Chapter 15: Showing power on the sea (3)

Japan, Tokyo, the battle between Nagasaki and Zao was in Nagasaki. Due to the destruction of the Fifth Column, the news was difficult to pass. The news spread to the emperor that night, and the emperor was having a meal.

"His Majesty the Emperor, I just received the latest news that the Chinese Navy started war with us in Nagasaki and Zaho this morning. At present, the Chinese army has landed in Zaho. The soldiers in front of me have fought bravely. The detailed situation of the war is still unknown." The Prime Minister did not bother with disturbing the emperor's meal and reported immediately after urgently asking for a meeting.

"Bang!" A pair of chopsticks fell from the Emperor's hand to the ground. The Emperor also had a blue face and stared at the Prime Minister silently, without saying a word for a long time. The scene was silent, and no one dared to speak or move.

"Didn't the cabinet say that the Chinese army is fighting against the Russians? Why did the Chinese suddenly appear?" The emperor had a gloomy face, suppressed his emotions and asked questions, and his hands pressed on the table kept trembling. The instruments on the table kept ringing.

"Your Majesty, I am waiting for thousands of deaths. Judging from the current actual situation, it has been more than a year or two for the Chinese people to prepare for the war against Japan." The Prime Minister kept kneeling down and bowing, his forehead beating on the floor.

"Since the Meiji year, our whole country has been working hard and preparing at all times, in order to defeat China and become the overlord of Asia. We didn't expect that we would think about how to plot against others all day long, but let others come to the door first. Could it be that God Amaterasu no longer bless me, the Japanese Empire?" The emperor slowly stood up from his seat, walked to the window, and looked outside with a pale face.

"Your Majesty, all this is the crime of me. I am willing to die to thank you." The Prime Minister was already lying on the floor crying.

"Is this useful? How is the battle ahead? What are the measures to deal with the Chinese Navy's next plan? All of this is what you are going to do." The emperor returned to the prime minister and picked up a glass of wine, with a expressionless face.

"According to the report from Nagasaki, our first squadron was gone, and the Chinese submarines attacked our military port. Now our southern sea has been completely blocked by the Chinese Navy. The battle situation of Zaho is unknown, but he only knows that the Chinese army has completed its landing and our army on Hokkaido Island is fighting hard."

"I understand, you go, go fight, fight like a samurai. Master Amaterasu will protect me Yamato."

Zahuang, although it was already dark, the entire Zahuang beach was bright, with huge searchlights on all ships illuminating the entire landing site, and ships of supplies and personnel continued to land.

Shenyang and his first mixed brigade also landed on the shore at high tide. The constant sound of gunfire from the front indicated that the First Division of Lu Zhan was fighting against the Japanese army in the city of Zhahuang.

According to the combat plan formulated by the General Staff, after the troops have fully landed, they should quickly occupy Zhakawa, and then quickly divide their troops, and a small number of troops advance into Asahikawa. The main force quickly goes south, and then completely occupy Hokkaido after controlling the Tsuga Strait.

Zha Huang, the Japanese army was unexpectedly tenacious, and the Japanese army guarding Zha Huang almost completely retreated to the city. They built temporary defense lines in the city and engaged in fierce street fighting with the officers and soldiers of our First Land War Division.

Liu Yongfu, the commander of the First Land War Division, was almost crazy. Unexpectedly, Xiao Xiao Zhahuang was so difficult to crack. The Japanese army did not have many troops in Zahuang, at most three or four thousand people, but these thousands of defeated soldiers had been fighting with the First Land War Division for a long time with the familiar terrain. After dark, it seemed even more difficult to break through to the First Land War Division in the city. The Japanese army relied on the familiar terrain and tenaciously stalemate with the First Land War Division. Every step forward in the 1st Land War Division almost had to pay a significant price. Just now, news came from the front line that a regiment commander died.

In Beijing, Yang Yi frowned. Since the announcement of landing operations, Yang Yi has not closed his eyes for 24 hours. Now Yang Yi is troubled by the news coming from the front. The First Land War Division suffered huge losses in attacking the city of Zhahuang, and now he is still fighting at night.

For agents who are best at using favorable terrain, Yang Yi knew clearly how important it is to be familiar with the terrain in the dark. Although the city of Zhahuang is not large, the streets are narrow and the roads are complex, which undoubtedly brings huge trouble to the First Land War Division.

"Notify the First Division of the Land War and withdraw all from Zha Huang." Yang Yi, who had been thinking for a long time, finally issued such an order.

"Retreat Zha Huang?" Li Xiucheng almost thought he had heard it wrong, but when he saw Yang Yi's affirmative gaze, Li Xiucheng, as the chief of staff, asked Yang Yi: "It is good to surround at night without fighting and attack during the day, but this will affect our army's overall combat plan."

