Chapter 46 History will prove

One, two... Bloody corpses were carried into the carriage. Inside and outside Fushun City, the tired soldiers dragged their heavy footsteps and carried the corpses on the battlefield. Some were just corpses. It was no longer clear whether they were the enemy's or their own. For the soldiers, the way to distinguish between the enemy and me, perhaps Only the style of the boots on the corpse, or the color of the military uniform.

"It's over!"

Kawamura Jingming, who was originally going to lead the army to carry out the final counterattack, looked at the Chinese soldiers who withdrew from the city in surprise, and watched them carrying the bodies of their comrades-in-arms and withdrawing from the city. He was not full of any fluke in his heart, but was tortured by a boundless shame.

What if the order is issued ten minutes later?

It doesn't only take five minutes late. Maybe you will become a corpse like a corpse on the ground.

Living should have been a happy thing, but is he happy?

No!

"Ah... Hengdao!"

A Japanese soldier knelt there, holding a corpse and howled loudly. He roared out of his voice in a sad cry. The remaining Japanese soldiers inside and outside Fushun City were facing the suddenly retreating Chinese army with different faces.

"I'm still alive!"

The fluke's shouts rose in everyone's hearts. They couldn't believe their eyes. It's good to live...

Throw the gun aside, and then lie on the ground, looking at the slowly drifting smoke in the sky. The vast majority of the Japanese officers and soldiers of the more than 10,000 Yalu River Army who survived had such an idea.

"It's better to die than to live like this!"

Kawamura Jingming muttered on his lips. He looked at Uehara Yongsaku beside him. Uehara Yongsaku also looked depressed, because just a few minutes ago, they even saw the Chinese army throw grenades into their headquarters.

"It's his man's, just pee before you leave!"

He stared at the group of Japanese officers who rushed out of the Zheng family's courtyard with knives and guns with fire. Chen Guobang roared. When he roared, he resolutely ran to a place only a dozen meters away from the Japanese soldiers. Looking at the group of Japanese soldiers who were glad that they were still alive, he stared at their faces and took them off directly. Pants, take out the guy.

"Walala"

The water column rushed into a paralytic blood, and the foggy water column and blood flowed on the road. One, two, three... Dozens of soldiers ran under my eyes and took out their own guys to pee.

When they were peeing, they raised their chins and looked at them, with a provocative look on their faces.

"Turtle son, I haven't seen a big bird!"

Chen Guobang stared at those angry Japanese with red faces and thick necks and roared.

"If I am willing, I will wipe you all out!"

"That's the power of soaking water!"

In their laughter, the soldier standing opposite them held a gun and glared at the Chinese army that humiliated them. Unexpectedly, although there was no officer's restraint, no one dared to shoot. They just stood there with a gun, lowered their heads, and let the other party humiliate them like this.

"I don't know about the other Japanese troops, but... the Yalu River Army... was scared by the [***] team from the bone!"

Several external [***] observers who came out of the bunker in the Zheng family's compound saw this scene and sighed in surprise. They didn't expect that in just one and a day and a half, an army in their eyes was defeated by another army in their will. It was not difficult for them to lose. I lost the war and lost my own will.

Jingming Kawamura looked at the military observers who came out and bowed to them in frustration.

"Let you laugh!"

After saying that, he walked into the Zheng family's compound. He could no longer bear this kind of humiliation. When he entered the courtyard, he looked at those soldiers in their thirties. The Yalu River Army was mostly reservists. Some of them even participated in the Qing War. They used to be proud, but now?

Disappointed! But in disappointment, he brought a trace of happiness. What are you happy for? Are you glad they didn't shoot?

"Okay, man, look up, man, let's go to the city tomorrow!"

"That's right, what the fuck is the defense line, like a piece of paper!"

On Baiyun Mountain in Dalian, he stood up from the trench that was flattened by shells. Li Dongyun looked at his side and looked dull. He didn't know whether he was glad that he was still alive or his brother with other ideas. Just as the Japanese army was about to launch a charge. When they thought that this battle might not survive, the Japanese army actually retreated.

When they rushed to repair the trenches and planted the mines in front of the battle, more than half an hour later, an order came from the headquarters.

"Ceasefire in the field,"

There is another order by the way.

"You are not allowed to shoot me again!"

In the past eight days, shooting cold guns was almost the patent of the veterans of the only brigade. From a few hundred meters away, as long as I looked at the outcrop, I would shoot, but now, there is a ceasefire.

Just like when the war broke out, it came suddenly and went as suddenly.

"I finally kept it!"

Looking at the soldiers who restrained their corpses with white flags, Li Dongyun felt tired for the first time. Perhaps in the previous eight days, the fierce battle made him forget what fatigue was long ago, and now, he just wants to have a good sleep.

Just as he wanted to sleep, several soldiers carried their picks up the mountain from behind. The picks were full of cigarettes, as well as bottles of Russian liquor, braised meat, and fragrant braised meat, mixed with the smell of gunpowder smoke and blood, which was tempting and a little strange.

