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- When the distance between w and the enemy was 600 meters, Haji asked the troops to crawl forward, and at the same time used mortars to attack the Spanish army positions. Before the war, Bosjewell had several shallow trenches dug, but due to time constraints, he could only dig them casually. When the Chinese fought against Russia, they used up all their trenches to defend themselves. Although these trenches were shallow, they still had a certain effect.
Four hundred meters is already a distance where both sides' rifles have a high hit rate, and the two sides started a fierce exchange of fire at this distance. Aim, shoot, pull the bolt and load the gun, all the soldiers are repeating this action. Artillery shells continued to fall on the position. Bosiyeville couldn't understand. This was the distance from which he could launch a charge. Why didn't the opponent's artillery stop firing? Aren't they afraid of hurting his own people? Turning his head and looking around, he saw that all the artillery pieces on his side were falling apart. Bosjevil sighed, stood up, and raised his gun high. Just when he was about to shout for charge, he was shot three times and fell down without even a grunt. At a distance of four hundred meters, the sharpshooters in Haji's army could hit the target with perfect accuracy. When Bosjewell stood up, he was undoubtedly seeking death.
The Spanish finally surrendered with the governor dead and enemy shells constantly falling in the trenches.
"Uncle! Didn't you leave?" Chen Zheng saw his uncle who had moved away at home.
"Ziyu! It's really you! Why are you here? Could it be?" When Chen Liang saw Chen Zheng, he immediately thought that this might be the empire going to war with Spain.
"Well, the emperor declared war on Spain, and now the battle is over."
"It's over? How quickly?" It hasn't even been half a day since the cannon was fired, and a war is over.
"By the way. Uncle, shouldn't you be in Guangdong? Why are you back again?" Chen Zheng asked.
"Dad asked me to come back and dispose of all the properties and fields, and take the clan members back with me," Chen Liang said.
Chen Zheng thought for a while and said: "No need, we can't sell it for much money anyway, and this place is now the territory of the empire."
"That's good!" Chen Liang thought to himself, now Chen Zheng has become such a big official. What you say is never wrong.
Chen Zheng knew that if he wanted to completely take over the Philippines, he had to suppress the rebels, whether it was foreigners ruling the Philippines or Chinese ruling the Philippines. None of these rebels would be willing. How to suppress the rebels is to naturally confiscate their weapons and lose their weapons and equipment. Naturally, there is no threat at all. Although Chen Zheng is the commander of the navy, this time he has to command the army in combat, because Chen Yu is trapped in Hailanpao by the freezing weather. Chen Zheng didn't understand land fighting, so he just conveyed the order to Haji to collect everyone's weapons. Anyone who resisted, whether civilians or policemen, could be shot to death.
Beijing, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"You are abusing prisoners of war! This violates international humanitarianism! I express my strong dissatisfaction and protest against this!" Munchlov went to see the Russian prisoners of war a few days ago and found that all of them were gathered together to fight for China. Build railroads and build factories. Anyone who tries to escape will be shot dead on the spot by the guarding soldiers. Russian soldiers actually want to contribute to China's national construction! How is this possible!
"International humanitarianism? Abuse of prisoners of war? Mr. Munchlov, what do you mean? You mean that if we let the prisoners of war build railways and build factories in this weather, we are abusing prisoners of war? Is there no humanitarianism?" Wu Tingfang asked.
"Isn't it? Let the prisoners of war build the railway in such horrible weather. What if they freeze to death?" Munchlov said.
"Frozen to death? No, we have given the prisoners of war enough clothing and food, and their life safety is guaranteed. And the nearly 100,000 prisoners of war, if they do not work, will not get clothing and food. 100,000 People consume a lot of food every day. We can't keep them in vain. Who knows when China and Russia will cease the war. What if the war will last for several years? And we don't think the Tsar will pay ransom for these prisoners of war. So they have to work for their own survival. Moreover, compared to you, we treat prisoners of war very well. If you say so, will you keep prisoners of war?" Wu Tingfang finished speaking and took a sip of tea. After the New Year, he will be imprisoned. Sent to Mexico, now the empire can only establish friendly relations with countries that have no conflict of interest.
