Rebirth of the Wealthy American Chapter 608

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Like Li Mu, Benjamin Harrison is not an honest man. In Cuba, Benjamin Harrison and Claudia played fiercely. As far as Li Mu knows, there has already been a crystal of love between the two, which is more than Li Mu. Much more.

Regarding Li Mu and Chu Xue, they did not hide Gloria. Carolyn Scott was completely unaware of Claudia.

Some people may think that such deception is easy for Carolyn Scott, but in Li Mu's view, this deception can only be concealed for a while, and there will be more hidden dangers in the future, so it is better to just start It's nice to be honest.

In the spring of 1877, Li Mu was mixed, Hayes successfully took office, and the Panama Canal Company also successfully included the Panama Canal. However, because of the breakdown of the relationship between Li Mu and Hayes, it was also a prospect for Li Mu and Steed Group. Cast a shadow.

With regard to Hayes, Li Mu did not care too much. As Rockefeller said, since the capital can hold Hays on the stage, he can also pull Hayes off, so Hayes will not go too far and dare not do it. Too much.

The reason why Hayes can be elected US President is well known. If Li Mu was not behind the scenes' support, maybe Hayes would not be able to win the party primaries. So if Hayes now dares to target the inside and the Steed Group, then Hays's design would collapse completely, a result that would be disastrous for a politician labelled "Integrity and Honesty."

The establishment of the Panama Canal Company is equivalent to the establishment of a major capital alliance, and Li Mu plays an important role in it. If Hayes dares to target the Panama Canal Company, it is equivalent to being an enemy of capital forces, and it is similar to "self-defeating the people." He didn't dare to borrow Hayes.

For the Japanese, the spring of 1877 was extremely cold.

In September last year, four gunboats from Ryukyu raided the Japanese Kagoshima military camp. Although Kagoshima had a shore defense turret, the caliber of the artillery on the turret was not as large as the main gun on the Ryukyu gunboat, so the artillery battle was almost just started. It's over.

After the turret was destroyed, Kagoshima was open to Ryukyu gunboats. The Ryukyu gunboats raged for two hours in Kagoshima. The Kagoshima shore anti-turrets were all destroyed. Subsequently, the Ryukyu gunboats bombarded the Kagoshima military camp. As a result, more than 100 recruits were killed and nearly 800 were injured.

Compared with the total number of people in the Kagoshima military camp, this loss is insignificant, but the shelling of the Japanese people was psychologically severe.

Unlike previous history, Japan has not experienced the victory of the Sino-Japanese War of the Sino-Japanese War of the Sino-Japanese War of the Sino-Japanese War, and has not experienced the victory of the Japanese-Russian War, and there is no continuous blood transfusion for Japan by the pseudo-Manchurian state, which can prove that the reform has not seen any results. The Japanese are relying on a spirit of energy to build their own country. At this time, they encountered a blow from American power. The blow to the Japanese 's confidence can be said to be devastating.

Don't look at the Ryukyu flags hanging on the gunboats. In fact, all Japanese know that these gunboats have little to do with Ryukyu. These gunboats are all from the United States, or more specifically, all from the American Steed Group.

That's right, that's the company whose main body is Chinese.

In fact, the concept of the Junma Group was passed by the Japanese government to the Japanese. After all, the Japanese government encountered a failure in Ryukyu before. At this time, a group needs to come out to support it, either a certain "evil group" or only incompetence. Japanese government.

The government is certainly not incompetent, so the Steed Group from the United States has become the "back pot man" in the mouth of the Japanese government.

However, in the view of Li Mu, this pot is not well-sold and the effect is counterproductive. You must know that the Japanese are extremely inferior in their hearts. The Japanese have an inexorable slavery to the strong. In the face of the strong, the Japanese are used to it. Sexuality will choose to obey, so the Japanese government took out the steed group and not only failed to arouse the consciousness of all Japanese to fight against the enemy with their enemies, but also caused the current Japanese pessimism to overflow, and defeatism prevailed, causing people's hearts and complaints. Boiling, this was unexpected by the Japanese government.

Of course, among them, the devotion to the shogunate led by Tokugawa played a big role.

In early October, the Ryukyu Army led Kagoshima under the leadership of Marshal Bai Qi.

