Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 692 Liugong Island

  Although the trajectory of historical operation has been deviated, the result has not changed.

  Compared with the original history, the battle of Weihaiwei, which defended the Beiyang naval base, was fought more brutal and bloody. It dealt a heavy blow to the Fusang Second Army under the command of General Dashanyan, and finally let people see the bloodiness of the Qing Dynasty officers and soldiers.

  According to the pre-war plan;

  Fusang Base Camp’s operational deployment on the Jiaodong Peninsula was to "sea and land attack" the Beiyang Fleet. The Fusang combined fleet blocked the coast of Liugong Island, and the Second Army attacked in a roundabout way from the land side.

  In response to this battle, Li Hongzhang really took out the coffin of the Huai army and ordered his subordinate Yuan Shikai to lead 33 elite troops with a total of 16,000 starry nights to assist Weihaiwei.

Li Bingheng, the governor of Shandong, was ordered to mobilize 28 battalions of guards and 5 battalions of horse squadrons, with a total of 15,000 people in defending the Rongcheng area of ​​Shandong. There are still 26 Beiyang navy ships in Weihai Port, and the deployment of defense materials and mines at the east and west ports of the harbor 368, with heavy troops stationed at the North and South Forts, building a solid defensive position and waiting for the enemy.

On January 20, 1895, the Japanese Second Army under the command of General Oyamaiwa, including the Second Division of Sakuma Sakuma Tai and the Sixth Division of Lieutenant General Kuroki Meizheng, totaled 25,000 people in Japan. Under the cover of the ship, the landing began on Rongcheng Longxu Island.

  At the same time, the 1st guerrilla of the Fusang combined fleet carried out shelling in Dengzhou to confuse the Shandong defenders.

  But this trick is not easy to use. The Japanese army that had landed smoothly encountered big troubles, and the historical trajectory turned a little here.

  Because of the precise information obtained beforehand, the governor of Shandong Li Bingheng gathered heavily in the Rongcheng area. After discovering the Japanese landing site, while the enemy landed in the small half, the 5th battalion horse team took the lead in launching a decisive charge. The infantry then covered up and the two sides fought together.

  After a brief period of chaos, the Japanese army demonstrated extremely strong military qualities and organized effective resistance on the beachhead.

  In an instant, gunfire flew across, and corpses were everywhere.

  Facts have proved that the officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty are not unable to fight, but whether they can hold the key. Under the strict order of the Prime Minister Li Hongzhang, the governor of Shandong Li Bingheng can only supervise the soldiers to attack the enemy camp repeatedly, and the **** battle will not retreat.

  Before this battle

Li Hongzhang, the Prime Minister of Beiyang, once said: This is the battle of life and death of the dynasty. If the **** battles become benevolent, your parents will be grateful, and your children will be supported by me. Choose the best and recommend a future from the fourth-rank prefect. If you dare to flee, fear the enemy. If he doesn't move forward, he must be full of copies and cuts, and the dogs will not stay.

Speaking of this, Li Bingheng, the governor of Shandong, could only bite his teeth, and immediately confiscate more than a dozen wealthy and uncharitable wealthy households in Jinan Prefecture. All the money obtained was distributed to his officers and soldiers, and each soldier received more than 30 silver. Two, it is called "buying life money."

  It’s not easy to take this money.

  Rongcheng's battle was fought from noon to dark, from dark to dawn, and corpses were lying on the beach, and it was not until dawn that the soldiers retreated.

  Check afterwards;

  Heimu, who was the first to land, killed and injured more than four thousand people in the sixth division of Lieutenant General Weizhen.

  The governor of Shandong Li Bingheng suffered more than 10,000 casualties. He was already unable to fight anymore, and he retreated to the side to lick the wound with scars all over his body.

  This battle has never happened before in the original history. The fight was really brutal and bloody, and it was heart-wrenching. It played out the strength and bloodiness of the officers and soldiers of the Qing court, even though defeat was a glorious defeat.

  This battle also made the arrogant Second Army Commander General Da Shanyan pay attention to it, no longer the frivolous before, cautiously lined up troops to cover the landing field to prevent another assault.