"Uh" Munchlov was speechless. It is perfectly normal for the Russian army to massacre civilians. Why would they keep prisoners of war?
"I think Mr. Munchlov should send a telegram to persuade the Russian Emperor. In the Far East, you Russia will not get any benefits."
"Huh, let's see!"
Soon after the Russian minister left, Pei Ji came in and asked, "Did this old man come over and say anything?"
¡°It¡¯s really ridiculous to say that we mistreated prisoners of war.¡± Wu Tingfang laughed.
"Abuse of prisoners of war? What's going on?"
"The emperor asked those Russian prisoners of war to build the railway, MonkeyLove may have seen that the Russians were helping us build the railway, and felt that his country's people were working for a hostile country and felt dissatisfied! "
"Haha, Lao Maozi is really ridiculous." Pei Ji said with a smile.
Lenin looked at the construction site of the Anshan Iron and Steel Plant and couldn't help but sigh: "This country, like this construction site, has begun to flourish. But our motherland is still a monarchy, and the people across the country are living in dire straits at this time! We must Only by abolishing the monarch can the motherland develop!"
Next to him, Kovonov said: "Yes, this country has begun to move toward light, but Russia is still in darkness. If we want to gain light, we must overthrow the rule of the Tsar, establish a proletarian party, and liberate the country.
Lenin was exiled to Siberia in 1897, but it was the time when China and Russia were at war, so Lenin basically did propaganda work on Marxist ideas in the Far East, and met Kovonov of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party.
Lenin¡¯s real name was Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, and Lenin was his pen name. But the people he knows now like to call him by his pen name Lenin, and the same goes for Krupskaya, who was exiled to Siberia with him. Lenin began writing "The Development of Capitalism in Russia" when he came here. This book thoroughly criticized liberal populism from an economic perspective and demonstrated the development process of Russian capitalism. It was Lenin's tool to clear ideological obstacles to the spread of Marxism in Russia. . Although it is not under supervision at this time. But it was impossible to return to St. Petersburg to promote Marxism. Now that China and Russia are at war, Lenin came to China to see if he could get some funding. The enemy of his enemy is his friend, and the Chinese should support the Russian revolution.
Lenin walked all the way from Hailanpao and found that the city that was originally destroyed by the war had begun to be rebuilt in Anshan. He also saw the huge steel plants being built, which made him feel that capitalism was developing rapidly in this country.
Krupskaya said: "Let's go to Beijing. Let's see if we can see the Emperor of China."
Krupskaya is a pure Marxist who hates capitalism. Only, is the doctrine that liberates all mankind. The proletariat must revolutionize through violence. Smash the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie, establish the dictatorship of the proletariat, and consolidate and strengthen the dictatorship of the proletariat throughout the historical period of transition to society. In order to establish and consolidate the dictatorship of the proletariat, there must be leadership by a political party. Krupskaya believes that capitalism will inevitably collapse and will triumph.
"Okay, let's go to Beijing and see if we can get some assistance." Lenin said.
"The Chinese should help us overthrow the tsar's rule." Kovonov said.
Calamba, Philippines.
Aguinaldo was originally just a wealthy businessman in Cavite, but now. He was already the president of the revolutionary government of the Philippines. The Chinese suddenly declared war on Spain and quickly defeated the Spanish army in Manila, which made him feel at a loss. Because he has been busy making revolution and seizing power, he does not understand the outside world. In the Philippines, Chinese have always been the targets of oppression. And I haven¡¯t seen the Chinese government say anything. Now suddenly troops came to the Philippines and defeated the Spaniards. So who has the final say in the Philippines now? The fact that the Chinese can defeat Spain means that China must be very powerful. What should we do now?
Aguinaldo summoned his generals to discuss countermeasures.
Imino frowned and said: "Chinese, Chinese defeated Spain?"
