Chapter 512: The Battle of Yizhou (VII)(1/2)
In Taipei City, the Japanese Invading Army Governor's Mansion.
"Mr. Koizumi, Tainan and Taichung have been recaptured by the Chinese. Many of our soldiers and civilians have been killed, and a small number of them have fled to the mountains for shelter.
The war in Taiwan is coming to its final moment." Governor Kobayashi Jizao said with some regret.
He impulsively adopted Koizumi Aya's suggestion, but in less than two days, hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers and civilians were wiped out.
Although they also killed many Chinese, this did not seem to have any other effect except adding anger and excuses for revenge to the Chinese.
Moreover, at this time, Kobayashi Shizuo remembered that Kyushu Island in his country was still under the occupation of the Chinese. He seemed to be able to predict how the angry Chinese soldiers would pour their anger on the Japanese people on Kyushu Island.
Go on your body.
However, Koizumi Aya didn't seem to take it seriously at all. He lowered his head and looked at the map and said: "Another Chinese army starting from the Ryukyu Islands has now landed in Keelung. It won't take them half a day at most to reach Taipei.
The time has come for us to retreat."
"What did you say? Retreat?" Kobayashi Jizo was shocked and said: "Koizumi-kun, how do we retreat?"
Koizumi Aya raised her head and looked at the surprised Kobayashi Jizao and said: "Mr. Xiaolin, do you still remember how we evacuated the troops stationed on the islands from the Penghu Islands, Kinmen, Matsu and other islands?"
Kobayashi Jizo suddenly said: "You mean to retreat by submarine?"
Koizumi nodded and said: "These days, I have been ordering those submarines to dive into the sea during the day to avoid the Chinese air force bombings.
At night, we started to add fuel, ammunition, water and other daily necessities so that we could evacuate safely at the last moment."
"Since you have planned to evacuate for a long time, why did you ask me to issue an order for the entire island to fight?" Kobayashi Jizo asked angrily.
Koizumi Aya smiled slightly but did not answer.
When Kobayashi saw this, he was furious and said: "Koizumi-kun, how can you still laugh? Do you know that because of your one decision, hundreds of thousands of Yamato people lost their lives?"
"Xiaolin-kun, don't get angry yet. Let's evacuate first." Koizumi Aya said, avoiding the important and taking the easy.
"Retreat, we have made such a big mistake, where can we retreat to? Yesterday, the Chinese government issued a statement. In addition to condemning our crazy actions in Taiwan, it also announced that it will carry out a retaliatory war against the empire at any cost in the future.
I can even imagine what kind of cruel revenge millions of citizens on the imperial island of Kyushu will suffer!
You and I are both sinners of the Yamato nation. Even if we are lucky enough to escape back to Tokyo, we will definitely be punished by the base camp and His Majesty the Emperor, and we will also die!" Kobayashi Shizuo said with some dismay.
Koizumi Aya smiled mysteriously and said: "Xiaolin-kun, you are too pessimistic.
If I told you that the reason why I suggested that you order all the soldiers and civilians on the island to fight to the death was because I was following the highest order from the base camp, would you still think so?"
"What?" Xiao Lin Jizao was shocked when he heard this. He said with disbelief: "What did you say? The highest order of the base camp, how is this possible? Why did the base camp do this?"
Koizumi Aya said meaningfully: "For no other reason than to arouse the hatred of the Chinese people towards the Chinese people.
Hatred is the thing that can most ignite people's fighting spirit and belief.
When the Chinese regained their territory in Taiwan, they brutally murdered hundreds of thousands of our expatriates in Taiwan.
Coupled with the tragic situation in the Kyushu Island region, I believe that once our citizens learn about it, they will be blinded by hatred and all other distracting thoughts.
At the same time, we fully support the empire's revival and expand its armaments for the final decisive battle with the Chinese.
Only in this way can we, the people of Yamato, take no chances with China and prevent our Empire of Japan from becoming a colonial dependency of the China people.
