Chapter 918, Phase 1 Sanctions Action

Ten minutes later, Minister of Information Zou Lu held a press conference in the Secretary-General Hall of the Presidential Palace. There were as many as hundreds of reporters invited. The venue in the Secretary-General was obviously a little crowded. Most of the reporters didn’t even have seats and could only stand in the corridor or behind. However, these were not important. What was important was that the outside world was very concerned about what measures the Nanjing government would take to retaliate ***.

Zou Lu began to give a brief explanation at the press conference, retelling the summary of the incident where *** planned to assassinate Wu Shaoting, and at the same time emphasized that the main actor of the incident, Akihiro Nakamura, had been arrested. Then he made an official reply to several questions currently in existence, including the "mutineering" mentioned by the *** people and the saying that the generals of the three eastern provinces hired killers, all of which made clear answers.

The reporters at the venue quickly recorded Zou Lu's words with their pens, including Zou Lu's attitude and expressions when he spoke.

After the opening, Vice President Feng Guozhang came to the press conference and used the press conference to officially announce the attitude of the Nanjing central government on this matter. The central government of the Republic of China, spoke speechless diplomatic negotiations with the Minister of the ***, decided to implement the first phase of retaliation measures, and decided to cancel all treaties signed with *** during the previous government period, no longer recognize preferential privileges for ***, and take back all concessions in China, and ordered the *** government to withdraw all troops in China within seven days. Overdue payment will be regarded as invasion of the country, and the Chinese team will resolutely defend their land rights.

"This decision officially came into effect when it was announced! On April 23, 1915, the Presidential Office of the Republic of China." Feng Guozhang finished reading the statement loudly, and then left the press conference with the explosion of spotlights.

The decision of the central government of the Republic of China caused a great shock in just two hours. Whether at home or abroad, whether in China, abroad, whether in ordinary people or senior officials, all had major reactions. The Chinese were naturally very happy, and this was only the first phase of the action, which canceled the privileges of the *** people in China and regained the Hanyang and Lushun Concessions, which was simply too satisfying for the people. Of course, some people felt that this was far from enough to be considered revenge. After all, the concessions were all wool from the concessions, and revenge had to be really attacked by the *** people.

The ministers of various countries are more or less worried about this news. The Nanjing central government has taken action against the people and regained the country's sovereignty. Perhaps this is just the first step. Who can guarantee that the next one will not take action with other countries?

After receiving this notice, the *** Minister Yuyuki Hamaguchi's whole mood was a little out of control and shouted repeatedly, "This is simply arrogant, extremely arrogant. Before the matter was completely understood, and before our government made a formal statement, how can the Chinese people do this? How can they do this?"

But he could not react at this time. While quickly contacting the ambassador of the Allied Kingdom to China, he also sent someone to urge the news of the country to urgently urge the country, which was really in a state of turmoil.

Just after noon, the ambassadors of the Allied Powers headed by German Minister Xin Ci issued diplomatic statements in their respective embassies, strongly condemning the conspiracy of assassinating the Chinese head of state, and said that they would fully support the Republic of China's sanctions. Almost ten minutes later, US Minister Lai Yinshi also issued a statement at the embassy, ​​saying that the United States will seriously defend justice and justice, sympathize with the experience of Wu Shaoting, and agree with China's sanctions on the real murderer.

On the surface, the US ambassador's words were on China's side, but afterwards the US Embassy made an official explanation, believing that it is necessary to carefully examine the details of the entire case and thoroughly investigate the truth behind the conspiracy. It can be seen that the previous remarks were just high-sounding and ambiguous words.

Due to the statement of the American minister, many countries have given a step forward. Many ministers from other countries have made serious official statements in accordance with the attitude of the Americans, but still have no real attitude.

The ministers of various countries of the Allied countries met after the emergency foreign teacher notes in the morning. At this meeting, Yuyu Hamaguchi tried his best to lobby, emphasizing that the *** country was a member of the Allied country and had been planning for the interests of the Allied Group since the beginning of the Qingdao War. Not only that, he also promised the ministers of various countries that even if the assassination was indeed the commander of Akihiro Nakamura, it was definitely not an action authorized by the *** government. What's more, the entire incident had not been investigated jointly, which was completely one-sided by China, and it might even be an illusion deliberately created by China in order to launch the Sino-Japanese War!

Juerdian, Kant and others still did not make a clear statement on this matter, but repeatedly emphasized that *** should now provide evidence as soon as possible to prove that it has nothing to do with this matter. They told Hamaguchi Yuki that no matter what the reason for the increase in troops to North Korea or what *** should use to support the European battlefield, what European countries now require is to maintain the status quo in the Far East and never cause any trouble.

