Chapter 447 The Southern War Restarts (5)
The results of the capture of Shangyang City were counted. A total of more than 25,000 Feng German soldiers were captured, and more than 10 Japanese officers who escaped their lives in the mutiny. In addition, the Feng German soldiers killed in the early battles, the goal of annihilation of Feng German troops passing through Zhejiang Province can be considered basically achieved. In addition, the bodies of officers such as Fukuda Masaki were also found. Although the soldiers of Feng German troops abandoned their weapons and surrendered after the People's Army entered the city, they had basically abandoned their weapons and surrendered, because they had started war, they could only be treated as prisoners and could not enjoy the treatment of surrender. The captured Japanese officers will be tried in the military court of the East China Government.
The People's Army itself did not suffer many casualties, and in the early battles, less than 200 soldiers were killed, and more than 300 soldiers were injured. However, when counting the results, it was also counted that during the 2 or 3 days of mutiny, about 6,000 residents died in the city, and a large amount of robbed items and money were also cleared.
Shangluo is not a big city, with the population in the urban area being about 500,000, so more than 6,000 residents died, which is also a very shocking number. Because these residents did not die in war, but in the military riots, it also aroused the anger of the People's Army.
The People's Army has strict military discipline and no violations. It is well known that the People's Army soldiers who have been educated have regarded protecting the people as one of the responsibilities of the army. Although they are lucky enough to be the place of the East China Government, in the education of the East China Government, as long as they are in China, they will be the territory of the East China Government. Now, they will be the same in the future. As long as they are Chinese, they will be their own compatriots. Therefore, seeing the atrocities of the Fengde Army naturally made the officers and soldiers of the People's Army indignant.
However, the People's Army cannot handle this matter, so it can only report it to the Military Commission, and then forward it to the Executive Yuan for a resolution.
When the incident of the Fenglong incident was reported to the Executive Yuan, three opinions emerged. Some people advocated that the Fengde Army should be liquidated and that the Fengde Army, which had been looted and killed, would be severely punished; but some people believed that the Fengde Army was not the People's Army and could not use the military discipline standards of the People's Army to demand the Fengde Army soldiers. Although the Fengde Army surrendered after the war, it did not resist stubbornly, and since ancient times, it has been ominous to kill prisoners. If it was still liquidated after surrender, the East China Government's army would be able to fight against the People's Army to the end. Of course, some people believed that the Fengde Army was originally Yuan Shikai's territory, and this time the East China Government sent troops to annihilate the Fengde Army to show its attitude, and did not intend to occupy Yuan Shikai's territory, so it would be better to leave it to Yuan Shikai for handling.
After discussion, the Executive Yuan believed that it could not be handed over to Yuan Shikai for treatment first, because if Yuan Shikai was to deal with it, all the prisoners must be handed over to Yuan Shikai, which would undoubtedly greatly enhance Yuan Shikai's strength. In the meantime, between severe punishment and letting go, the Executive Yuan finally chose to severely punish the Fengde soldiers who had looting and murder were not to kill prisoners or liquidation, but to punish the crimes of robbery and killing civilians they committed. This would also give an explanation to the lucky people and at the same time win the hearts of the people for the East China government. As long as the people are willing, even if the army and the People's Army of other forces resisted to the end, it would not be a concern.
Therefore, the Military Commission ordered the 19th Field Army to review all captured Feng German soldiers. Feng German soldiers who committed murderous acts carried out firings, and Feng German soldiers who committed robbery shall be punished according to the severity of the circumstances. At the same time, the Executive Yuan also set up a special investigation team to rush to the Lucky to assist in the investigation.
More than a month later, there were more than 1,200 soldiers in the Fengde Army who were confirmed to have committed murder, and as many as 10,000 soldiers in the Fengde Army who were confirmed to have committed murder were lucky to perform a fire execution in Shang, and residents could go to the execution ground to watch; while the Fengde Army soldiers who were involved in the robbery were sentenced to imprisonment ranging from 5 to 10 years of labor service. The materials and money robbed by Fengde soldiers and the seized part of the Fengde Army's food and food were also distributed to the Shangfu residents, and then they were lucky to withdraw their troops from Shangfu.
When the People's Army was lucky enough to evacuate the people, the lucky people went out to see him off, and some even cried bitterly, hoping that the People's Army would stay. After Yuan Shikai learned about it, he couldn't help but sigh. The East China Government had a good idea to buy the hearts of the people. If he had changed himself, he would never liquidate the prisoners of Fengde soldiers, but would break them up and incorporate them into his own army to expand his strength. Bi Jin's prisoners were originally soldiers and could have combat effectiveness without any training. Of course, the East China Government is now a big family and does not look down on these prisoners' soldiers.