  It took 7 days for the Second Army to complete the landing, which took 4 days longer than before. It also gave the Weihai Guards 4 days of precious time to build the fortress.

   January 22, 1895

  Gu Zhiwen, the chief warlord in the northern region of Vietnam, suddenly announced the founding of an independent nation. His country name was "Yue", and he was named to the court of the Manchu and Qing dynasties. In this chaotic situation, no one paid attention to this.

  Only the French Saigon Governor’s Mansion was shocked and angry, but was helpless in this unexpected situation, and could only watch Beiqi independent.

  On January 28, the Japanese 2nd Division and the 6th Division set off from Rongcheng, each from the north and the south, and headed towards Baichiyasuo separately.

In the battle to attack Bai Chi Ya, the Qing army’s Zhaobuzui fort sank one Japanese ship and wounded two ships. The Shandong governor Li Bingheng who retreated to this place had fewer than 4,000 people in good condition. He fought hard here for three days, and only retreated after half of the casualties. .

  Li Bingheng was wounded by the shelling. He shouted and went into a coma before he was carried out of the battlefield by the camp officer.

  Sakuma Zuomatai’s second division paid the price of 1,370 casualties, and it took 3 days to conquer the Zhaobuzui Fort and occupy the Baichiya position.

  After a week of rest

   On February 6, 1895, the Japanese army concentrated its forces on attacking the Weihaiwei South Fort.

This was a tough battle. The Qing army stationed at the South Gang’s fort was not the original six battalions with 3,000 personnel in history, but it strengthened the eight battalions under Feng Guozhang under the command of Beiyang General Yuan Shikai, with 4,000 elites. This is the Huai Army. The well-known "Foreign Guns", in addition to being equipped with a large number of British singles and one-step guns, is also equipped with 1500 new continuous-fire rifles produced by the Azure Weapon Company, 8 Maxim heavy machine guns, a total force of 7000 men, and firearms. Reached as much as 80%, and the rest are cold weapons such as knives and guns.

  Among them, the battalion officers at the head of the battalion include Zhang Xiluan, Duan Zhigui, Long Jiguang, Jiang Gui, and other Huai army warriors. It can be seen that Li Hongzhang really took out all the coffins and wanted to fight a **** battle.

  It is true that he has no choice. Now he is forced to retreat by the Fusang people. After being awakened by Gu Zhixue, he can no longer deceive himself and pretend to sleep.

This was a very stale and **** battle. The Qing army stubbornly resisted the advantageous terrain and repelled 27 attacks by the Japanese within 4 days. In particular, the Maxine heavy machine gun caused heavy casualties to the attacking Japanese army. Commander of the left. Major General An Chun of Guandasi was killed by a counter-attack shell from the Qing army, and the 2nd Division had to stop the attack.

  Due to the serious damage to the troops, the commander of the Second Army, Da Shanyan, had to send a request for reinforcements to the domestic base camp. 14,000 people of the Seventh Division boarded in Kagoshima overnight and rushed to the battlefield of the Jiaodong Peninsula.

8 consecutive days after   

  The Motianling position guarded by the elite Huai Army has gone through repeated battles and numerous casualties. In the end, it was still firmly in the hands of Feng Guozhang's subordinates. Such a tenacious resistance made observers in Europe and the United States surprised.

  This made them realize that a lean camel is bigger than a horse.

   Really can't push the Qing Dynasty to the extreme. If it is really such a desperate battle, then no amount of troops will be enough to fill this pit.

After   , it was not until the reinforcements of the 7th Division of the Japanese Army that the 2nd Division and the 7th Division combined their forces to capture the Motianling position and completely occupy the southern fort.

  After the war, take stock of the battle of the southern fort

  The iron-clad ship "Akagi" that provided artillery fire support was sunk, the "Nishikyo Maru" was injured, and two small artillery ships were sunk.

