New Warlords 1909

Due to the shortage of medical reserves and hospital staff of the National Defense Forces, some seriously wounded Japanese soldiers could not receive timely rescue and medicine.In the spirit of humanitarianism, the self-government hopes that Japan can provide medicines and doctors to treat its own wounded.As for the aftermath of the captives, they can be discussed in the follow-up negotiations in Manila.

In addition, in the name of the self-government, Sun Wen once again urged the Japanese side to surrender as soon as possible and come to the negotiating table.For the Wehrmacht, only negotiations can solve the problem.If negotiations can't solve the problem, war must be useless.If the Japanese side ignores it again, the National Defense Forces will choose the right opportunity to launch a siege against the Japanese army in Pingdu.

This is the first time that Sun Wen has attended a press conference of this kind since he became the chairman of the autonomous government.The reporters are obviously more interested in why Hua Commander is not in Shanghai and why Hua Commander does not hold a press conference.It is rumored that the relationship between the autonomous government and the National Defense Forces Command is tense, whether it is true or not, and so on.Of course, some foreign media

Regarding the situation of the Shandong campaign, I asked in more detail.

In such an external atmosphere full of discussions, the lunar calendar in 914 is coming to an end.Although Japan did not surrender, it still publicly expressed its willingness to temporarily cease the war.During the more than ten days of attacking Pingdu, the Beiyang Army suffered heavy losses, and the victory of the National Defense Forces in Jimo is simply not the same.

Therefore, even if Yuan Shikai was extremely reluctant about the truce, he had to accept it.Whether they want to believe it or not, after the Second Revolution, although they tried their best to expand and arm the army, the Beiyang Army was still left behind by Hua Lengzi's National Defense Force in terms of combat effectiveness.

Sometimes, when Yuan Shikai discussed privately with his staff, it was quite strange.Hua Lengzi has such an elite army, but it seems that he has no intention of going to other areas, and only wants to monopolize the rich Suzhou and Shanghai areas.And even if they occupied the three places of Jiangsu and Shanghai, they still took the initiative to give up power and worked out some kind of coalition government with those revolutionaries.Even Yuan Shikai's chief aide Yang Du couldn't see through such a move.In the end, the only conclusion that can be drawn is that this young man is too deeply influenced by Western culture, full of idealization, and has no ambitions of other warlords.

The reality is the same. As long as the central government does not interfere with the government and military affairs of the autonomous region, the autonomous region still respects the central government in every way.All kinds of taxes are also paid in full without delay.Even if you want to buy weapons such as aircraft and cannons produced in the autonomous region, the autonomous region will provide them with discounts.This is completely incomprehensible.

No matter what the situation is, the Beiyang Army is, after all, the most powerful military group on Chinese soil besides the National Defense Forces.After paying the price of heavy casualties, the Pingdu Japanese army also lost a lot.This may also be why the Japanese government proposed a truce.Facing the two divisions of the Beiyang Army alone, the Japanese Army was full of confidence.But coupled with the outflanking of the National Defense Forces carrying the power of a great victory, at the Japanese cabinet meeting that day, there was silence for more than ten minutes.

A truce is fine. After a fierce battle, the National Defense Forces are also exhausted and need to rest.Ammunition needs to be replenished, and prisoners need to be escorted, but the truce cannot be endless.The National Defense Forces Command in Shanghai officially notified the Japanese government that there was only a three-day truce.Including the truce period, all truce negotiation agreements must be signed before February 2.

Bai Kaijun, the staff officer of the National Defense Forces Command, made no secret that we cannot let our soldiers spend the Spring Festival in cold trenches on distant battlefields.

The implication is that the Wehrmacht has run out of patience.If the issue cannot be resolved through negotiations, the National Defense Forces will have to completely end the fighting before February 2 and withdraw to the autonomous region.

The time for such an ultimatum is already very tight.Although countries do not understand why the Wehrmacht suddenly became so impatient.But the governments of countries such as Britain and France make decisions with incomparable efficiency.To exert strong diplomatic pressure on Japan, in any case, the strongest warlord in the Far East cannot be allowed to fall to the camp of the Allies.Moreover, the British and French intelligence agencies received news that the German Emperor Wilhelm II might send a secret envoy to the Far East to win over China to join the Allied camp.On the one hand, Britain and France ordered their envoys in China to temporarily move their work place from Beijing to Shanghai to take over the work of the Shanghai consulate, and to keep in touch with the military and government of the autonomous region at any time.