But these are all later stories. Just when the People's Army captured the lucky Fengde army and wiped out the lucky Fengde army, on the Fujian battlefield, the People's Army had successively captured Funing Prefecture, Jianning Prefecture, Yanping Prefecture, Fuzhou Prefecture, Yongchun Prefecture and other places. The Yuan army also took the opportunity to capture Tingzhou Prefecture, Longyan Prefecture, and Shaowu Prefecture, which was occupied in the first Southern War. The Fengde court only had Quanzhou Prefecture, Xinghua Prefecture, and Zhangzhou Prefecture, with a total area of about 16,000 square kilometers, which could almost be said to be dead in name only.
At this time, the Fengde army entered Jiangxi from Zhejiang and captured the lucky ones. In just 12 days, the East China Government completed its revenge on the Fengde court and captured about 40% of Fujian Province.
In fact, after the East China government sent troops, the Japanese government knew that something was wrong. Yamamoto Yoshima, Fukuda Masaki, and Miura Kentaro were too brave and were trying to provoke the East China government. Isn’t this seeking death? However, the Japanese government naturally did not dare to send troops to Fujian, so it could only ask Britain, France and other countries to mediate.
At this time, Britain, France and other countries were also quite annoyed because they all knew very well that the East China government would never tolerate this breath and might have occupied Fujian with this excuse. However, it is meaningless to blame Japan for being so hard that it can only mediate. Therefore, the consuls of Britain, France and other countries in Qingdao also frequently communicated with the Foreign Affairs Commission, expressing their willingness to mediate the conflicts between the East China government and the Fengde court and stop the war.
After the discussion of the East China Government, it believed that the East China Government had no plan to go south in large numbers, but the Fengde court's death behavior forced the East China Government to respond with a tough attitude. At this point, it can be explained almost. If the Fengde court is completely destroyed, the biggest beneficiary is actually Yuan Shikai, who can confront Deyou court without any worries, which will undoubtedly greatly increase Yuan Shikai's chances of victory.
Therefore, at this time, accepting mediation from Britain, France and other countries, let the Fengde court retain some strength, and there was some restraint on Yuan Shikai, and Japan would not sit idly by and watch the Fengde court be destroyed.
Therefore, the East China Government proposed two conditions: one is that the perpetrator must be handed over to the East China Government for handling; the other is that the Japanese army is strictly prohibited from entering Fujian. Otherwise, the East China Government will continue to march and completely eliminate the Fengde court.
At this point, the Japanese government had no other choice, and Britain, France and other countries put pressure on the Japanese government, so they could only agree. However, at this moment, Yamamoto Yoshima and Miura Kentaro all committed suicide by cesarean section.
It turned out that the Japanese government understood that the perpetrator of this incident was the Japanese officers in the Fengde court. However, if all these people were handed over to the East China Government for punishment, the Japanese government would be discredited and would not be able to gain a foothold at home or abroad. Therefore, the Japanese government ordered the Army General Staff to issue a very strict accountability order for the Japanese officers in the Fengde court, led by Yamamoto Yoshima and Kentaro Miura, asking them to be responsible for the incident.
After receiving the order of accountability, Yamamoto Yoshima and Kentaro Miura understood that this was the General Staff’s request to commit suicide and apologize. However, at this point, these people were also mentally prepared. After all, it was indeed the responsibility of these people to make the situation in Fujian like this. Therefore, they could only commit suicide and apologize to the Japanese government. If these people commit suicide, they would not have to hand over to the East China government for punishment. I believe that the East China government did not intend to vent their anger on the body, so that the face of the Japanese government could be saved.
Sure enough, knowing that all Japanese officers committed suicide, the East China Political Department also admired the Japanese's ruthlessness. 16 people committed suicide by cesarean section together. This was not ordinary ruthlessness, and naturally they would no longer be investigated after the person died. Anyway, they claimed that these Japanese could be explained by suicide fearing the crime. Therefore, after confirming the body, the East China Government did not pursue the matter.
The People's Army stopped the attack, but it could not restrain Yuan Shikai. Only Quanzhou Prefecture, Xinghua Prefecture, and Zhangzhou Prefecture were left with Fengde courts that could not resist the Yuan army's attack. Foreign aid must be required. Although the Japanese army entered Fujian after reaching an agreement with the East China Government, the Japanese government still found a loophole, which was to transfer the army composed of Taiwanese people to enter Fujian and assist the Fengde court in resisting the Yuan army's attack. In this way, the East China Government had nothing to say.
In fact, the East China Government intends to leave this loophole because the Fengde court cannot be destroyed yet, so this loophole is left so that Japan can preserve the existing territory of the Fengde court, thereby achieving the goal of restraining Yuan Shikai.
Chapter completed!