  The Japanese army lost a total of 4,720 people. Major General Yasumi Oji died in battle. Major General Nomura Nomura was killed in battle. Nomura Brigade Major General Nomura was killed. There were 237 officers casualties. The 2nd Division had lost more than half of its combat effectiveness. This was a heavy blow to the Japanese invasion.

The 7,000 elite Huai army defending the South Gang’s fort lost more than half of the losses. In the end, only more than 1,300 people were withdrawn. Feng Guozhang was slightly injured, Zhang Xiluan was seriously injured and dying. retreat.

  This was the **** battle with the closest ratio of casualties between the Qing army and the Japanese.

  In the previous 10 days

  The North Gang fort has been attacked by the extremely fierce 6th Division. Here are the 8 battalions under Wang Shizhen’s 4,000 elites. Together with the North Gang fortress more than 2,000 defenders, the total force totals more than 6,000.

   Under the fierce offensive of the 6th Division, regardless of casualties, it only lasted for 6 days before it fell. The Qing army lost more than half of its personnel.

The   The 6th Division also suffered more than 1,400 casualties. In addition to the more than 4,000 people lost on the beach before, the sixth division of Lieutenant General Kuroki was under 10,000, and lost 1/3 of its troops.

  February 16, 1895

  In order to demonstrate the court majesty of the Manchu and Qing dynasties, the Emperor Guangxu decree canonized Gu Zhixue as the King of the Yue Kingdom, awarded the seal of the letter of state, and governed the Beiqi area.

  On February 17, the Ocean Kingdom publicly recognized Vietnam and expressed its good intention to strengthen the development of bilateral relations.

  On February 23, 1895, the veterans of the Fusang Second Army Division who successively conquered the southern and northern turrets were exhausted and had to enter a long rest period.

  At this time, Liugong Island, the nest of the Beiyang Navy, has become an isolated island. The two important forts of Weihaiwei, which are not far away, are occupied. The sea is blocked by the Japanese combined fleet, and the land army is eyeing it.

  According to the original historical interpretation;

  At this time, the American member of the Beiyang Fleet, Howe, began to run up and down, contacting the Camp Office to promote Niu Changchang and other chief surrender generals to issue a surrender call, forcing the Beiyang Fleet Admiral Ding Ruchang to lead the fleet to surrender, but was flatly refused.

  Fuso United Fleet Commander Ito Yuhiro wrote a letter to Ding Ruchang persuading him to surrender, but Ding Ruchang categorically refused, leading the Beiyang Fleet to revolt, trapped in the harbor and fired back.

  Soon after Dingyuan ship ran out of ammunition, Liu Buchan was in charge of committing suicide.

  Zhenyuan ship ran out of ammunition, and Yang Yonglin was unwilling to surrender and commit suicide.

  Admiral Ding Ruchang refused to surrender and commit suicide under the coercion of foreigners and Weihai Camp Office to raise Niu Changchang and other chief survivors.

  After that, the American foreigner Haowei drafted the surrender letter, and sent it to Fusang flagship under the name of Ding Ruchang.

  Two days later, Niu Changchang and Ito Youheng signed the "Weihai Surrender Agreement", stipulating that all the ships in Weihai Port, the Liugong Island Fort and all the ordnance materials on the island should be handed over to the Japanese army.

  On February 17, 1895, the Japanese army landed on Liugong Island, the Weihaiwei Naval Base fell, and the entire Beiyang Fleet was wiped out...

  ...

Now the historical trajectory has taken a small turn. On February 23, 1895, the continuous artillery fire of Weihaiwei had just been extinguished. The elites of the Huai army fought against the Japanese invaders in the Jiaodong Peninsula and wrote a **** poem that greatly inspired the Beiyang Navy to fight. Will to the end.

What's more, even the Japanese did not know that the warehouse on Liugong Island was already full of artillery shells. The two huge ships of Zhenyuan and Dingyuan were modified, each equipped with six 152mm rapid-fire guns and secondary artillery fire. Power is greatly increased.

  The small sheds that have been shrouded in the two giant ships of Zhenyuan and Dingyuan for more than two months have not been dismantled. The officers and soldiers on the ships strictly guard their secrets and hope to be able to control the giant ships.

