The sun never sets

In addition, Russia also bought a lot of supplies from the United States and shipped them to Asia from ports on the west coast.

Because of the failure of the Huludao landing operation, the Russian army lost ten warships, six of which were captured by the People's Army. The People's Army did not use the six warships at first, but placed them in Qingdao as training ships. The Russian transport ships were able to transport supplies directly to Lushun.

Later, the People's Navy began to intercept Russian merchant ships in the Bohai Sea, and the Russian army transported the supplies to other ports and then transported them to various places by rail. The People's Army guerrillas had destroyed the Russian railway lines many times, but as the number of Russian troops increased, the guerrillas' living space became smaller and smaller, so that the Eastern Front Command ordered to temporarily give up the destruction of Russian railways.

In the past year, Grand Duke Nicholas has vigorously reorganized the Russian army in the Far East, promoted some talented officers, ensured the logistical supply of the army, and greatly improved the morale of the Russian army. Grand Duke Nicholas could not completely transform the army, but he made the greatest efforts within his ability.

In addition to reorganizing the army, he also accelerated the construction of the "Middle East Railway" to connect Harbin and Vladivostok. If possible, he also wanted to build the railway all the way to Lushun.

Chapter 257 Dilemma

After spending almost two years in the Far East, Grand Duke Nicholas knew that he was facing an opponent more cunning than the Ottoman Turks. The Chinese were particularly fond of setting traps, luring the Russian army into an ambush, and then annihilating the Russian army with a fierce attack.

In response to this situation, Grand Duke Nicholas strictly ordered troops from all regions not to launch attacks at will or pursue blindly. At the beginning, these orders caused an uproar in the Russian army because they ran counter to the tactical thinking of the Russian army and would be despised by officers and soldiers alike.

After suffering too many losses and being deceived, the Russian army finally carried out the order. However, this was almost equivalent to abandoning the cities and places far from the railway lines. The Russian army could only hide in a few large cities. At the worst time last year, the Russian army in the Northeast was cut in half by the People's Army.

Fortunately, the people of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs made great efforts to prevent the situation in the Northeast from deteriorating further by causing trouble in Kulun City and an outbreak of plague. Grand Duke Nicholas was reluctant to admit it, but if it were not for the plague, the Chinese army might have divided and surrounded cities such as Shenyang, Liaoyang, and Harbin.

Although the Chinese lacked heavy artillery, they did have it. They had many light mortars, and the most powerful weapon - "hunger". The Russians' rule in the Northeast was not stable. They occupied a large area, but there were not many residents. The local garrison could not be self-sufficient in food, and the food needed in the city had to be imported from outside. As long as those large cities were besieged, the defenders would sooner or later succumb to hunger.

The plague that lasted for more than three months interrupted the People's Army's combat plan. Lin Yongchang then led his troops to burn Irkutsk and tore up hundreds of miles of railroad tracks. Upon hearing the news, Grand Duke Nicholas ordered the construction of the Chinese Eastern Railway to be accelerated, built many barracks and watchtowers along the railway, and sent many soldiers to patrol to prevent the Chinese Eastern Railway from being torn up.

Grand Duke Nicholas did everything he could, but the reality was not optimistic. The Russian army was getting stronger day by day, and so was the People's Army, and it was getting stronger faster than the Russian army. At the beginning, the People's Army was still using various brands of rifles, some heavy machine guns and cannons, but not many.

By the time of the Liaoxi Campaign, the People's Army already had more than 200 cannons and more than 200 heavy machine guns. Later, Nicholas discovered that the People's Army was carrying those simple mortars everywhere. The power of the mortar is not as good as that of the field artillery, and it is difficult for veterans to exert its power, but it is light and can be carried by infantry.

In battles far from the railway lines, the Russians often found themselves without fire support, with nothing to rely on except their rifles and a few heavy machine guns. Later, they had grenades, which sometimes helped them with heavy machine guns and sometimes didn't. Both the Maxim and the Hotchkiss were prone to malfunction, and there weren't many people who were good at repairing heavy machine guns.

Nicholas improved the soldiers' food, but he could not improve their quality. You can't expect a group of serfs to be good at repairing machines. This is also the reason why the Russian army attaches so much importance to "bayonet charge". Since they can't play with technical weapons, don't they have to launch a "bayonet charge"?

The mortar has a simple structure and is easy to operate. The Russian army seized some mortars in the battle. After trying them out, they found them very useful, so they sent samples to St. Petersburg, hoping that Russian military factories could produce more. The Far East was also able to produce simple equipment such as mortars, but productivity was not enough after all.

The samples and letters were sent to the arsenal, and then Grand Duke Nicholas did not receive any mortars. The corruption within Russia was shocking enough, and what was even more terrible was that there was a revolution within the Tsarist Empire, not just in St. Petersburg and Moscow, but throughout Russia! Many workers and peasants were involved, and several arsenals almost stopped operating.

However, the Minister of War wrote back to Nicholas, saying that they had received the "little toys" sent to them, and that the small mortars were very interesting.

, but it's no use, they will send more, real cannons.

What could Nicholas do after receiving the reply? He could only say to himself: This is how things are in Russia, always bad. In addition to saying that more cannons would be sent, the letter also mentioned things in Poland and Ukraine, and warned the Grand Duke to be careful of unstable elements in the army.

