At 10 o'clock in the morning on October 16th, the gate of the British Legation in Dongjiaomin Lane in Beijing opened several times, and every time a car drove in. The last car entered at about 10:13. Northeast Intelligence in Dongjiaomin Lane

The personnel recorded the flags planted on the vehicles. So far, the embassy vehicles of France, the United States, and Japan have entered the British Legation. The intelligence personnel continued to observe, waiting to see who else would come.

On the lawn of the embassy, ​​young women from the diplomatic community took their children to play together. The older ministers' wives were chatting in the living room of the main building about the latest products in the stores in Shanghai and Tianjin.

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After meeting, the ministers talked about the changes in the weather and cared about each other's physical condition, and they were all having a good time. After chatting for a while, the British Minister Eston took out a few bottles of fruit brandy from the northeast, and the fragrant smell attracted the attention of the ministers and wives.

As soon as it lit up. Taking this opportunity, British Minister Eston said to the other three ministers: "Everyone, I recently got a batch of Cuban cigars. Do you want to try them?"

The French and American ministers smiled knowingly. Although the Japanese minister Yukichi Kobata kept the polite and serious expression of the Japanese, he also stood up. The four of them went to the lounge on the second floor. British black tea was served and two bottles were placed in the center of the table.

An open wooden box with different types of cigars placed side by side.

American Minister Shulman, who was in his fifties, took out a thick cigar, put it to his ear and pinched it. He could tell the age from the sound of the leaves breaking into pieces. He picked up a cigar cutter and cut off the tail of the cigar.

He picked it up, lit it and took a puff. The room was immediately filled with the fragrant aroma of fine cigars.

Taking another puff, Minister Schulman commented: "The quality of Luzon cigars is no longer as bad as Cuban cigars."

It can be seen that Minister Shulman is talking about the matter. However, the Philippines is already a colony of the United States, and the Cuban government in 1902 was supported by the United States. No matter how ordinary these words are to Minister Shulman, to the ears of the British and French ministers, they sound like Versailles.

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French Minister Aimee Joseph Defleuriau picked up a thin cigar, lit it, and said with a smile: "Next time you come to our embassy as guests, I will treat you to coffee."

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The ministers chatted about the advantages and disadvantages of various daily specialties, from cigars to coffee, silk to spices. Even the Japanese Minister Obata Yukichi also talked about his country's lacquerware and artificially cultivated pearls.

Speaking of pearls, French Minister Fu Leyou said: "In the past year, the output of pearls from the Northeast has suddenly increased, and the quality is very good."

British Minister Eston nodded, "During the war, it is necessary for us to impose a trade embargo on Northeast China. Let the Northeast government understand the determination of all countries for peace."

Although the tone was calm, it was related to Japan. However, the Japanese Minister Yukichi Kobata was leaning on the sofa and watching the reactions of the French Minister and the American Minister, but he looked calm, as if they were talking about trivial matters.

The French Minister did not answer, but looked at the American Minister, wanting to see the American Minister's attitude. The American Minister Shulman asked the French Minister, "Mr. Fu Leyou, what is France's attitude?"

The war between Northeast China and Japan is far away from France's sphere of influence. France is only concerned about it and does not have any position. Moreover, Britain did not request France to express its position at this time. The secret telegram from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the minister in China was, "

If the UK expresses its sincerity, it will contact the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs."

If Britain does not pay the price, what reason does France have to participate in the war between China and Japan? Since it is a war, there will be consumption. France is likely to get arms orders.

When the French Minister Fu Leyou faced the question from the American Minister Schulman, his first thought was whether the Americans wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to sell arms. But this was not a question. The French Minister asked: "What is the attitude of the United States?"

The American minister answered readily: "The United States opposes war and trade embargoes. Unlike the United Kingdom and France, there has never been any arms trade between the United States and the Northeastern government. It is all trade in civilian supplies. What are we embargoing?"

In order to support Belarus, Britain and France purchased a large amount of weapons and ammunition from the Northeast. Hearing this, there was nothing to say. Moreover, trade embargoes can only be done against countries that do not have a strong navy. Americans really want to sell

If weapons are given to the Northeast, will Britain and France use their fleets to block American merchant ships?

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Since the U.S. Minister expressed the position of the U.S. government so frankly, the topic was easily discussed. Everyone talked about various recent news. Japanese Minister Kobata Youyoshi looked calm, as if he just came to participate in an ordinary meeting. The diplomatic community

Everyone was just chatting and waiting for lunch.