  On Liugong Island

General Yuan Shikai of the Huai Army personally led 7,000 soldiers to reinforce, not only strengthened 2,400 continuous-fire rifles, but also had 24 Maxine heavy machine guns. In addition, there were more than 5,000 defenders on the island. The total force is more than 12,000, which can be described as excellent soldiers. Sufficient food, sleep and sleep.

At this time, Liugong Island has a complete group of fortresses and some temporary fortifications. It has 6 fortresses in Donghong, Nanzui, Yingmen Cave, Qidingshan, Gongsuo, Huangdao, 240mm, 120mm, and 75mm. There are more than 100 guns and sufficient ammunition.

Take the Donghong Fort as an example. It is equipped with 4 German Kehangbo 240mm shore artillery, 4 120mm shore artillery, and 10 75mm shore artillery. The artillery can reach the eastern sea surface of Liugong Island and the north and south seaports. Ridao and Nangang Fortress joined forces to block the South Exit.

  Now that the southern fort has fallen, the Donghong fort still poses a major threat to the southern waters.

  The fort chisel has 11 intersecting semi-underground barracks, each about 22 square meters, located at the exit of the tunnel and connected to it.

  The barracks are connected to each other and it is convenient to enter and exit. The defenders can go directly to the artillery position from the barracks through the tunnel.

The    tunnel is an arched roof, made of granite, the highest point is 4 meters, the width is 3.2 meters, and there are complete ventilation equipment inside. After the completion of the Donghong Fort, 550 soldiers led by Zhang Wenxuan, the guardian commander, will be stationed bravely.

  On February 28, 1895, after a few days of watching carefully, the Fuso United Fleet Commander Ito Yuhiro wrote a letter to Ding Ruchang persuading him to surrender, but Ding Ruchang categorically refused.

  One week later, March 4

  More than ten Fusang Third Guerrilla Fleet marched into the east entrance of Weihai Bay and bombarded Donghong with the intention of testing the Qing army’s resistance firepower.

Donghong Fort also fired back. The two sides fought fiercely for a long while, and the artillery fire was quite fierce. Although the artillery of the Qing army was trapped and exhausted for several months, they still fought hard and hit the Japanese ship Tianlong, Gecheng, Pancheng, and Tianlong. The deputy captain of the ship, Captain Nakano, was shot dead on the spot. The Japanese ship was killed and injured 64 people. The Iwaki ship suffered heavy damage, and the third guerrilla fleet was forced to retreat.

As it happened in the original history, the American foreigner of the Beiyang Navy, Haowei, contacted the Weihai Camp Office to raise Niu Changliang, and the "Guangbing" tube led by generals such as Cheng Biguang, jumping up and down to disseminate unsuccessful surrender remarks, and he got some surrender. Pai's support.

However, this behavior was quickly curbed. Yuan Shikai produced a warrant from Li Hongzhang, the Prime Minister of Beiyang, to punish Niu Changyang for wartime conspiracy. The "Guangbing" tube led to the beheading of generals such as Cheng Biguang. man of.

  American foreigner Haowei was detained in solitary confinement and will be dealt with after the war.

Among the army and navy of the Northern Ocean, there are many British, German, and American military officers. Most of them abide by the professional ethics of military personnel and are dedicated to their duties. However, it is inevitable that there will be one or two rat shit. The American foreigner Howe is typical. example.

  In the original history, it was because of his instigation that the Beiyang Navy, which was trapped on Liugong Island, finally surrendered and surrendered, which staged an extremely humiliating scene.

  Everything is different now. These surrenderers were suppressed without breaking the waves. The Beiyang Navy was united and prepared to fight to the end.

at the same time

At the time when the Jiaodong Peninsula was full of flames, the war in the three northeastern provinces showed a one-sided situation. The Fusang First Army under the command of General Peng in Shanxian County broke through the Yalu River defense line and occupied Phoenix City, Xiuyan, Haicheng and other places, and then entered the gold. Zhou and Lushun, and caused the tragic Lushun massacre.

