"The shooting is still ongoing, and the sound of artillery and gunfire is intertwined, and people can't help but feel sorry... No one can deny the tremendous progress made in military technology, and in the face of such advances in military technology, any complacent approach will be ruthlessly eliminated by history.

As a protagonist in the offensive and defensive battle of Lushun, Fukushima Yasumasa did understand the harm caused by self-styled self-righteousness to the Japanese army, and the powerful army that once defeated the Russian Empire now seems so vulnerable in the face of military and technological progress, which makes people have to sigh the helplessness of Hedong for 30 years and 30 years in Hexi.

In terms of qualifications, Fukushima Yasumasa is not a suitable battlefield commander, he is an intelligence officer, and he is very good at collecting intelligence, but if he is asked to go to the front line to command the battle, it will be somewhat difficult for a strong man, in fact, it is exactly the case, the current Fukushima Yasumasa is very anxious, he simply cannot cope with the current war situation, and he is somewhat at a loss for the various suggestions put forward by the staff officers, and he does not know which suggestion should be adopted.

Perhaps, all the suggestions will not come in handy, after all, this is a completely new mode of warfare, with planes in the sky bombing, reconnaissance. On the ground there were not only artillery and infantry, but also armored troops involved in the attack, and among the types of artillery shells, there were not only ordinary high-explosive shells, but also the kind of deadly gas bombs, although the use of such gas bombs was very small, but often as long as a few punches were made on the defensive line, the gap in the defensive line could be torn apart, and then, those Chinese soldiers wearing gas masks would rush up and occupy the position. And with bayonets, all the dying Japanese officers and soldiers who lay on the battlefield wailing and rolling were picked to death, and all were wiped out without mercy.

Now, on the table in front of Fukushima Yasu, there is a gas mask equipped by the squadron.

This was captured at the front and was taken from the face of a fallen Chinese soldier. Then he was immediately sent to the headquarters of Fukushima Yasumasa, and had just been carefully studied by several staff officers.

According to the staff officers, this gas mask is not complicated from the structural point of view, but the requirements for industrial manufacturing capacity are not low, although with the current industrial strength of Japan, it is not difficult to imitate this gas mask, but if you want to manufacture it in large quantities, it is not an easy task.

However, the squadron is generally equipped with this kind of gas mask, and almost every soldier on the front line has one set, and they are all in a tin protective canister that they carry with them, take them out before use, put them on their heads, and then they can bravely rush and kill on the gas-filled position.

What does this mean? This illustrates at least two problems: first, China's industrial strength is indeed not to be underestimated, and Chinese factories can already manufacture such gas masks in large quantities with guaranteed quality; Second, China has been preparing for this war against Japan for a long time, and the Chinese have achieved the "knowing oneself and knowing the enemy" in the art of war. The Japanese soldiers, on the other hand, "do not know themselves and do not know the other." "In such a comparison, how can you be undefeated?

In this situation, Fukushima Yasumasa was very sad, in Lushun as the "governor of the Kwantung Prefecture" for several years, he did not seriously collect China's relevant military intelligence and industrial intelligence, and compiled these information, formed a written report, and submitted it to the Japanese military department, but the bureaucrats in the military department turned a blind eye to this and did not care about it, they may think that the Chinese are bluffing, but the more likely reason is probably the arrogance of some people in the Japanese military department. On the high horse.

The old Chinese adage "full of losses, humble gains" may say it all, when you despise an opponent who has been defeated by you, but is trying to be brave, you may be doomed to failure, whether it is an individual or a country.

The defeat of China in the First Sino-Japanese War and the defeat of Russia in the Russo-Japanese War made the Japanese military complacent, as if the Japanese army was already invincible in the world, as if the tactics of the Japanese army were enough to be proud of the world, and it was precisely because of this that the Japanese military department was complacent and did not want to forge ahead, and finally brewed a cup of bitter wine for Japan itself, until after drinking it, it suddenly became clear that the bitter wine was very difficult to drink, but it did not repent because of this, and instead of reviewing its own mistakes, it shirked the responsibility to others, accusing the Japanese government of not allocating sufficient military funds to the army.

It is true that in the past few years, the financially constrained Japanese government has indeed reduced military spending, but it would be a bit biased to put all the blame on the Japanese government for this.

The Japanese government is financially constrained, so is the Chinese government very financially rich? The Chinese can modernize their armed forces with food and clothing, why can't the Japanese do this?

In this regard, Fukushima Yasumasa also thought about it seriously, and his conclusion is that the Japanese lack creativity and can only imitate, although they can imitate vividly, or even out of the blue, but after all, they are only imitations, and lack of innovative spirit, which may have something to do with Japan's future industrial state, but it is more likely to have something to do with the way of thinking of the Japanese people.

And what about the Chinese? Why did the Chinese people show such amazing creativity and innovation in this war?

In his opinion, although China has made very good achievements in industry in recent years, it is still some distance from a real preliminary industrial country. Was it just the country that overthrew the monarchy and established a republic?