What shocked the Japanese government the most was not the diplomatic pressure from Britain, France and other countries, but the adoption of a resolution by the U.S. government to send a Far East Fleet headed by five battleships to the Philippine waters to protect the safety and interests of U.S. merchant ships.

On Wednesday, February 2, Huang Xing, negotiator for the Autonomous Region of Manila, made the following main demands.One, Japan withdrew all troops in the Shandong area and publicly apologized to the Chinese people and government for provoking this war.

Second, lift all blockades on the autonomous region and withdraw the naval fleet from busy waters such as the Taiwan Strait.

[-]. Release all soldiers captured by Japan during the war, and the National Defense Forces can exchange them with the same number of prisoners.

Fourth, all Japanese assets in the autonomous region will be confiscated as assets of the autonomous region government and used as military compensation for Japan's war.Japanese merchant ships and military ships captured during the war were used as compensation assets.

Fifth, in addition to this, the Japanese government needs to pay 5000 million U.S. dollars in war reparations to compensate China for the economic losses caused by Japan's war.

Sixth, with regard to the issue of captives, we can negotiate separately.

Seventh, this negotiation is an armistice request clause of the National Defense Forces of the autonomous region, and has nothing to do with the central government.If Japan has other treaty negotiations with the central government negotiating team, it has nothing to do with this agreement.

The main demands put forward by the negotiating team of the Autonomous Region are very simple, focusing on the four points of withdrawing troops and armistice, lifting the blockade, war compensation, and the issue of captives.The truce and withdrawal of troops did not matter to Japan.When the battle has reached this level, it is impossible not to retreat.It can only be left for another day, and then revenge.But they actually confiscated the assets of the Japanese in the autonomous region and demanded compensation, and the problem of captives was not resolved together.

The attitude of the Japanese negotiating team has long softened, but they still cannot accept the 5000 million US dollars in war reparations.Since the Sino-Japanese War of [-]-[-], the Japanese Empire has never apologized to other countries for compensation.This kind of shame is enough to make the current cabinet step down.

The Japanese representative is also very straightforward, asking for money, but there is no.Japan is now very poor, let alone 5000 million US dollars, even if it is exchanged into Japanese yen.In addition, Japan's assets in the autonomous region must not be confiscated, and those merchant ships can be discarded during the war, but the battleship Kirishima must be returned to Japan.

The attitude of the Chinese autonomous region delegation was completely different this time, and they just left out a sentence, this is our final agreement, it was drafted by our Commander Hua himself, and we have no right to revise it.If you want to sign, sign it, if you don't sign it, pull it down!

Huang Xing, Li Yue and others left a table of representatives from all parties, and they withdrew from the negotiating table for the first time.The Japanese representative, who had been stern and stern just now, stood completely dumbfounded at the scene.He kept cursing in his heart, fuck, it's nothing to win a battle.Don't put our Great Japanese Empire in your eyes, so crazy that even Britain, the United States, France and other powerful countries ignore it?Are we easy?Not to mention that the cabinet has spent hundreds of millions of yen in military expenditures, and the domestic shipyards and ports were even blown up by you despicable Chinese people. The loss is so heavy, who can compensate us?

I thought that the rude behavior of the autonomous region delegation would annoy Britain, the United States and other countries, but after seeing the autonomous region delegation withdraw from the meeting and negotiations, the representatives of several countries poured their anger on the Japanese representative.Commander Hua said that the Chinese spring

End all the fighting, time is running out, and the condition that you are still there, a little Japanese, is reasonable even in the eyes of their mediating countries.Compared with your country, after the Sino-Japanese War of [-]-[-], the lions opened their mouths and asked for hundreds of millions of taels of silver in reparations, which is much more generous.

Those merchant ships and warships were all captured by others, can they still spit them out?They won, not losers!

The Japanese representative was sweating profusely on his forehead. After telegraphing to the cabinet government, he quickly consulted with other countries. On February 2, under the mediation of various countries, the negotiations were reconvened again.This time, the delegation of the autonomous region seemed too lazy to say anything, and just threw the written agreement on the table and said, "Sign it if you like it, and go back to China if you don't! Time is running out, we have to go back to celebrate the New Year!" "

On that day, the Armistice Treaty, known in history as the Manila Agreement, was formally signed.The Japanese side of the various agreements of the autonomous region delegation have almost all come to an end, except that the payment time and method of the compensation have been modified.