  Liu Kunyi, governor of Liangjiang of the Qing Dynasty, supervised the military affairs of the Eastern Expedition as the imperial minister, granted full power to command the military inside and outside the customs, and appointed Hunan governor Wu Dacheng and Sichuan admiral Song Qing as assistants in order to restore the decline.

  The Qing army deployed Fengjun, Shengzi Lianjun, Xizi Army, Renzi Army, etc. around Ximu City, with a total strength of more than 100 battalions and more than 50,000 men.

  In addition to the infantry battalion, there are also 5 horse battalions and 1 artillery battalion, with a total of about 8,000 people and a total force of more than 60,000.

  From January 17, 1895, the Qing army launched the battle to recover Haicheng four times, but was repelled by the Japanese army due to weak command.

  On February 28, the Japanese took advantage of the victory and attacked, branching off from Haicheng to attack.

   Captured Niuzhuang on March 4, took Yingkou without fighting on the 7th, and captured Tianzhuang Terrace on the 9th.

  In just ten days, more than 60,000 troops from more than one hundred battalions of the Qing Dynasty retreated from the east bank of the Liaohe River.

  The performance of the two battlefields, the north and the south, is different, which makes people confused.

The Manchu and Qing court did not forget the peace talks when the country was in flames. According to the original plan, the household minister Zhang Yinhuan and Hunan governor Shao Youlian were appointed as plenipotentiaries, and the U.S. Secretary of State Kosta was hired as a consultant. They went to Japan on January 6, 1895. Negotiate for peace.

Husband minister Zhang Yinhuan, Hunan governor Shao Youlian and his entourage suffered extremely arrogant and rude treatment in Fusang, wasting nearly a month, and were finally told that they were not representative and humiliated them under the pretext of "insufficient full power". If they really want to negotiate the terms of peace, Must send Beiyang Prime Minister Li Hongzhang to come.

  At this moment, the Fusang people finally exposed their true colors of greed.

  Without it, these ministers have no right to agree to any condition of the Fusang people, so what is the need for negotiation?

  Mid of March

  Due to the exposure of the massacre in Lushun, the Ocean Kingdom was extremely angry. This was because the residents who fled into the Lushun Young Eagle School were slaughtered and killed more than 3,600 people. This is a figure provided by the surviving white teachers.

  No matter who it is, no matter how old it is, whether it is a man or a woman, as long as he wears a pair of trousers or clothes of a young eagle school student, he will be recognized as a student of that school.

  Ocean Kingdom immediately flew into a rage, and officially notified the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Fusang Country, asking for an official statement on this, and threatening to use force to intervene in the war in the three northeastern provinces.

  Ocean Kingdom has always been one of Fusang Kingdom’s most worried external intervention factors. Now that it is overwhelmed by this incident, it can only ask the ministers of Britain, America, Germany and other countries to mediate to ensure a thorough investigation of the incident and give Ocean Kingdom a perfect answer.

  In fact, this was a procrastination plan of the Fusang people. Dayang Kingdom knew this well, and the cooperating acting was prolonged.

  In the Jiaodong Peninsula

In order to gnaw off the hard bone of Liugong Island, after nearly half a month of thorough preparation, a large amount of artillery and ammunition was transported from the country. The Fusang Second Army began on March 19, 1895 to occupy the Weihaiwei South Gang Fort. Mainly with the North Gang battery, supplemented by the guerrilla fleet of the Joint Fleet, began a full-scale bombardment of the battery on Liugong Island.

The forts on Liugong Island are not to be outdone. The four forts of Donghong, Nanzui, Qidingshan, and Huangdao all participated in the artillery battle. The artillery battles from both sides rang out. The artillery battle lasted for 11 days. Nanzui The two forts on Huangdao and Huangdao were completely destroyed, and Donghong was seriously injured.

  However, Liugong Island’s fort also completely destroyed the Japanese Southern Gang’s fort, wounded the Northern Gang’s fort, damaged several Japanese gunboats, and killed more than 230 enemies.