The Japanese army 's painstakingly-run half-year-old new army finally came in handy. Nearly 60,000 Japanese soldiers and 15,000 Ryukyu soldiers fought fiercely for half a month in Kagoshima. In the end, 15,000 Japanese soldiers were killed, and nearly 40,000 Japanese soldiers surrendered. By 5,000 Japanese troops withdrew from Kagoshima.

On the occasion of this victory, it was supposed to sing and advance into the Japanese mainland, but in the use of these nearly 40,000 Japanese prisoners, serious differences within Ryukyu appeared again.

According to Bai Qi, these 40,000 Japanese troops will be used as hard labor, and fortifications and forward camps will be built in Kagoshima to prepare for the attack on Japan.

However, in the opinion of Pan Tingzhen and Tokugawa, every effort should be made to promote these captives anyway to set up Japanese servants to assist the Ryukyu army to attack Japan.

It must be explained that in order to attack Japan, the Ryukyu people did pay a great price. The population of Ryukyu with less than 500,000 people, the population mobilized to prepare for the attack on Japan exceeded 100,000 people, which made Pan Tingzhen really unable. accept.

Over the past six months, almost all Ryukyus have been preparing for the attack on Japan. Young Ryukyu men are trained in military camps, and they need to perform uninterrupted labor during training. Women and elderly people are also grouped. They must bear high-intensity logistics. The work not only prepares for the offensive against Japan, but also provides services for the Steed Group to build an immigration camp on the island of Ryukyu.

As a result, Ryukyu simply did not have the energy to develop the domestic economy. As a result, almost all of the current Ryukyu relies on the blood transfusion of the Junma Group to barely maintain it.

This situation is certainly unacceptable to Pan Tingzhen. Although Pan Tingzhen does not resist the penetration of the Junma Group, as the Prime Minister of Ryukyu, Pan Tingzhen must also consider the issue from the Ryukyu stand, and cannot rely on the Junma Group at all. Ryukyu as an independent country At least, we must have the ability to be self-sufficient, so that Ryukyu will be necessary.

If possible, Pan Tingzhen hopes that Bai Qi's army will be composed entirely of Japanese, and in any case can not continue to draw blood on the nearly depleted human resources of Ryukyu.

As for Tokugawa's assertion, his mind is not humane. After all, no matter whether it is Bai Qi or Pan Tingzhen, it is impossible to become the direct ruler of Japan. Therefore, Tokugawa's assertion hopes to increase his right to speak. Get more power in the future.

It was okay for Bai Qi to fight frontal, but in terms of organization and coordination, Bai Qi was lacking, so the final result was a compromise. Half of the Japanese prisoners were used as hard labor, and the other half formed the Kagoshima First Division. Regiment, Li Bingmao prepared for the offensive in Japan.

This "First Division" is also very Japanese. According to the agreement between Bai Qi and Tokugawa, Tokugawa made a statement as head of the First Division, but in addition to the position of "Head of Division", All the heads of brigades and affiliates of the subordinates are all Chinese-American officers from the United States. Therefore, Tokugawa stated that the head of the division, which is also the mascot of the first division, really had the final say in the first division. Yes, Chinese Americans headed by Bai Qi.

Since the end of September, heavy snowfall has continued in Japan. Miyazaki, Kumamoto, and other counties north of Kagoshima have snow depths of up to 60 cm. Bai Qi was forced to terminate the onshore offensive, and only Kobe and Yokohama could be reached by sea. Wait for harassment.

The heavy snowfall in the past few days has given the Japanese government a glimpse of vitality. Throughout the winter, the Japanese government and the Ryukyu government have been fighting hard to save power for the decisive battle in the coming year.

Relatively speaking, Ryukyu's advantage is still relatively large. After all, Ryukyu can get a continuous supply from the United States, and Japan is in a desperate situation. All countries in the world do not think that the Japanese can win this war, so Even if Japan wanted to raise a war loan with its own strength, it would still be a waste of money.

Money is a big problem. The Japanese government does not have it. In fact, even if it is rich, it is useless. The three major weapons companies in the world, Steed Weapons Company and Krupp wear the same pants. Enfield was unwilling to blend in. Good offices began one day, hoping to resolve the differences between the Japanese government and the Ryukyu government peacefully.

This kind of adjustment is destined to have no effect. The conflicts between Japan and Ryukyu are not accumulated day by day. The freezing of three feet is not a day's cold. The efforts of the British are destined to be futile.