Between us and the Chinese people and countries, there are only two final outcomes, either defeat and genocide, or victory.
This is true when we invade the Chinese people, and it is even more true when the Chinese people attack us."
After a pause, Koizumi Aya said to Kobayashi who was still in deep shock: "Mr. Kobayashi, so, now you understand? Our evacuation will not put our lives in danger at all. We secretly want to go back.
Those who returned to the base camp were also witnesses of the brutal massacre and persecution in Japan Bridge, Taiwan.
At most, you and I will only be dismissed from our positions for poor command, and the base camp will use us again in the future if there is a chance."
Xiao Lin nodded slightly after a long time, finally coming back to his senses.
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Two days later, the National Revolutionary Army regained all China's inherent territories, including Taiwan and the Penghu Islands, which had been colonized by the Japanese for nearly half a century.
Except for a few Japanese soldiers and civilians on the island who fled into the mountains and forests of Taiwan, they are being further eliminated with the cooperation of local compatriots.
Most of them were basically killed in the battle, and due to the crazy and inhumane actions of the Japanese at the last moment.
As a result, countless Taiwanese compatriots regarded hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers as life-saving gods and supported and respected them. For a time, millions of people in Yizhou, who were almost assimilated under Japanese colonial rule, all surrendered their hearts to the central government.
After the war, the streets and alleys were filled with various banners and posters welcoming the arrival of the central government.
** officers and soldiers patrolling the streets are often surrounded by enthusiastic compatriots of both sexes bringing large amounts of condolences.
Some female compatriots who were so lustful made the shy old faces of the Chinese soldiers who were so lively and invincible on the battlefield turn red and bewildered.
The recovery of the Taiwan Islands and even the Ryukyu Islands also caused a huge sensation on the mainland across the Taiwan Strait.
Countless Chinese people were so excited that they almost stayed up all night and rushed to tell each other. The support rate for the new government reorganized by Zhang Xinghan rose to an unprecedented height.
In this time and space, when the Treaty of Shimonoseki is mentioned and when the ceded territories such as Taiwan are thought of, countless Chinese people feel heartbroken.
This is the greatest sorrow and shame in the hearts of all Chinese people since the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894.
Today, less than a year after Zhang Xinghan established the new government, he has used practical actions to explain what kind of government and what kind of army can truly serve the country and the people.
Defend the country’s territorial integrity and national dignity without giving up.
The whole Chinese nation is excited and celebrating.
Overseas Chinese are even more excited.
After Taiwan was recovered, Zhang Xinghan sent a large number of government officials, including Minister of Finance Zhang Jingjiang, Vice President of the Executive Yuan Zhou Gong, etc. to Taiwan to preside over post-war reconstruction, appease the people, and stabilize people's hearts.
In addition, Xue Yue was ordered to be the commander-in-chief of the troops stationed in Taiwan, and he began to build various necessary military facilities such as airports, ports, terminals, etc. across Taiwan.
At the same time, the Navy's Third Fleet led by Shen Honglie will be deployed nearby in the Taiwan Strait to be responsible for defending the security of China's territorial waters in the South China Sea.
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The Battle of Yizhou ended successfully, and this strategic location guarding the Western Pacific transportation route was recovered. Zhang Xinghan began to order the First and Second Fleets of the Navy to begin to strengthen the sea areas of the Japanese archipelago, especially the east Pacific access channel where Hokkaido is located.
A tighter blockade was implemented. At this time, the Americans and British did not want to go into full-scale war with the Republic of China, which had successfully reorganized itself, regained the Taiwan Islands, and replaced Japan as the number one power in Asia.
Therefore, the volume of support and export trade to Japan dropped significantly, and the reconstruction plan that the Japanese tried so hard to carry out was almost forced to stop.
As a result, Ishihara Kanji was forced to secretly fly to the other side of the ocean again to seek continued substantive support from Britain, the United States and other countries.