Britain, as an ally of Japan and HSBC Bank in China, guaranteed that Japan would pay the indemnity in three installments within two years.

After the signing of the agreement, the Japanese side paid 1000 million US dollars to the autonomous region government within half a month, and paid 2000 million US dollars in compensation within the following year, and the final 2000 million US dollars was fully paid in the second year.

After the signing of the agreement, all the people in the autonomous region celebrated with joy, and the sound of firecrackers, gongs and drums was earth-shattering.The National Defense Forces Command revoked the previous wartime martial law, and countless young people and students took to the streets to rejoice.Over the years, since the Opium War in 840, how many contracts and agreements have been signed by the former Qing Dynasty.However, all agreements are either cession of land or compensation.Even if the Sino-French war did not end in defeat, the compensation was still paid, which became the greatest shame that will never be erased in history, undefeated and defeated!

The wealth accumulated by the Chinese nation for thousands of years was looted by the great powers in less than a hundred years.

Under a series of historical propaganda and education, the historical consciousness and national consciousness of these young people have been awakened one after another.When this brand-new treaty spread to the country, some people stood on the streets and shouted loudly. This is the first step of national rejuvenation, and this is a new era for the rise of the country!

Yes, judging from the treaty alone, this is indeed the first time in many years that the treaty has been substantially changed!The cession of land and compensation, the eternal pain of the Chinese nation, is becoming a memory of yesterday.

Not only the cities in the autonomous region have become like the Spring Festival, but many rural villages near the cities have also slowly received the news.Countless old farmers who were at home during the slack season got together and talked about the $5000 million compensation.Many people don't know what the dollar is, and some strong guys who just came back from temporary work in the city will seem to understand, "Anyway, there are a lot of them, and if they are exchanged for silver, they can be piled higher than the mountains here! "

"Wow, Little Japan pays us so much money, do you think Hua Commander will send us a little bit as lucky money!" the teenage doll said full of expectation.

"Hua Siling is a good man, maybe he will really send it to us, otherwise, how can he use up so much money by himself?"

"Send money? How beautiful are you! Do you know how many people in our autonomous region? There are many, many people, all of whom are given money, and each person is given a little money. Besides, you didn't go to fight Little Japan, so why send money to you! If it is to be issued, it must also be distributed to those who are soldiers. Yes, it is soldiers, soldiers of the National Defense Force!" The strong boy obviously has a lot more knowledge.

"Da Niu, didn't you say that you transported food and cannonballs at the train station to fight against Japan. If you don't send money to us, you should send money to you!"

This sentence stunned the strong boy, scratched his head and said, "We worked at the train station, not only for food and drink, but also for wages. It should be... probably no more money! Besides, fighting is very costly. Money, it is said that that shell is worth several taels of silver!"

"Wow, Daniel, did you see that cannonball, is it made of gold?"

"Well... I didn't see it, it's all sealed in the box, and it's not easy to see the precious shells. It's a pity, such a good thing, it's a waste to use it to hit Japan!" The big man here Niu has clearly become a celebrity in this small village.Even the naughty little guy in the landlord's house sat obediently on the sidelines and listened to the story of the city told by Daniel.

"Brother Big Niu, you said that we will go to the army, and during the war, if we pick up a few precious shells, wouldn't we be rich!" A young man of the same age suddenly said.

"This..." Daniel had never seen a battle before, and he was not sure, "It is said... It is said that Commander Hua's soldiers are very strict, I am afraid... I am afraid it is not easy to pick up shells!"

Not to mention the hustle and bustle of this small village in the autonomous region, the signing of the Manila agreement not only caused a huge sensation in China, but also caused a huge shock internationally.For those politicians, they need to pay attention to this new powerful force in the Far East.For military strategists, they need to study a series of strategic and tactical decisions made by the autonomous region in this war against Japan. The weak defeated the strong, and the incredible results have never become the focus of extreme attention of many military academies and students. .For the journalists, they were obviously interested in the warlord of the East by the detailed character report of Time Magazine. Many newspaper reporters volunteered to go to China for interviews.For ordinary people in the West, the combination of Hua Fei's legendary color and heroic status has attracted the admiration of countless young people and the infinite obsession of women.

After the agreement is formally signed, Lieutenant General Kamio Mitsuomi, the Japanese commander in Pingdu, will surrender to the Chinese side.However, they refused to surrender to Fang's Beiyang Army, and instead proposed that, except for the Chinese National Defense Forces, no one else was qualified to accept their surrender.The representatives sent by the Beiyang Army have been disgraced.

