army. They have been detained by us and are ready to be handed over at any time.
Your Majesty handles it."
After hearing this, Wang Tong was still a little hesitant, but now that he was here, there was no need to hesitate any longer, and besides, their force was originally testing.
"Since you surrender sincerely, then take me into the city now and take over the city defense and government departments."
Kawaguchi Nagaru was now ready to risk his life. He fully agreed to the chief's request and immediately led his people to lead the way. Soon they entered the city center and took over the city government.
Then, Kawaguchi Nagaru ordered his servants at home to lead Marine Corps soldiers to take over the bank in the city.
Now Wang Tong completely believed in this business leader and truly surrendered sincerely.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to hand over Osaka Castle to himself so completely. If he feigned surrender, the price would be too high.
After confirming that the other party was sincerely surrendering, Wang Tong conveyed the news to Fleet Commander Liu Wei.
After Liu Wei received the news from Wang Tong, he immediately ordered the remaining 2,000 land troops to go ashore to cooperate with Wang Tong and occupy important military bases near Osaka University to guard against the enemy's troops in the direction of the old capital.
To harass.
This time the takeover of the city was very smooth. Due to the cooperation of many businessmen, there were no riots in the city.
After Liu Wei completely controlled the urban area, he already found that he had relatively few military forces in the city. If he sent people to attack from the direction of the old capital, it would be difficult to defend.
So Liu Wei used the wireless telegraph on the battleship Entei to send a message to the battleship Huangdi in Tokyo, reporting to Liu Hai what had happened in the Han Dynasty, and at the same time requested the dispatch of reinforcements to ensure the safety of the Han Dynasty.
Liu Hai was surprised when he received the telegram from Ban Da University. He did not expect that such an important city had been completely occupied by him.
For the safety of Hankook University, Liu Hai ordered Lu Chun to dispatch a division of troops and take a transport ship to the prefecture immediately for reinforcements, making sure to ensure the safety of Hankook University.
At this time, Ye Faguang, with 70,000 to 80,000 people, had been setting out from the enemy's capital for several days. They were heading towards the old capital along Lishan County and Yechang County.
When leaving Nocho County, we finally encountered enemy resistance.
Here, defense officer Aoki organized a volunteer army of 100,000 people to resist Ye Faguang's advance.
However, the equipment of these volunteers is really poor. Although they also have some standard rifles - Murata 18-year-old single-shot guns, the number of rifles is so small that once they are divided among hundreds of thousands of people, they are almost useless.
Therefore, after Ye Faguang encountered this army and learned about their equipment, without any hesitation, he immediately ordered the artillery to start shelling and attack them at the same time.
Many of the volunteers are retired soldiers. Although their fighting will is not as good as that of the regular army, they are still much stronger than ordinary people.
Therefore, facing Ye Faguang's attack, they resisted tenaciously. Only after this confrontation did they realize that their side's weapons were at an absolute disadvantage. If the defense was impossible to succeed, Ye Faguang's troops launched rounds of suicides.
Charge style.
The crazy performance of these people made Ye Faguang's soldiers also shaken.
After all, anyone who saw a group of people with ferocious faces and rushing forward without their lives felt a little guilty, but this guilt disappeared after the light and heavy machine guns rang out.
Under the continuous firing of the Type 53 light machine gun and the Type 53 heavy machine gun, the enemy's charges were repelled time and time again.
The position in front of the Hunan Army was already covered with layers of enemy corpses.
The person who directed this attack on the Qing army was the enemy's Minister of War, Oyama Iwa. In the last decision to withdraw from the capital, Oyama Iwa fully supported Itto Hirobumi.
The king was thus offended. This time, the king's confidant Qingmu directly ordered him to lead his troops to block the advance of the Hunan army.
Although the mountain rock was extremely reluctant, it still led the man to the front. He was now observing the front with a telescope.
He saw that his own warriors were attacking again and again, failing again and again, and corpses were already paving the road leading to the enemy.
He also said that he didn't feel bad, but that was a lie. These people were the most loyal warriors. Otherwise, they would not have joined the Volunteer Army and carried out such a suicidal charge.
However, in this situation, if you want to stop the Qing army's advance, you can only risk your life.
Therefore, Dashanyan clearly knew that those who went up had no hope of survival, but he still did not give the order to stop charging.
In this way, these Japanese volunteers, like a death squad, launched more than a dozen charges throughout the afternoon, and they stopped Ye Faguang's troops from advancing further.
Ye Faguang frowned, and felt a little admiration when he saw the enemy's desperate attack. He knew that if the men under him really charged like the enemy, their morale would probably have collapsed after three or four times.
In one afternoon, these Japanese launched more than a dozen attacks and lost nearly 30,000 to 40,000 people.
At night, Ye Faguang was afraid that the enemy would launch another night attack. According to his experience when the enemy was in the capital, he ordered two flares to shine in the sky at the front of the position at any time.
At the same time, the troops on the first line are also on alert and must not take anything lightly.
Not to mention Ye Faguang's arrangement, it was indeed the right one.
Dashanyan actually launched a night attack that night.
After Dashanyan stopped the attack, he counted the number of people and found that nearly 30,000 to 40,000 people had been lost, and many of the remaining people were injured.
He knew that if he continued like this, all his troops would be lost tomorrow. He didn't even have to wait for tomorrow night. The troops might collapse by tomorrow morning.
So Dashanyan sent someone to send a message to the old capital, asking the king to send reinforcements immediately. On the other hand, he prepared a night attack to delay Ye Faguang's actions.
As a result, before he could take action, he saw flares lighting up in front of the opponent's position.
As soon as the flare was lit, Dashanyan knew very well during the battle a few days ago that as long as this thing was lit in the sky, his night attack would be impossible to succeed.
However, the arrow has to be fired even if it is on the string. It is night now, and although there are flares in the sky, the opponent's shooting accuracy will be greatly reduced, and it is still better than attacking during the day.