If that's the case, then Yasumasa Fukushima doesn't mind being a republican and devoting himself to Japan

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Of course, to be a republican, you must first leave Lushun alive, but is there still a chance? At least Fukushima Yasumasa doesn't have much confidence.

Fukushima Yasumasa's headquarters is located in a military port battery, because the battery is using artillery bombardment to support the front-line Japanese operations, therefore, from time to time there is a dull bombardment sound above his head, each bombardment will cause a change in the air pressure in the headquarters, after all, it is a naval gun, the caliber is large, powerful, and the steel turret is very strong, enough to withstand the aerial bombardment of the Chinese Air Force.

Another cannon rang out, and the table in front of Yasui Fukushima shook, as did the gas mask on the table.

Fukushima Yasumasa stretched out his hand, picked up the gas mask, looked at it for a moment, and then pressed it on his face, although this knee-jerk action was meaningless, but it calmed down Fukushima Yasumasa and could concentrate on the problem.

Due to the heavy shelling and bombardment of the squadron, the radio station could not set up antennas, and there were no communication ships that could be used to transmit telegraph signals in the coastal waters, so at present they could only rely on submarine cables to communicate with Japan by wired telegraphs. But since yesterday morning, Lushun's cable telegram has also been lost, perhaps the Chinese have destroyed the submarine cable, or perhaps the Japanese military has been tired of listening to Fukushima Yasumasa's chatter, no matter what the reason, in short, the reality is that the Japanese army in Lushun has been completely isolated.

It was under these circumstances that the general offensive of the squadron against Lushun began in full swing, from yesterday. The squadron broke through several forward positions, and now, a Chinese assault force closest to the coastline of the military port has infiltrated the area of the old city street, and their mortars can even fire at the docks of the military port.

Militarily speaking, the fall of Lushun was only a matter of time, and in this case, Fukushima Yasumasa was extremely depressed, and his thinking was also confused to the extreme, and his emotions inevitably infected other officers, and now, there was an atmosphere of despair in the headquarters.

Perhaps, the Russian generals of the Lushun Fortress in the Russo-Japanese War were also driven by this sentiment and finally chose to surrender to the Japanese army.

However, the Japanese officers were not Russian ** officers, and they had decided to die in Lushun and spill the blood of the emperor ** on this foreign land where they had placed their hopes.

Fukushima Yasumasa also thought so, so in the morning, he had officially rejected the persuasion of the squadron commander, and he decided to live and die with Lushun.

Since the Japanese army refused to surrender, then the squadron will naturally not be polite, starting this morning, the Chinese artillery units carried out the most fierce artillery bombardment of the Japanese positions in Arthur, and the Chinese air force units also carried out a key bombardment of the Lushun fortress and destroyed a secret ammunition depot of the Japanese army.

Up to now, the Japanese army's position has been compressed to the coastal area around the military port, and it has endured the fierce artillery bombardment and bombardment of the squadron on this narrow and long position, and at all the important commanding heights, only the milk heights are still in the hands of the Japanese army.

However, the entire milk heights have been isolated, surrounded by the positions of the squadron, although the Japanese army has counterattacked several times, but has never been able to restore contact with the milk heights, in this case, the loss of the milk heights is only a matter of time.

While Yasumasa Fukushima was holding a gas mask and concentrating on some issues unrelated to the war, a staff officer hurried into the headquarters and brought the "Kanto Governor" a depressing news.

"Your Excellency, the Milk Heights have been lost, and all the officers and soldiers have been killed."

"Oh. Finally, it was lost, and the flesh and blood of the emperor ** people couldn't resist the attack of steel explosives. ”

Yasumasa Fukushima put his gas mask on the table, then stood up, walked out of the headquarters, walked up the passage to the observation post of the battery, picked up the telescope handed to him by the staff officer, and looked in the direction of the yard heights.

There, it had been bombarded beyond recognition by artillery, and the Japanese flag, which had been flying for several days, had disappeared and was replaced by a red battle flag of the squadron.

"It's time to fire at the milk heights."

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Yasumasa Fukushima gave the order without hesitation, but as soon as his order was delivered, a sharp whistling suddenly sounded in the sky.

It was the sound of a cannon shell breaking through the air, and it was coming from this battery.

"Geping!"

The staff officers shouted at Fukushima Yasumasa in panic, but before they could say what they wanted to say, the Chinese artillery shells landed near the fort and accurately caught the observation post where Fukushima Yasumasa was hiding.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

After several explosions, the gun smoke filled the fort, and when the smoke gradually cleared and the surviving Japanese soldiers stood up, they were surprised to find that the observation post had completely disappeared, and Fukushima Yasumasa standing on the observation post had also disappeared at the same time.

In this way, Fukushima Yasumasa was included in the list of killed by the Japanese command, and in the afternoon of the same day, the battle flag of the squadron was also raised on the battery where Fukushima Yasumasa was killed.

Late that night, the battle flags of the squadron were erected on all positions in Lushun.

The next day, the central government of China officially issued a notice to the British and American governments, announcing that it would accept the mediation of the two countries, that the front-line troops would cease fire, and that a peace delegation would be sent to Manila, Philippines, to participate in the Sino-Japanese peace talks.