My Italian Chapter 343

In the first half of 1895, the war between Japan and China continued.

After the Italian and Qing forces captured Liaoyang, they fought a series of fierce battles with the Japanese in Motianling, Haicheng, Gaiping, Luoyan, Fuzhou and other places. The Italian-Qing coalition took back these lost places one by one at the cost of more than 11,000 casualties (more than 2,300 for the Italian army and 8,000 for the Qing army). The Japanese Second Army lost a lot of money to defend these places, with more than 23,000 casualties, which made the Japanese Second Army hurt.

Why are you surprised? The Japanese casualties are so high. Could it be that the Italian-Qing coalition has some secret weapon?

There is indeed, just look at a material consumption list to know.

In the past six months, the Italian-Qing coalition has consumed a total of more than 7,400 tons of various ammunition. Every three casualties of the Japanese officers and soldiers can be divided into one ton, which can no longer be described as luxury, only luxury. Correspondingly, the Japanese army in Liaodong consumed a total of more than 1,400 tons of ammunition. Is there any comparison?

There is no comparison. The Italian-Qing coalition forces hurt people with their own hearts, and the Japanese army in Liaodong was bullied by the coalition forces like a little daughter-in-law. As for the death-defying assault, Maxim and a large number of artillery will educate them that in the face of the supremacy of firepower, it is not advisable to charge a sea of ​​people.

And more importantly, in a series of battles, the Japanese ammunition has bottomed out, and it is very difficult to replenish.

Don't think about the sea route, the Yiqing Combined Fleet on the Yellow Sea will not give Japanese ships a chance to smuggle. However, the high cost of land transportation, the slow speed, and the very small amount of transportation (all of them are stored in power, and the cost is very high).

One more thing to say here, because the arrival of the task force brought a lot of maintenance personnel, and it also accelerated the repair of the remaining warships of the Beiyang Navy.

Lieutenant General Alvaro also mixed the warships of the two sides. Among them, the Zhenyuan led the warships with a speed of less than 17 knots as the main force for besieging and intercepting transport ships approaching Lushun Jinzhou. The three Turin-class ships with more than seventeen knots of warships as the main fleet, implement mobile operations. In charge of shelling Japanese cities, blocking the Tsushima Strait, and seeking engagement with the Japanese combined fleet.

Well, the correct statement is that Lieutenant General Alvaro took a fancy to the two Venice-class cruisers of the Beiyang Navy. Although these two ships are more than ten years old, they still have a lot of combat effectiveness. It is a big addition to its task force. Of course, in order to quell the possible dissatisfaction of the Beiyang Navy, the task force also threw the cruisers with a speed of less than 17 knots to the Beiyang Navy to lead it, euphemistically called the Union fight.

In addition, the mobile fleet led by Lieutenant General Alvaro performed well in the past six months, shelling Busan, Nagasaki, Shimonoseki and other places one after another, causing panic in many places in Japan. In addition, in various tasks, it sank 170 enemy ships with a total tonnage of more than 50,000 tons. Of course, most of these ships are small offshore boats with a capacity of less than 100. But the most outstanding was sinking a small Japanese transport fleet, sinking a large amount of ammunition and other military supplies to the bottom of the sea.

In the face of the raging Yiqing Fleet, dissatisfaction with the defeated Combined Fleet was also very loud in Japan, and many Japanese who suffered losses pointed to the Combined Fleet and cursed its waste. This made many officers and soldiers of the combined fleet unfair, but they were all suppressed by fleet commander Ito Yuheng.

And not only that, he also abruptly resisted the voice of the Combined Fleet to expel the flamboyant Yiqing Fleet in the coastal waters of Japan.

In Yuheng Ito's words, the current victory rate of the combined fleet over the Ichiyo fleet is less than 20%. If the combined fleet continues to suffer defeat, then the Japanese islands will be under the threat of its naval guns.

In a word, Ito Yuheng wants to protect the ship, and he will be in the fleet once.

In the face of Ito Yuheng, who is determined to be a tortoise, not only the people in Japan can't do anything, but also the Yiqing mobile fleet.

The rampant behavior of the Yiqing Mobile Fleet around Japan is probably not because they want to lure them out and eat them. Now that there is no drag from the transport fleet, the combined fleet dares to come out, and Lieutenant General Alvaro is fully confident that he will return from a disastrous defeat.

The combined fleet avoided the war, and naturally handed over the initiative at sea to Lieutenant General Alvaro. There is nothing to patrol and hit coastal cities, and it is a lot of fun.