"Commander Li, this is the order of the brigade commander to comfort the brothers!"

"Brothers, eat it all! Eat it!"

Li Dongyun, who lay down on the hillside, said so, but few people went to eat. The tired soldiers needed rest, not the wine and meat.

"Dog, come and take a bite, take a bite..."

In the trench, a soldier wearing a military cap but in civilian clothes, holding half of the already stiff body, holding a piece of braised meat in his hand, stuffed it into the mouth of the brother who had been dead for a long time.

Some of the surviving soldiers just took out cigarettes from the basket, folded them and spread them. The tired soldiers smoked and looked at the Japanese soldiers with complicated eyes.

After smoking a cigarette, Ma Bo took out three cigarettes from the tin cigarette box and lit the three cigarettes with a match in his mouth. The smoke was buried in the earth, and then took out a bottle of white wine from the side and unscrewed the iron lid.

"Taozi, Brother Liu, Brother Zhang, have a good time!"

With his mouth in his mouth, tears slid down his face, and the wine was poured into the blood-soaked soil. At this time, there were a lot of crying around. Li Dongyun, as their officer, looked at this scene silently. He did not cry loudly because of the loss of his comrades-in-arms, nor did he "complete" the task alive. Fortunately, he was lucky. Laughing loudly, he just lay there and looked at the sky. There was only one problem in his mind.

Whether this battle is won or lost!

Looking at the soldiers who collected the corpses, he suspected that he had not won. If they won, how could those soldiers be able to collect the corpses there? But if they were defeated, his position was still there, Dalian was still behind him, and the Chinese flag was still flying over Dalian.

Dalian didn't lose it! This is victory!

Li Dongyun remembered his task and defended Dalian until the last person!

Dalian defended it, saying that I failed to occupy Dalian. Isn't this a victory?

Walking silently on the streets of Dalian, looking at the bullet pits in the street, Lin Yuqing's young and somewhat strange face was full of solemnity. He guarded Dalian for at least eight days, and perhaps another eight days.

"Ten thousand people, ten thousand people..."

What do you get from the bottom of your heart, the loss of eight days and the casualties of 10,000 people? It's the flag that is still flying over Dalian. Anyway, I kept it by myself. Isn't it worth being happy?

But why can't you be happy?

He couldn't laugh. Even when he received the ceasefire order, he not only didn't feel relieved, but also had a different emotion. What kind of emotion was it?

Is it anger? No!

Is it a blessing? No!

is... "Report... report... regiment... regimental department order, order... you... your department, stand up... immediately... withdraw... withdraw from the position!"

With an order, Shi Jingde felt that his head was blown up with a bang, withdraw... withdraw... withdraw... withdraw from the position!

"Why! My people are still here, and I can keep it!"

When he heard the order, he was unwilling to retreat, although he had been waiting for the order for the past few hours.

"Stop... It's a ceasefire! Sir!"

When he heard these words, Shi Jingde sat down softly. He looked at the brothers around him and the bodies of the brothers lying in the trench. Tears slid down from his face again. Suddenly, he burst into tears and stopped the fire. Did he win, or... He didn't know the answer. He only I know, my brothers are all dead!

"My brother!"

The howling cry burst out of Shi Jingde's voice, "Sir... said I withdrew!"

At the foot of the mountain, the Japanese army, which was originally preparing, retreated after a period of dryness, and then raised a white flag. A Japanese soldier held a white flag in his hand, and an officer was walking in front of the soldiers.

"S sir, I said I was flying the white flag!"

When the Japanese officer was still 100 meters away from the position, Shi Jingde came to his senses, wiped away his tears with his tattered sleeves, and straightened his tattered military uniform. He walked towards the Japanese officer. He was facing a Japanese major.

"According to the ceasefire agreement reached by China half an hour ago, our army will withdraw to Tieling and now collect the bodies in front of your position. Please take care of your army!"

The young commander bowed to Shi Jingde, and his behavior made Shi Jingde smile bitterly. Is this the treatment that the winner enjoys? Perhaps, the young commander sensed Shi Jingde's thoughts, and he said in fluent Chinese.

"Mr. Lieutenant, you must know that this conflict, whether in China or Japan, cannot be the winner?"

In the ambassador's office in the U.S. Embassy in Nanjing, Rou Keyi looked at the telegram from the front-line observers of the two [***] teams. The content of the telegram was to confirm that the two countries had fulfilled the agreement to achieve a ceasefire in Fengtian, Dalian and Fushun.

"Colonor Enfield, how long do you think the ceasefire will last?"

While putting down the telegram, he turned his eyes to the lieutenant colonel of the army with Spanish blood in front of him. At the same time, he opened the cigarette box on the table. This box of cigarettes was a gift he received when he went to the Chinese palace to meet the emperor. Unlike the luxury of the gift of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor could even use stingy when giving gifts. To describe, such a box of cigarettes is only worth 5 yuan at most.