At almost 11 o'clock, the secretary of the British Minister sent something in. After Minister Eston read it, he handed the paper to the French Minister Fu Leyou expressionlessly. After Fu Leyou read it, he wanted to return the paper to the British Minister.

American Minister Shulman leaned on the sofa and asked with interest: "Is it something interesting?"

The British minister took the paper and handed it to the Japanese minister first. At the same time, he said: "This is a public statement issued by Soviet Chairman Lenin."

Faced with the differential treatment, American Minister Shulman did not care. Since Lenin made a public statement, he certainly expected it to be disseminated as widely as possible. It was only a matter of time before he knew the content, and he was not in a hurry for these few minutes and seconds.

Japanese Minister Kohata Yukichi looked at the English version of the public statement and his expression became more solemn. The text of the announcement was enthusiastic, "The Soviet government has noticed that there has been a wave of pursuit of national liberation in North Korea. The Soviet government is committed to all international opposition to barbarism.

The righteous struggle for rule is carried out with sympathy and support..."

After reading it, the Japanese Minister Kobata Yukichi handed the copy back to the British Minister Eston, still without saying a word.

He Rui also received the news at about this time. If the secretary hadn't put the document where He Rui could get it immediately, He Rui would not have noticed it at all. After thinking about it, He Rui sent it from the Second Army.

I put aside the battle reports and picked up Comrade Lenin's public statement.

After reading it, He Rui was so angry that he laughed out loud. The secretary knew the content and looked at He Rui with some confusion. He Rui picked up a pen and wrote an instruction to the Foreign Affairs Bureau below, "Not an important event."

When the secretary left with the documents, He Rui leaned on his chair and admired seniors like Comrade Lenin who had rich struggle experience. They would not let go of any opportunity and could take advantage of it accurately. He Rui himself followed suit.

The seniors learned from this and came up with the "Russian humanitarian disaster" incident to build their own reputation.

Comrade Lenin was an expert in this field. If Soviet Russia expressed concern about the war between Northeast China and Japan, Japan would have an excuse to intimidate Soviet Russia. Now the Japanese army is very busy, and the navy sent several warships to show off their power, but

Has sufficient ability.

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In this case, the Soviet Union would be beaten in the face if it showed up. Therefore, what the Soviet Union was talking about was the resistance of the Korean people. Soviet Russia borders North Korea. Although it will not send troops, it has the ability to provide weapons to the anti-Japanese forces in North Korea.

Equipment and military training. If Japan shows shame to the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union will really do something. This is called reciprocity.

Japan is now being beaten like this. Originally, it only set Northeast China as a military opponent. The Soviet Union raised the "North Korea issue" at this time, which added a new variable to the fierce but relatively clear situation. This is very outstanding.

Choice, this is an action that will definitely make Japan feel the pressure.

This is also a political method of stepping on He Rui to cause trouble. Just like how He Rui stepped on the Bolsheviks and White Russians and caused a humanitarian crisis in Russia.

Of course, He Rui was also sure that even if he had not caused a humanitarian crisis, Comrade Lenin would have done so. Without such vision and execution ability, he cannot be said to be an outstanding statesman of a major country.

Comrade Lenin could only do so much for politicians from major powers at this stage. He Rui used this small case to adjust his mood, and when he picked up the recent battle report of the Second Army, he felt much better.

"Battle report of October 15, 1922, Secret No. 00945. On October 15, after the battle to attack Pyongyang began, the defenders changed the previous Japanese tactics. Both the location and level of weapon equipment were the same as before.

The Japanese army is very different. The Japanese army has not only changed their position layout and weapons layout, they have adopted very strict and coherent defensive positions to fight against our small units.

On the defensive position, the density of troops decreased. Once penetrated by our army, the Japanese army immediately used artillery fire to prevent our army's follow-up troops from following up, and quickly moved the troops in the rear defense line to counterattack. Due to insufficient numbers and unfamiliar positions, our army's attacks were met with failure.

fail……"

"Battle report before 12 o'clock on October 16, 1922, Secret No. 00951. On October 16, the Japanese army had abandoned the defense line outside Pyongyang and retreated to the defense line on the edge of the city. When our army attacked, we found that the Japanese army had demolished some houses and manufactured

They used materials from demolished civilian houses to build a flat and complete defense line. Although it is not known whether the Japanese army has learned lessons from the experience of the destruction of the Japanese Kwantung Army and will never engage in street fighting with our army, but will adopt a neat and strict approach.