And lack of reinforcements at sea, besieged in the Jinzhou Peninsula, the remnants of the Second Army of the Japanese Army, can only survive in the fortifications. Speaking of which, these fortifications were built by the Qing army themselves, and now they need them to break through, which is really a shit.

But fortunately, Italy took the 260mm siege guns and took the Japanese troops by name one by one.

In the end, after being trapped for more than two months, the Japanese army on the Jinzhou Peninsula finally came to its demise.

Of the more than 20,000 Japanese troops, only 8,000 survived and surrendered to the coalition forces. The coalition forces suffered more than 5,000 casualties, but more than 3,000 tons of ammunition were consumed. As for the commander of the Second Army, General Da Shanyan and other senior officers, they were evacuated long before the Golden State was besieged.

After the Japanese army on the Jinzhou Peninsula was resolved, the Japanese army no longer had a large group of troops in the Qing Dynasty. The coalition army moved to the Yalu River, facing the Japanese army across the river.

At this time, the coalition forces were unable to fight. It was not because the loss of personnel was too great, but because Li Zhongtang had no money in his hands, and the 50 million taels of silver he borrowed had been spent.

Allied artillery shells are thrown around without money, and the sea fleet is constantly dispatched, even Jinshan Yinhai can't stand such a toss.

More importantly, Li Zhongtang also attracted a lot of discussion in the DPRK. Many people who were jealous of his achievements wrote to impeach him because it cost a lot, but they got it (mainly because they spent too much money).

It made Li Zhongtang feel a lot of pressure, and more importantly, Li Zhongtang wanted to continue the loan war, and banks all over the world expressed that they were no longer willing to borrow. At this time, coupled with the fact that the country has been completely recovered, he has the idea of ​​ending the war. It's just that the court has the upper hand on the battlefield, and it's a bit inappropriate for him to propose peace talks.

When he didn't want to fall asleep, someone gave him a pillow. When he had this idea, the news that Japan sent someone to ask for peace made him overjoyed.

As for Japan now sending people to ask for peace, it is also complicated to say. On the one hand, most of the First and Second Army that invaded the Qing Kingdom were wiped out, and only a small number of troops returned to Korea. This first and second army gathered most of the elite of the Japanese army. They all ended up in this situation. It was a bit too embarrassing to expect the remaining third and fourth army to block the enemy's attack.

Therefore, the hardliners also lost their voices with the demise of the First and Second Army.

And at this time, the British, who were behind the scenes, also came to hint that the war should be over. To this end, his ambassador to Japan also had a secret meeting with Ito Hirobumi, Mutsu Mongmitsu and others for a long time. Then Ito Hirobumi immediately ordered to make a request for peace talks with the Qing Kingdom.

And Lao Zhongtang also borrowed the donkey and agreed.

As for the location of the peace talks, of course, it will not be in Shimonoseki. According to the suggestions of Italy and the United Kingdom, the place of peace talks will be in Shanghai.

Therefore, this is also known as the Shanghai Peace Talk. The Qing Dynasty negotiated with Japan, and the ambassadors of Britain, Italy, Germany, France and the United States were in charge of the audit.

The negotiation process is not much to mention, it is nothing more than the sky-high asking price to pay back the money on the spot, and the two parties make concessions from their respective calculations.

However, after a month of wrangling and persuasion from various countries, the two countries finally reached a peace treaty.

Among them, Japan and Qing exchanged prisoners with each other, and no one could be detained. In addition, neither country has to pay any money to the other, and neither country can confiscate the property of the prisoners for any reason.

As Korea that caused the dispute between the two countries, given that it is currently under the control of Japan, the Japanese army is allowed to retain 3,000 troops in Korea~www.mtlnovel.com~ But the interests of the Qing Dynasty in Korea must be recognized by Japan.

In general, there is no reparation for this war, and Japan has essentially completed the fact that it has taken control of North Korea by retaining 3,000 troops in North Korea.

The Qing Kingdom lost its last vassal state after spending a huge amount of money. This was a major blow to the Qing Dynasty. Even with the participation of Italy in the war, this still aroused the shock of people of insight in the Qing Dynasty. Even if you can't beat the Western powers, you can't even beat the Japanese around you.

That's right, after the signing of the treaty, the voices of the Qing Dynasty calling for reform and strengthening of the law grew louder and louder.

Li Zhongtang, who also spent a lot of money to invite foreign soldiers, also attracted a lot of criticism after the signing of the treaty. Some people call it Meiwaizhongtang, and its meaning is intriguing.

But no matter what others say, Li Zhongtang now brings the benefits of winning, and the court has a high look.

Of course, Li Zhongtang also has a lot of troubles himself, such as the cost of the Italian foreign soldiers, which needs to be settled.

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