  April 2, 1895

   5 o'clock in the morning

The Beiyang Fleet, which has been huddled in the Liugong Island Naval Port, has a total of 23 gunboats that can be operated. It can only be used as a water fort.

   In addition to leaving a shallow gunship to assist, the Beiyang Navy Admiral Ding Ruchang led the remaining 21 large and small warships, with a mortal heart to go out of port to meet the combined fleet, an unprecedented tragic sea battle on Liugong Island broke out.

  From about 5:00 in the morning to 1:40 in the noon, the great sea battle on Liugong Island lasted 8 hours and 40 minutes, and finally ended in a tragic ending with the entire Beiyang navy annihilated. The Fusang State Joint Fleet also paid a heavy price for this.

  At this time, the sea was full of gunpowder and flames. The slowly sinking battleship ignited a raging fire and rushed into the sky. On this **** and dead sea, an epic tragic song was performed.

  The Zhenyuan ship was sunk, and Yang Yonglin, the leader of the ship, was unwilling to surrender and sink with the ship. The Admiral Ding Ruchang of the Beiyang Navy was hit by shrapnel and died.

  The "Laiyuan" was sunk and Qiu Baoren was killed in battle. The "Jingyuan" was sunk, and Ye Zugui fell into the water and was rescued.

  "Pingyuan", "Chaoyong", "Yangwei", "Guangjia" and "Guangbing" were either severely or severely damaged, and the sea was covered in blood.

The first guerrilla of Fuso has an average speed of 19.4 knots, and the launch speed of the equipped rapid-fire guns is six times that of the Beiyang Navy’s original rear-mounted guns, and the speed is nearly twice that of the Beiyang Fleet. Any attempt by the Beiyang Navy to escape was strangled in this burning ocean.

  For this, the Fuso United Fleet paid a heavy price.

  The cruiser "Yoshino" of the first guerrilla unit sank in battle. Captain Kawara Kawara was shot dead on the spot. The "Akijinzhou" was hit hard and had to land on the beach.

  The cruiser "Kumamoto" was hit hard, and the captain Togo Heihachiro Marine Osa was seriously injured.

The flagship of the joint fleet "Matsushima" was shot in more than ten places and fires started. The crew tried their best to put out the fire before snatching it back. The "Chiyoda" was sunk. "Rui" has injuries of varying severity.

  The battle of the combined fleet was interrupted by the backbone and almost lost the ability to continue fighting.

  But Fusang won after all and seized control of the Yellow Sea. From then on, the thousands of miles of sea borders of the Qing Dynasty were stripped of their clothes, allowing the combined fleet to wreak havoc.

  Although Fusang has won consecutive battles on the battlefield, after all, his national power is limited, and the huge consumption caused by the war has further increased the domestic burden. After the end of the Liugong Island naval battle in April, Fusang was completely unable to fight.

   Therefore, Fuso Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi put forward a request for peace talks to the Qing government on April 6. However, Li Hongzhang was designated to act as a plenipotentiary representative and proposed to the Qing government that the cessation of land and compensation must be the conditions for "negotiation", otherwise there was no need to send a representative to Fusang.

  The Qing government is very afraid that the war will continue, and in order to obtain a truce, it is determined to do whatever it takes.

Therefore, on April 17, 1895, Li Hongzhang hurriedly reassigned as first-class plenipotentiary according to Fuso’s will. With the former U.S. Secretary of State Kostar as his adviser, he went to Fusang Country Pass (now Shimonoseki) with his Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mutsu. Zong Guang conducts negotiations.

  The two sides met in Chunfan Tower on April 20, and the peace talks were officially opened, which was delayed by one month from the original history.

   Although the entire army of the Beiyang Navy was destroyed, the battlefield of Liaodong was full of battles.

  Li Hongzhang asked for a truce before the peace talks. The Japanese proposed four harsh conditions, including the occupation of Tianjin and other places, but Li Hongzhang flatly rejected them.

  After the meeting on April 24, Li Hongzhang was suddenly stabbed by the Fusang Ronin on his way back to the embassy. Fusang was worried that he would cause interference by the Ocean Kingdom and automatically announced his commitment to a truce. The two sides signed a truce on the 30th.