"My people saw the warships in Manila Bay. What a big warship! The cannons on the ship are big and long!" Aladeshi said.
"Okay, I called you here to discuss what we should do, not to discuss the Chinese. The Spanish were defeated by the Chinese. If they don't send more people, it means that the Spanish gave up their rule over the Philippines. However, The Spanish are gone and the Chinese are here, are we going to fight the Chinese?" Aguinaldo said.
"Let's take a look at the situation first! The Chinese only captured the city of Manila. There are about 20,000 Spanish troops elsewhere. If these Spanish troops do not resist, it means that Spain cannot defeat China. Then we can send people Ask the Chinese what they think of the Philippines. If the Chinese want to turn the Philippines into their colony, we will drive the Chinese out of the Philippines!" Palak said.
"Well, that's a good idea, let's see what happens." Aguinaldo said.
The Governor's Office of Guam.
Charles Dieter was drinking afternoon tea when suddenly a guard rushed in in a panic. Charles said angrily: "What's going on! Don't you know how to knock on the door?"
"Governor! Oh no, the Chinese warships are here again!" The guard ignored the governor's anger.
 "What? Chinese warships? What are they doing here?" Charles stood up suddenly.
¡°I don¡¯t know about this, but they have already broken into the port!¡±
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Go and have a look!"
In Alap Port, Deng Shichang was discussing with Liu Buchan whether to use courtesy first and then soldiers or to serve soldiers first and then courtesy. Deng Shichang had been educated by Qin Ge and believed that justice was only within the range of cannons. He believed that by first firing a few cannons on the shore and then raising a flag to ask the Governor of Guam to surrender, Guam would definitely be captured very easily.
But Lin Taizeng disagreed. He asked people to send flags and told Deng Shichang: "China is a country of etiquette. It should be persuaded to surrender first. If it doesn't work, it won't be too late to fire artillery. The coastal defense artillery in this port only has dozens of guns." The front-loaded smoothbore guns from years ago pose no threat. If the Governor of Guam is willing to surrender, it will not only avoid civilian casualties, but also save artillery shells."
Deng Shichang shook his head and ordered to fire at the fort on the shore.
¡°Bang!!¡±
"What's going on?" shouted Charles, who was heading to the port.
Soon he encountered a group of people running towards him, and he grabbed one of them. Asked: "What's going on?"
"The Chinese opened fire!"
"What! Why did the Chinese open fire? Didn't they say anything?"
"No, the two battleships made some semaphores to each other. It was too far away for us to see clearly, and then one of the battleships opened fire on the fort!"
"What about the defenders at the port?"
"Ran."
"Hey!" Charles let go of the man and continued running towards the port. He had to figure out what was going on.
After the Honolulu ceased fire after two salvos, Lin Taitseng could only sigh. The commander of this operation was Deng Shichang. Even a senior official could crush people to death. The two warships slowly approached the shore, and at the same time continued to signal quick surrender. But there was no one on the shore.
Charles ran all the way to the port, gathering some soldiers along the way, and when he arrived at the port. I saw that some forts had been destroyed, and two warships flying the seven-star flag were docking.
"Governor, there is a flag on the ship for our people." A sharp-eyed soldier said.
"Who knows semaphore?"
"I understand." A soldier said.
"Here, let's see what they say." Charles handed a monocular telescope to the soldier.
The soldier looked at it with a telescope for a while and said, "Governor, they asked you to surrender."
"Surrender? What's going on? Go, you go to the dock to raise a flag and ask what's going on."
Honolulu.
"Captain, they asked us why we attacked Guam."
"What?" Li Dingxin said in surprise: "Don't they know that China and the West have declared war? It's been a long time!"
¡°Maybe it¡¯s Spain, but Guam has been forgotten! Don¡¯t worry about it!¡± Deng Shichang said.
"Then what's the answer?"
"Just say that the Empire has declared war on Spain and ask them to surrender quickly, or we will start shelling."¡ª¡ª
"How is it?" Charles asked.