The defense line engaged in a head-on confrontation. However, the tactics adopted by the Japanese commanders limited the advantages of our army's penetration tactics to the greatest extent, forcing our army to engage in a war of attrition with the Japanese army in order to maximize the basic military literacy of the Japanese officers and soldiers.

Faced with such targeted changes, the Army Group is analyzing the tactical characteristics of Japanese commanders to determine their military understanding and fighting style."

This is the battle report from the group army headquarters, as well as the battle report from the corps-level units and division-level units under the Second Group Army. It is obvious from those battle reports that the comrades have been emotionally affected. After some battalion-level commanders suffered setbacks,

In a fit of enthusiasm, they insisted on the well-trained tactics of the troops and fought to the bitter end with the Japanese. Fortunately, the division headquarters quickly issued an order to temporarily deprive the commander of his command authority and withdraw the troops.

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After confirming the basic situation, He Rui sighed, stood up and walked to the window to smoke a cigarette. Ishihara Wanji and Nagata Tetsuzan were both the top talents in the Japanese army. Their talents were definitely not as fearless as the pig-headed squad leader.

It is not the personal bravery of fighting to the death, but the ability to look at reality calmly, and make adjustments as quickly as possible to complete combat goals. This kind of person can be disadvantaged a hundred times on a local battlefield and still be able to achieve victory in the overall campaign.

Purpose. This kind of person's perseverance, persistence, sharpness, and courage are second to none among the many generals who command thousands of troops.

Soldiers from the Northeast Army who have at most seven years of military experience are not sure whether they are lucky or unfortunate when they meet these people. He Rui himself is more optimistic. Officers in the Northeast Army who have learning ability can learn knowledge from the war itself.

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He Rui did not consider whether Ishihara Wanji could learn anything, because the fact that Ishihara Wanji became the front-line commander of the Japanese army was beyond He Rui's imagination. He Rui always felt that Ishihara Wanji was like this

The guy was probably pulled out of the military academy and put into active service after the Japanese army suffered heavy losses and regrouped to start a counterattack. At this stage, it was the Japanese veteran generals who should have been commanding the Japanese army.

Ishihara Wanji, who was in Pyongyang, didn't know what He Rui was thinking about. At this time, he had deeply felt the strong crisis. North Korea was in chaos at the moment, with less than 30,000 improvised troops and even more uneven equipment.

Although Ishihara Kanji believed that the Northeast Army would never aim to capture Seoul, this was based on the situation that the Japanese army could hold Seoul.

If the entire Japanese army in Korea collapsed, the Northeastern Army would not care at all and go straight to Pusan.

Ishihara Kanji and Nagata Tieshan concluded that this will be a battle that will start on October 9 and last for half a month. The Japanese army must defend Seoul to the north of the Han River before October 25. If not,

We must defend the Han River.

With the current strength of the Japanese army, they can only choose between Seoul and the Han River. Due to political considerations, Seoul must be defended. Facing hundreds of thousands of elite Northeastern troops, Ishihara Wanji could only dance in shackles.

Although yesterday, some troops of the Northeast Army obviously acted recklessly due to losing control of their emotions, but those actions were quickly controlled. Today, in the face of Ishihara Kanji's strict front line, the Northeast Army gave up the penetration attack by small units.

, also adopted an extremely orthodox firepower destruction mode to engage in a hard power contest with the Japanese army in Pyongyang.

At this time, Ishihara Kanji's disadvantage of insufficient troops was fully revealed. Facing the extremely powerful Northeastern Army, the Pyongyang defenders changed their strategy and adopted a direct attack. Although they blocked every punch of the opponent, every punch

Let the bones of the Japanese army rattle.

Ishihara Kanji could no longer make more fine-tuning of the Japanese frontline troops, which was completely beyond Ishihara Kanji's ability. He could only look at various numbers and hope that time would pass faster.

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The sound of gunfire from the front continued to reach the headquarters, and the hour hand finally slowly reached 15:43. Ishihara Kanji immediately ordered, "Order all units to prepare to withdraw to the third line of defense."

The first line of defense is the field fortifications outside the city, the second line of defense is the residential area outside the city wall, the third line of defense is the city wall defense line. The fourth line of defense is the Datong River defense line that passes through the city. The fifth line of defense is

The wall on the other side.

Ishihara Kanji hoped that he could hold Pyongyang for five days. He didn't even need to hold it for five days. As long as he could hold it for three days, it was postponed to October 20. In the remaining five days, it was possible for the Japanese army to hold Seoul.

...As long as the Northeastern Army does not really aim to capture Seoul.
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