  The truce period is 21 days. The scope of the truce is limited to Fengtian, Zhili, and Shandong, and a complete truce is implemented.

  During this period, the Japanese representatives continued to threaten and blackmail them as a victor, while the American consultant Kosta tried to persuade Li Hongzhang to accept the conditions as soon as possible in order to profit from it.

On May 1st, the Japanese side proposed very harsh settlement terms, including 300 million taels of silver for war compensation, ceding the three northeastern provinces and the Penghu Islands in Taiwan, opening Shashi, Chongqing, Suzhou, and Hangzhou as trading ports, and the Japanese government has to send consulates. Officials stationed at the above ports and set up concessions and other harsh terms.

  Li Hongzhang categorically rejected the Japanese terms and only agreed to pay 30 million taels of silver, and open Shashi and Hangzhou as trading ports. This is very different from the position of the Japanese side, and the negotiations between the two sides cannot be unexpectedly broken.

The greedy appetites of the Fusang people were confirmed one by one. At this time, Li Hongzhang showed an extremely tough attitude. He telegraphed that the governor of Beizhili, Gu Zhixue, had led 20,000 new troops into Tongxian for defense. In addition, he urgently mobilized 30 battalions from the Guangdong and Guangxi regions. Army, a total of 15,000 people relax to aid Beijing and Tianjin.

  In addition, the Huai army will be mobilized, and the Hunan army will have a total of 60 battalions, ready to fight a Beijing-Tianjin defense war.

   and negotiated with the Ocean Kingdom about the purchase of ships, and planned to purchase the "White Tiger" heavy cruiser stationed in the Kingdom of Ryukyu, as well as six other cutting-edge 4000-ton cruisers, and plan to merge them into the ranks of the Guangdong Navy to carry on the war.

  Ocean Kingdom actively responded to this arms purchase, and even drove the "White Tiger" heavy cruiser to an important spot in Tianjin for display. This has brought great pressure to the Fusang country, and its tough tone has softened.

  Don't look at Fusang people at the negotiating table being extremely arrogant. In fact, they are strong outsiders, and they can no longer survive the huge economic pressure.

  After many rounds of negotiation

  On May 11, Hirobumi Ito proposed Japan’s final amendment. The conditions were very harsh, and he said to Li Hongzhang: "Nakado sees me this abbreviation, but there are only two sentences allowed and not allowed."

  Li Hongzhang asked: "Are you not allowed to distinguish?"

  Ito Hirobumi replied: "Just debate, but you can't reduce it."

  Its plan is to compensate one hundred million taels of silver for war, ceding the three northeastern provinces and the Penghu Islands in Taiwan, opening Shashi, Suzhou, and Hangzhou as trading ports, with reduced conditions.

  Li Hongzhang begged to alleviate the extortion, but were refused.

On May 14, Tang Shaoyi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Oceans, joined France and Germany to mediate, lowering the war compensation to 6,000 taels, ceding the three northeastern provinces and the Penghu Islands in Taiwan, opening Shashi and Hangzhou as trading ports, and starting to deal with Japan. Putting pressure on, threatening to sell to Qing warships to help them quickly regain strength, does not rule out the joint intervention of all countries.

  Countries are doing their own little calculations. Under the watchfulness of the great powers, Fusang Country finally has a guilty conscience.

  The Fuso government finally agreed to conclude the contract after struggling for a week.

  On May 19, the Qing government telegraphed Li Hongzhang to abide by the order. On May 27th, Li Hongzhang, on behalf of the Qing government, signed the Shimonoseki Treaty with Japan, which humiliated the country.

  "Shimonoseki Treaty" (also known as "Chunfan Tower Treaty") has 11 paragraphs, with "other contract" and "special agreement". The main contents of the treaty are:

  Manchu Qing recognized North Korea's "complete independence", but actually recognized Fusang's control over North Korea;

  The Manchu and Qing Dynasty ceded the Liaodong Peninsula, Taiwan Island and all affiliated islands (including Diaoyu Island) and Penghu Islands to Fusang.