"Who said he would not fight? I brought the new army to fight a lot of street fighting. Look here." Yang Yi took out a report on the situation in Zhahuang city: "The buildings in Zhahuang city are mainly wooden houses. I think it is extremely stupid to use the lives of elite Land War 1st Division soldiers to waste them in night battles and street fighting. I informed Liu Yongfu and immediately withdrew from the city and surrounded Zhahuang from the outside. I gave a fire camp to the little Japanese."

"Oh my God!" Li Xiucheng, who understood Yang Yi's intention, shouted softly, and immediately shocked Liu Yuan who was walking in from outside.

"What's wrong? What's wrong? Old Li, don't make a fuss."

Li Xiucheng knows what Yang Yi's decision means, and residents in Zhahuang city will become the biggest victim.

"What should the residents in the city of Zahuang?" Li Xiucheng asked a little unbearable.

"What should I do? What else can I do? At this time, I think the life of my soldiers is more precious."

"Liu Yongfu, the first division of the Land War, sent an urgent call to withdraw from Zha Huang." Liu Yuan handed a telegram to Yang Yi. Yang Yi took it and saw it, and cursed with a smile: "This Liu Yongfu is a little brainy, and he thinks of the same place as me." Looking at Yang Yi's vicious expression, Liu Yuan and Li Xiucheng both felt that Yang Yi was inappropriate to do this, but they didn't dare to say anything.

They couldn't understand some of Yang Yi's thoughts. In the era when Yang Yi came, China had experienced too many sufferings. The Japanese nation imposed too many disasters on the Chinese nation. The Nanjing Massacre alone had 300,000 people, and Japan had to do everything possible to deny it. It can be said that Yang Yi's hatred against Japan came from another out of control. How could Liu Yuan and others fully understand Yang Yi's emotions?

Because of this, Yang Yi, who knew that the Japanese nation had a despicable and cruel national character, had never had any mercy when he started war against Japan.

Zha Huang, Liu Yongfu laughed when he received the order. Yang Yi actually signed and issued the order himself, which Liu Yongfu never thought of.

Through the walkie-talkie, the troops in Zhahuang who had been attacking in the city began to withdraw from the city one after another, but before retreating, they had done a lot of trouble, and dozens of barrels of fuel were quietly placed as ignition objects.

At 12 o'clock in the evening, all troops had withdrawn from the battlefield. Liu Yongfu issued the order that the Japanese hated the most, and fired to death.

As the detonator was constantly pressed, the fuel barrels placed in more than a dozen places in Zhahuang city were detonated, and the fire was immediately ignited. Perhaps it was the meaning of heaven that the wind power in Zhahuang area was at least level 4. With the help of the wind power, the fire spread rapidly.

Seeing the thick smoke rolling over Zahuang's city and the fires soaring into the sky, Chen Yang, who was leading the team to reinforce Zahuang's attack, was scared and sweated in a cold sweat. Could it be that the Japanese learned the Russians' tricks against Napoleon to deal with the First Land War Division?

When Chen Yang accelerated his pace to the command center of the First Land War Division, he found that the situation was completely different. Liu Yongfu was holding a wine glass and filling a small wine. A plate of peanuts on the table made simple dishes.

"The First Mixed Brigade is ordered to come for reinforcements, please give orders." Chen Yang saluted Liu Yongfu.

"Okay, you're fine. Notify your troops and rest on the spot. Head to Hakodate after dawn." Liu Yongfu said in a good mood, and his smiles on both sides were relaxed.

Chen Yang immediately understood what was going on, and the tragic situation of the citizens of Zha Huang struggling and wailing in the sea of ​​fire immediately appeared in his mind. Chen Yang was angry and pointed at Zha Huang's fire and shouted at Liu Yongfu: "Who issued the arson order?"

"It's Your Excellency the President." Liu Yongfu stood up and stood attentive in the direction of China.

On September 12, 1895, this was a day that made the Japanese nation hate each other. It was a day that made the Japanese nation frightened. 70,000 Zahakawa citizens were trapped in the fire. The fire burned for two days and two nights, and 50,000 citizens died in the fire. Many years later, whenever this history was mentioned in Japanese textbooks, they always said a few words with grudges.

For Chen Yang, because this night was unforgettable for him, Chen Yang never understood why his father issued such an order. This order was so cruel.

Zha Huang, there was a disgusting stench in the air, and there were smoke and ruins everywhere. Tens of thousands of Zha Huang citizens who escaped from the fire were surrounded by the Chinese army in a small place. Liu Yongfu was not ruthless about these escaped people. All young men were imprisoned, and women, children and children were letting them go.

Before the fire was extinguished, Chenyang had already led his troops toward Hakodate as soon as the sky was dawn. After experiencing landing wars and Zhakawa defensive wars, the Japanese army no longer had much troops in Hokkaido. Perhaps because they were afraid that the Chinese army would come to Zhakawa several more times, Chenyang had almost no decent resistance along the way. In just one day, Chenyang's first mixed brigade successfully occupied Hakodate, and the opposite was the Honshu Island.
Chapter completed!