Yuyuki Hamaguchi strongly demanded that the ministers of the Allied countries issue a statement, at least to ask China to thoroughly investigate the matter. However, Zhu Erdian and others are not sure how to express their opinions yet, so they can only vaguely and perfunctorily for a while.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Nanjing Presidential Office held another press conference. Foreign Minister Wu Tingfang and Vice Minister Lu Zongyu made a new addition at the press conference: The Republic of China will not only adhere to the resolution of the morning press conference, but also add additional retraction of Taiwan's sovereignty, officially denying the rule of *** over Taiwan, and ordering the *** government to return Taiwan within one month, otherwise China will use military means to forcibly take back Taiwan. In addition, Wu Tingfang also spoke personally, stating that this foreign decision was only a conspiracy to assassinate Wu Shaoting, and has nothing to do with other friendly countries. The Nanjing government will ensure the interests of other friendly countries in China as much as possible.

The role of this supplementary statement is to compete with the diplomats for international stance. Not only that, this is the first time that the Republic of China denies the rule of *** over Taiwan, and has decided to regain Taiwan through the forefront, and has also made remarks about regaining Taiwan by force. In fact, this is also part of the plan of the "Asian Strategy". It is to make a splash at this critical moment to anger *** and make the *** military unable to deal with the operations of the three northeastern provinces wholeheartedly.

The evening newspaper reported the news that day, and China was once again revived. People from all walks of life cheered loudly. The bold statement of regaining Taiwan is more powerful, more dignified, and more powerful than recapturing the concession.

On April 24, the Spring Army Training Camp held in Fengtian officially opened. On this day, the Third Central Army Command in Wuchang received a secret order from Nanjing and forced the Hankou Concession within one day. There is another instruction in the appendix to this secret order: unlimited force, unlimited casualties.

Wei Rucon, chief of staff of the Central Third Army, originally accompanied Wu Shaoting in Fengtian, but two days ago, secretly returned to Wuhan by airship. A month ago, the commander-in-chief of the Army Cai E had been transferred to the commander-in-chief of the Northern First Army, and he was responsible for managing the entire Central Third Army.

At four o'clock in the morning, Wei Rucon convened a meeting of division commanders at the headquarters. Six elite division commanders, two regional garrison commanders, a railway guard commander and a river defense commander were all present. The orders received by these commanders at noon yesterday set off on the same day and gathered from their respective districts to the Wuchang headquarters. Many people did not close their eyes all night, but when they thought of the task they were about to accept, they were involuntarily full of confidence and excitement, and they did not care about the fatigue of all night.

In fact, there are only more than 1,000 troops stationed in the Hankou Concession. Even if the mobilization of the *** expatriates in the Concession is added, there will be no more than 3,000 troops. There is no need to mobilize the *** Concession in such a way. However, Wei Rucon knew that this was a great opportunity to demonstrate the prestige of the country, and it was also a good time to refine these subordinates to carry forward the national justice. Even if these supreme spirits are aside, after the concession is taken back, there are still many after-care work to deal with, such as "take over" enterprises, properties, etc., so naturally more people are required to help. In layman's terms, it is to give these subordinates a "harvest" next time.

The operation was not very serious. The headquarters distributed the topographic map of the Hankou Concession to the various commanders. The 18th Division, who decided to take on the main attack mission, was responsible for the 18th Division, who was stationed in Wuhan. After several minutes of negotiations with his own division chief, Sun Jianye quickly came up with a specific offensive plan. The offensive troops did not need a division at all. They only needed to mobilize the engineers of the 7th Brigade and the 18th Regiment that responded quickly, first completed the siege of the Hankou Concession, and then launched a forcibly assault from the front, and captured the concession military camp and the *** Consulate in Hankou in the shortest time.

After listening to Sun Jianye's report, Wei Rucon nodded slightly and said, "Although there are not many *** soldiers in the Hankou Concession, we still cannot be taken lightly. Our mission this time is not only to take back the Hankou Concession, but also to avenge the head of state. Of course, we must perform well in the revenge operation and must not have too many casualties."

Kou Yingjie, chief of staff of the 18th Division, asked: "Master Wei, can you use cannons?"

Wei Rucong looked at Kou Yingjie and said calmly: "Didn't you see the appendix of the order sent by Nanjing? Since it is unlimited casualties and unlimited force, in other words, it is useless to do anything."

Kou Yingjie nodded suddenly and said with a smile: "I understand. Don't worry, General Wei, since we can use cannons, we must ensure that we can recover the Hankou Concession with the lowest casualties, the strongest attack power and the fastest speed."

Wei Rucon nodded and said, "It's very good, just follow these three 'most' policies, don't mess it up for me."
Chapter completed!