This winter, the intelligence network that Tokugawa frankly managed finally came into play. Japan 's loyal forces in the shogunate came to Kagoshima by land or sea. One winter, the number of regular troops in Bai Qi 's hands reached nearly 150,000. People finally have the strength to head-to-head with the Japanese army on the front battlefield.

Regarding Japan's domestic loyalty to the shogunate, according to Tokugawa's statement, at least a quarter of Japanese people sympathize with the shogunate and hope to return to the previous period of the shogunate, so even if the Japanese government obstructs it, it still stands in the way. The Japanese who were loyal to Kifu were determined to go to Kagoshima.

The previous Ryukyu army was strong and strong, but there was a huge gap between the number and the Japanese army. After all, Japan is a country with a population of more than 20 million. If the Japanese government has sufficient financial resources, it will not be impossible to expand millions of troops in a short time. It is only because of the financial and material resources of the Japanese government that it is also inadequate to support the existence of millions of troops.

To put it bluntly, if the Japanese government sets up a million troops, let alone the army's armaments, even eating will be a problem.

The situation on the Ryukyu side is exactly the opposite. Although it was backed by the Junma Group before, it must be inherently inadequate. Even if the Junma Group armed all 500,000 Ryukyu people, it could not compete with Japan's population.

The rapid expansion of the number of troops directly affects the strength of the army.

Compared with the Japanese army, the current Ryukyu army is at a disadvantage in terms of number, but in terms of training and logistics, the Ryukyu army and the Japanese army are not at all a level. The current Ryukyu can be described as what it wants, horses. In order to support the Ryukyu Army, the company has even delayed the delivery time of other orders. This makes the Ryukyu Army a strong force and a strong weapon. It is not only equipped with the latest burst rifles, but also machine guns, mortars, and large guns. Heavy weapons such as calibre heavy artillery are also available.

Compared with the Ryukyu army, the Japanese army is simply shabby. The Japanese government now takes out real money and ca n't buy enough weapons. Because of Li Mu, the Steed Weapons Company and Krupp will not interact with the Japanese government. When it comes to any form of cooperation, there is only one Enfield. Although it is willing to conduct transactions with the Japanese government, Enfield's enthusiasm is not high when the Japanese government does not receive gold.

At the beginning of April, the snow and ice melted, and the cold winter gradually left, and the war finally rekindled.

"We now have two options. On the one hand, we rely on Kagoshima to advance steadily for the battalion. The biggest advantage is that we don't need to consider the Japanese government's interference. We can slowly plan for it. As long as I give me enough time, I can guarantee that in When Christmas comes this year, we can spend the New Year in Tokyo. "At the pre-war preparations, Bai Qi was full of confidence and seemed to be preparing to end the war before Christmas.

"This method is secure, but it is protracted, and I am afraid that it will change over time, so we might as well smash Tokyo and win the Emperor Meiji directly, so that we can minimize the consumption and end the war in the shortest possible time." Pan Tingzhen does not I like fighting, I do n't like it at all, so I do n't agree with Bai Qi.

"Master, please obey the order of the meeting." Bai Qi was not polite, and in his own field, he did not give Pan Tingzhen a chance to interject.

Before coming to Ryukyu, Bai Qi and Pan Tingzhen had a clear division of labor. Bai Qi was in charge of the military and Pan Tingzhen was in charge of politics. The two did not interfere with each other and did not belong to each other.

Of course, Pan Tingzhen also has a say in military affairs. After all, to attack Japan, Pan Tingzhen needs to coordinate and provide logistics, so Pan Tingzhen was able to attend the meeting.

But this is a seat, there is no right to speak, so Bai Qi does not give Pan Tingzhen a chance to speak at all.

"There is a second option. We might as well listen to it first." Still, Tokugawa insisted that he could put himself in the right position, and he absolutely trusted in military affairs and did not participate in any opinions.

"Originally there was a second option, but now there is no more, I now order-" Bai Qi acted arbitrarily, and a general in the conference room immediately stood up, and the atmosphere suddenly calmed down.

Looking at the situation in front of him, Pan Tingzhen only felt a bit hard inside, but he didn't interject. This is the price of introducing external forces. Pan Tingzhen had been psychologically prepared, but did not expect it to be so difficult when he faced it.

Fortunately, fortunately, this foreign monk is also Chinese. Otherwise, Pan Tingzhen really has a dead heart.

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