Hua Fei was already preparing to pack his luggage. After hearing the news, he still did not change his itinerary and ordered Jiang Baili and Zhang Zhizhong to go to Pingdu to accept the surrender together with the generals of the First Army.He led the Poison Man Special Forces and all the soldiers of the Second Army to the south and returned to the autonomous region.

After accepting the surrender, the First Army will also return to escort all war supplies, and the captured proceeds will be returned to the autonomous region.However, the Third Army had to stay in Qingdao, and no transfers were allowed without orders.

204 Planning for the future

After the staff office of the Shanghai headquarters received the emergency telegram, there was no more staff staying at the staff office. After discussion, they decided to conceal the recurrence of Hua Fei's old illness.Otherwise, once the Japanese side learns about it, not only the just-signed negotiations may break the contract, but also unexpected disturbances may occur in the ongoing surrender ceremony in Shandong.

In order not to arouse suspicion from the outside world, the staff members of the staff department even temporarily concealed Hua Fei's guard commander Wang Meng.They did not have the right to mobilize the guards and poisonous special forces, so they had to temporarily issue an order collectively to dispatch some guards from the military base on Baima Mountain.On the one hand, he secretly escorted some of the most famous doctors in Shanghai to Sanhe by plane;Because I don't know the specific condition of Hua Fei's body and when he can recover.Therefore, in order to avoid too long a delay, Hua Fei never showed up, which would cause panic among the people, and even be used by those who want to, causing chaos in the autonomous region. The staff must have a fully prepared strategy.

Just when the people in the autonomous region were celebrating the New Year and Spring Festival joyfully, a huge earthquake occurred in Japan's domestic political and civil society.The majestic Japanese Empire actually lost to China, the sick man of East Asia in a battle, and signed the Manila Agreement that made all Japanese people unable to lift their heads forever. Not only did they sign the surrender document, but they also paid 5000 million U.S. dollars in compensation.

Young people in Japan have been mobilized under the manipulation of people with good intentions, especially those with backgrounds in the military hawks.Parliament has also continued to question the existing cabinet, and even within the cabinet itself, there are contradictions.

It is impossible for any country's politics to present a one-sided situation.Where there are hawks, there must be doves, and Japan is no exception.The "Toyo Keizai Shinpo", which was founded after the Sino-Japanese War of [-]-[-], had always opposed the war in terms of political orientation, especially when Miura Tetsutaro and Ishibashi Zhanshan presided over the newspaper.He put forward the concepts of "industrial nation building" and "Little Japanism", and has always opposed criticism of militarism and "Great Japanism", opposed to corruption, opposed to war, opposed to aggression against China and foreign expansion.

Originally, this kind of voice could not play a mainstream role in Japan, but after the Qingdao War, Japan's national fortune, which had always been prosperous with martial arts, suddenly changed drastically.The most direct impact of this upheaval is that those who oppose the war seem to have found proof and become more powerful.The radical hawks also became crazier at the same time.

Just as Japan won the Russo-Japanese War back then, but still had to sign the Treaty of Portsmouth, it was restricted by multiple factors such as international pressure and domestic finances.Japan won the Russo-Japanese War. Although it did not get compensation, it also got a lot of benefits, but it was regarded by the Japanese as a humiliating treaty that lost power and humiliated the country.Qingdao lost the war, signed the Manila agreement, and paid a huge compensation of 5000 million U.S. dollars, which made the Japanese people even more outraged.

Although Da|Shigenobu had expected this a long time ago, no one understood the enormous military and diplomatic pressure he was facing at that time.If the National Defense Forces of China launched a general attack on the Pingdu Army, it would be difficult for the Pingdu Army to hold out without support.More importantly, the ally, the United Kingdom, not only exerted tremendous pressure on Japan, but the United States, which was regarded by Japan as the biggest potential enemy, even sent the Great White Fleet headed by many battleships to Manila to put pressure on Japan militarily.In addition, after receiving reliable information, all the Chinese submarine forces went to sea, posing a powerful threat to the Japanese naval fleet.Several major ports in Japan have already suffered setbacks, and Da|Shigenobu will never allow the planes of the Chinese to come and bomb the Japanese mainland. (This Great White Fleet is not Xiaobai Ihu-.-)