"Maintain until the moment when the Chinese need to use war to add chips to themselves on the negotiating table!"

Lt. Colonel Sifield, who had the same "Prussian" beard as His Majesty the Chinese Emperor, took a cigarette. With a "ding", he turned on the gold fire engine inlaid with gems and lit cigarettes. This new fire engine is a brand designated by the Chinese royal family. Only an 18K gold fire machine cost him three months' salary.

Elegantly spit out a cigarette. He looked out of the window, and there was a spring rain outside the window.

"They have never planned a ceasefire at all. Even if there is a ceasefire now, it is just a reorganization for the heavy war in the near future! It's the same for the Chinese, and it's the same for me!"

From the beginning, Lieutenant Colonel Enfield firmly believed in the so-called peace, but it was just a temporary "stabilizing the enemy" between China and the two countries.

"Don't think that Japan sent Ito Hirofumi, but if Japan defeated the fleet against Russia, then the first person to stand up and tear up the ceasefire agreement will not be the army, but Ito Hirofumi!"

" Lieutenant Colonel Enfield, who do you think is likely to win this war?"

Rou Keyi frowned slightly and asked casually.

"Mr. Ambassador, it depends on how we look at this victory!"

"What do you think of victory?"

The lieutenant colonel's words stunned Rou Keyi. Does it mean that the winner will change due to different perspectives?

"Yes, Mr. Ambassador!"

After smoking the cigarette made of Turkish tobacco in three bites and two, Lieutenant Colonel Enfield drank a cup of tea and continued as if he were playing.

"Militaryly, if Japan wins the naval battle with Russia, then in order to avoid being hit at sea, China is likely to suffer losses. Maybe they will rely on their advantages to support the army on land, but in the end... Mr. Ambassador, don't tell me that we will be really willing to protect China's south. Fight with me!"

He said that Rou Keyi didn't say anything. Neither Britain nor the United States could fight for China and Japan.

"D under the pressure of Britain and us, China has to make peace with each other. Therefore, on the surface, Japan is the winning side, but no matter what the result is, for China, they are the real winners!"

Enfield's words made Rou Keyi a little surprised. Is it possible for the loser to become the winner instead?

"Why is that?"

"Because no one wants to see that Japan is too powerful, so they maintain the balance in the Far East. The Russians have no choice but to rely on China, and the Chinese take the initiative to fight against the Japanese completely dispel our concerns about the alliance between the two countries, so after the war, the Chinese will be on another battlefield. Win the victory!"

Rou Keyi, who was originally a little surprised, nodded and agreed with Lieutenant Colonel Enfield. This lieutenant colonel is more like a politician than an officer. At least in Rou Keyi's eyes, he is definitely an excellent Asian expert, not just an army officer.

"You mean that the continuous injection of capital, even military help, may be very big. Whether it is Britain or the United States, it is impossible to accept a Japanese book without any checks and balances, especially for the United States, so the president asked us to show the right in this war. China is friendly, but despite this, I am not very optimistic personally,"

Although he agrees with Enfield's view, Rou Keyi also has his own opinion.

"Even if Japan defeats the Russian navy, they can't win all. Japan has four battleships and eight cruisers. Although several Russian battleships have been captured in Lushun, those battleships will not be put into use until next year. If they win, it will be a tragic victory. Naturally, the goal of this war is naturally Reached, Russia was weakened by Japan, the navy was weakened by Russia, and the Chinese weakened their army. This war, as we expected, both Japan and Russia, have been seriously weakened!"

In essence, this war is that the three countries of Britain and the United States have their own needs to start. After the two potential enemies are weakened as they wish, how can the Chinese still benefit from it?

"Mr. Ambassador, what you are talking about is to see the outcome of the war. What I am saying is that I like the performance of the [***] team. Their performance has convinced countries that the new Chinese emperor [***] team is fully capable of protecting their country. This alone is enough to make investors in this country full of confidence in this country. With confidence, they have money. With money, they can develop industry. China's market is 450 million people, and it is said that there are 46 million people!"

When it comes to the population of the two countries, Lieutenant Colonel Enfield deliberately aggravated his tone.

"Such a huge market cannot be ignored by investors in various countries. After this war, China, which has completely recovered its tariff autonomy, through a series of policies such as national tax autonomy, after implementing tariff protection, in the face of tariff protection and appropriate preferential investment attraction laws, the business community of various countries will only further increase China Investment, at that time, the Chinese people will still be the winners. It is said that I may be able to win the present, but China has won the future through this war!"

"It seems that our opinions are divided, don't they?"

Rou Keyi smiled and looked at the excited Lieutenant Colonel Enfield. He may have a keen political sense, but he is easily excited. For any politician, this is a taboo.

"But history will prove everything I said today, and... Mr. Ambassador, it won't take long!"

(to be continued)