  Manchu Qing "compensated" Fusang for military expenses of 60 million taels.

  Opening up Shashi and Hangzhou as trading ports, the Fusang government may send consular officers to station at the above ports, and Fuso ships may sail into the above ports to take passengers and load goods.

  Fusang subjects can freely engage in various craft manufacturing in China's trade port cities, and import various machines at will. Their products are exempt from all miscellaneous taxes and enjoy the convenience of setting up warehouses in the mainland.

  The Fusang army temporarily occupied Weihaiwei. The Qing government paid an occupation fee of 200,000 taels every year. Fusang would not withdraw the occupying army until the final compensation was paid.

After the agreement was approved for exchange, the two countries returned all the prisoners of war. The Manchu and Qing government was not allowed to punish the enemy soldiers among the prisoners of war, and immediately released the spies who were in custody for the Fusang army, and pardoned all traitors who served the Fusang army during the war. Molecules are exempt from accountability.

Although through a series of secret plans, the "Shimonoseki Treaty" compensation was reduced from 200 million taels of silver to 60 million taels of silver, and the two ports of Chongqing and Suzhou were less opened, but it was still the most serious unequal treaty signed by the Qing Dynasty. Modern Chinese society brought serious harm. The cession of the three northeastern provinces, Taiwan and other large territories further undermined the integrity of China's sovereignty, stimulated the ambitions of the powers to carve up the Qing Dynasty, and deepened the national crisis.

  Don’t think that the war is over when the "Treaty of Shimonoseki" is signed, and the game is still to come.

   Six days after the signing of the Shimonoseki Treaty, the Russian Empire occupied the Liaodong Peninsula due to Fusang and prevented it from extending its power to the northeast of the Manchuria, so it joined France and Germany to intervene.

  On the seventh day, Ocean Kingdom and France intervened with Russia and Germany because the Fusang Kingdom ceded Taiwan and Penghu, which seriously violated their interests.

  May 31, 1895

  Fusang announced to abandon the Liaodong Peninsula, but the Qing Dynasty had to "redee it" with 10 million taels of silver.

  Fusang announced the abandonment of Taiwan and Penghu, and asked the Qing Dynasty to redeem them with 3 million taels of silver.

  After bargaining, the Manchu Dynasty “redeemed” the Liaodong Peninsula and Taiwan’s Penghu with 10 million taels of silver, ending the farce of dividing East Asia.

  The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind.

The "Three Kingdoms Intervention to Return the Liao" and the "Four Kingdoms Intervention to Return Taiwan" was a disaster for Fusang. It was a great humiliation to be played by the Ocean Kingdom. It was originally used to invade Manchuria and Taiwan by winning the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. The smashed attempt of Russia also allowed Russia to strengthen its power in the Far East and curb Fusang’s expansion in North Korea.

  In order to realize the second step (the annexation of Korea) and the third step (advance to Man-Mongolia) of Fusang's "mainland policy", Fusang reorganized its military and prepared for war, and decided to launch a land war against the Russian Empire ten years later.

  As for the Ocean Kingdom, due to the poor naval power of the Fusang Kingdom, it is temporarily unable to threaten the Ocean Kingdom in the depths of the South Pacific.

During the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, Fusang became an upstart in Asia.

But in the past, war indemnities were able to receive 230 million taels of silver, and ships and other spoils were worth more than 100 million yen, totaling more than 350 million. Now only 70 million taels of war indemnities are left. The loss of Taiwan and the Penghu Islands does not satisfy Fusang's greedy appetite.

  Fortunately, the Fusang government did not know that it was calculated. The island country, which was used to being poor, felt that the gains of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 were also good. After all, 70 million taels of silver were credited to the account.

Fuso’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mutsumitsu Mutsu said happily: “Before this indemnity, there was no expectation that there would be 70 million taels of silver, and the total government revenue was only 80 million yen. Therefore, when I thought that there was so much money now. Afterwards, both the government and private individuals felt extremely wealthy."

  (End of this chapter)