"Governor. They said that China has declared war on our country, and if they don't surrender, they will start attacking."
"What, China has declared war on Spain? Why didn't the country send me a telegram?" Charles was confused as to why his country had declared war on other countries. As the colonial governor, he did not receive any news.
Charles frowned and thought: I don¡¯t want to be turned into cannon fodder. I have seen the power of these two warships a few years ago. Guam now doesn¡¯t even have many soldiers who can fight. It¡¯s better to surrender. I really don¡¯t know. What happened in China? Actually offended China. He said: "Quick! Find a piece of white cloth and hang it up! I don't want to look like the fort over there!"
Seeing the white flag hoisted at the port, Deng Shichang smiled and said to Li Dingxin: "How about it, I'm right! Only by fighting first and then being polite can the problem be solved quickly."
Li Dingxin previously agreed with the idea of ??courtesy first and then fighting. After listening to Deng Shichang's words, he smiled and said nothing, but said in his heart: "Who knows what is better if you have never tried courtesy first and then fight!"
Two days later, Spain proposed an armistice to China. Spain really does not have the ability to deal with two countries at the same time. It has long lost control of the Philippines. Most of the land has been occupied by the rebels. Now it is giving it to China to avoid the expansion of the war with China and to concentrate on dealing with the United States.
Qin Ge was naturally happy about Spain's peace proposal and personally received the Spanish ambassador to China, Mohad. Although he knew that the Chinese were taking advantage of the situation, he came to seek peace, so naturally he could not show off.A gesture of condemnation. Mohad said to Qin Ge at the dinner: "The Chinese people in the Philippines are being persecuted. This is all done by the indigenous people of the Philippines and has nothing to do with us in Spain."
Qin Ge said: "But the Philippines is a Spanish colony, and the Spanish government has the responsibility to manage the security of the colony. And according to reports from Filipino Chinese, in the many actions of persecuting Chinese, the Spanish government has never rescued the Chinese. Even the Philippines The police are often involved in the persecution of Chinese people. I have to suspect that these persecution of Chinese people may be planned by the Spanish governor in the Philippines."
"No, no no, no, it will definitely not, it will definitely not." Mohd quickly denied. But in fact, this is the case. The Chinese are no worse than the Jews in doing business, and they can always make money successfully. The persecution of the Chinese was indeed planned many times by the Governor-General of the Philippines, which not only diverted the conflicts among the Filipino indigenous people, but also obtained many benefits from it. Moreover, the Qing government never protested to Spain. Even back then, when the Beiyang Fleet ranked sixth in the world and first in the Pacific, the Qing government did not say a word for the overseas Chinese.
"Well, no matter what, Spain is no longer able to control the Philippines. I suggest that the Philippines be ceded to me. The Philippines is very close to China, and we have the ability to clear out the rebels in the Philippines." Qin Ge didn't know about the rebels in the Philippines. How many, but what¡¯s the problem? As long as we get the Philippines, we will be able to clear out the rebels sooner or later. As long as we get the Philippines, everything can be easily solved.
Mohad knew that China must have declared war on Spain because of the land of the Philippines, but Qin Ge said it so directly and clearly that he wanted Spain to cede the Philippines, which still made him feel very uncomfortable. He thought that Spain was the same as Britain now. , is an empire on which the sun never sets, but the colonies one after another gained independence or were occupied by other powerful countries, and the sun never sets on the empire. However, it is impossible for Spain to cede the Philippines. China must pay some price before Spain will transfer the Philippines. Mohad received a telegram from China asking him to discuss the transfer price in the Philippines.
He said: "Your Majesty, cession is impossible. After all, Spain still has a certain status in Europe. If it is ceded, our country's face will be lost."
Qin Ge had already intercepted and deciphered the telegram sent by Spain to Mohad. Spain wanted to save face. During the Spanish-American War, the United States seemed to have given Spain a lot of money. He smiled and said: "Then what do you think I should do?" Welcome your support, which is my biggest motivation. m
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