In order to prevent the Americans from collapsing and being prematurely defeated by the Chinese, Roosevelt ordered the Pacific Fleet to march toward the Japanese islands.
The fleets of Britain, France and other countries in the Far East also passed through the Strait of Malacca and entered the South China Sea.
Oppress the Republic of China militarily.
At the same time, Britain, the United States, France and other countries jointly exerted diplomatic pressure on the Republic of China, requiring the Chinese military to lift Japan's inhumane comprehensive strategic blockade.
Finally, considering that it was not the time to completely fall out with Britain, the United States, France and other countries, under the persuasion of Zhu Gong, Mao Gong, Jiang Baili and many other people.
Zhang Xinghan decided to temporarily take a step back and lift the comprehensive blockade on Japan and change it to a focused blockade to ensure that the normal life of tens of millions of Japanese citizens can continue.
In fact, everyone knows that the Americans, Britain, France and other countries will continue to provide contraband assistance to the Japanese in secret.
Inside the office of the Chairman of the Military Commission of the Nanjing National Government.
Zhang Xinghan said with a livid face: "Is this a national shame?! I will definitely retaliate one day!"
Jiang Baili advised with a pleasant tone: "Commissioner, don't be angry. Even if the Japanese receive free assistance from the Americans and British, they will not be able to surpass us regardless of the strategic situation between the enemy and us or the gap in national and military power.
The reason we are holding back now is to better develop and build the country and the army, so that one day we can compete with the Western powers!"
Duke Zhou, who was deep in thought, nodded when he heard the words: "General Baili's words make sense. However, General Zhang, I have a suggestion for you. Nowadays, the British, American, French and Western powers are afraid that China will realize its great rejuvenation and rise again.
So to unite against us, can we also find some international allies?"
Zhang Xinghan looked at Duke Zhou and asked: "Is Duke Zhou talking about the Soviet Union? When I was in the Northeast, I fought with them for our railway sovereignty and killed hundreds of thousands of their troops.
I guess they will not be willing to cooperate with us, and I also want to say something. The Russians and other powers have invaded our country and occupied our territory in history.
In essence, there is no difference between them and the Western powers, and in terms of actually occupying our territory, the Russians are the most powerful.
Therefore, we should not have any hope for them and should not let down our guard at all times.
If you want to gain the respect and sincere cooperation of others, you must first be strong yourself, otherwise we, weak allies, are likely to become little sheep that can be slaughtered at will in their eyes."
Duke Zhou nodded, without comment, and continued: "General Zhang, you have misunderstood. The ally I am talking about is not the Soviet Union. Although our party has a deep relationship with the Soviet Union, in the face of national interests, we are also bound by our responsibilities."
"Then Duke Zhou, which country are you talking about?" Zhang Xinghan asked curiously.
"Germany." Zhou Gongdao: "Based on the current international situation and the performance of the Germans in recent years, as a country defeated in World War I, they are not willing to sink like this.
Especially after their new leader Hitler came to power, he not only adopted a tough attitude externally, but also began to obviously violate the Treaty of Versailles internally and massively expand armaments.
The intentions of the Germans are obvious. The geographical location of the Germans means that they will not have too many conflicts with us.
Therefore, this country should be the most suitable ally for us at present. Once the Germans start another war in Europe, Britain, France and even the Americans will have no time to look around.
By then, not to mention the Japanese archipelago, but also the Southeast Peninsula, the colonies of Britain, France and other countries will also become a piece of meat on our lips, and we can eat it whenever we want."
As soon as Duke Zhou finished speaking, Jiang Baili's eyes shone and he said with great approval: "Mr. Zhou's suggestion is really good, and this analysis puts even me, a professional soldier, to shame. Baili is really convinced.
Once war breaks out in Europe, we will not only be able to usher in precious fighter planes, but we can also take advantage of this rare opportunity to seize the time to develop and recuperate. That will be of no harm to us!"
"General Baili is a famous general of the country. He has trained countless good generals for the country and the nation. How can he be compared to me?
To be continued...