The news of Rokossovsky's betrayal had spread, and the Russian army stepped up its suppression in Poland and other places, which in turn caused unrest in those places. The Minister of War was quite explicit in his letter, asking the Grand Duke to send the Poles to attack first, "..... Whether it is to destroy the enemy or to be destroyed by the enemy, it is a good thing."

Nicholas Romanov didn't want to attack at all. The trenches and barbed wire were the nightmare of the attackers. The bodies of soldiers hanging on the barbed wire often appeared in his nightmares. To overwhelm the enemy in front of him, at least 500,000 troops and more artillery were needed.

Nicholas was exhausted dealing with the Chinese army, and he also had to be careful of the Japanese army in Korea. There was news that the Chinese and the Japanese had reached some kind of secret agreement. The People's Army was stockpiling troops and ammunition in the Northeast, and the Japanese army was also strengthening its troops in Korea. All of this was instigated by the British behind the scenes.

The damn British just want to compete with the Russians!

Since the Seven Years' War in the mid-eighteenth century, Britain has been chasing and blocking the Russians in Europe, Asia and America. In the 1860s, after seeing that the Ottoman Empire could not stop the Russian Empire despite receiving a large amount of aid, Britain stopped pretending and rolled up its sleeves to fight the Russians.

The British Empire and the French jointly declared war on Russia, and pushed Russia back to the pre-liberation period. The Russians not only gave up all the land they had occupied in the war, but also lost the right to have a fleet in the Black Sea, while Turkey received the joint protection of the great powers. The dream of the Tsarist Russia to move south was completely shattered, and it began to expand eastward. The Crimean War completely damaged the Russians. After the war, the country was heavily in debt, full of contradictions, and constant uprisings. In order to cope with the crisis, the Russians even sold Alaska at a low price.

When the Russian Empire occupied China's northeast region, the British government immediately responded and began looking for thugs who could stop the Russian Empire. The People's Party was not an ideal thug, because from Lin Yongchang onwards, they were all unruly nationalists or Lin Yongchangists, but as long as they were willing to fight the Russians, the British would give them limited support.

Chapter 258 Baton

The Boer War cost hundreds of millions of pounds, with military expenses of hundreds of thousands of pounds a day. The speed of burning money was so fast that it frightened the gentlemen in Downing Street. Because the war cost so much money, the British Empire turned from a radical policy of global expansion to a conservative one.

The war was very expensive, but it did not stop the British from lending money to China and Japan. The little that slipped through the British fingers was enough to feed China and Japan. Britain was the world hegemon, the empire on which the sun never set. It was on the decline, but it was still stronger than any other country.

Besides, Britain and France have such a close relationship that if the British government is out of money, it can borrow money from French capitalists. The French are waving a lot of francs to invest all over the world, and the Russians are armed by them. Although France and Russia are allies, it is a bit magical to lend money to Britain to support China and Japan to fight against Tsarist Russia, but it is not impossible. It is not bad to make money.

French merchants could say that they lent money to the British, but not directly to China and Japan. In addition, the French government may have wanted to block the Russians back to Europe. Only when the Russian Empire suffered heavy losses in the East would it turn its attention back to Europe.

However, the British attached too many conditions to the loan, and the People's Government did not want it, so Britain gave the Japanese a large sum of money and secretly promised to give Vladivostok, Sakhalin Island and other places to Japan. The Anglo-Japanese Alliance did not succeed, but the two sides could strengthen cooperation, which was not an alliance but better than an alliance.

Because many evil trends were introduced from China, conflicts within Japan intensified. The "rice riots" were suppressed, but farmers still wanted to go to the neighboring country to farm. They were all farmers, so why should the Japanese government charge such high taxes when the taxes there were so low?

After the Meiji Restoration, the bigwigs immediately turned against the peasants and abandoned the benefits they had promised them. Instead, they exploited them even more. All the organizations that had helped the anti-shogunate army with propaganda and encouraged the peasants to join the anti-shogunate army were dealt with, such as the most famous "Akahotai", which was wiped out.

Unlike the people's government's severe crackdown on various forms of "usury" and "land reform", in Japan, usurers and landlords colluded with government officials by various means to forcibly seize farmers' land, turning them into landless servants. The government not only did not help the farmers, but even used coercive means to assist in this robbery, and protected the interests seized by merchants and landlords in the form of laws. When farmers rioted, they collected fees from these usurers and then called in the army to suppress them.

The overwhelmed peasants naturally chose to launch an uprising as they had in the past. From 1868 to 1878, hundreds of peasant riots were launched in just ten years, some of which involved tens of thousands of people. For example, in the peasant uprising in Fukuoka in 1873, angry peasants finally attacked Hakata City, destroyed shops and burned government offices, forming a massive riot with nearly people.

Of course, the uprising was ultimately ended by the Japanese government's artillery fire.

It’s not that the peasants didn’t rise up to protest, but every time they protested, they were met with endless slaughter. Fumio Funakoshi once lamented: “The world is so dark and cruel, I can only pray that I won’t be reborn in Japan in my next life.”

Why did so many Japanese want the People's Army to liberate Japan? It was because the peasants and other lower-class people were living in such a miserable state. After reading several books by Chairman Lin and witnessing the vitality brought by the "land reform", Fumio Funakoshi was completely convinced. After returning to Japan, he did not do business properly and promoted the theories of the People's Party everywhere, which almost bankrupted his company. If he had not run fast, he would have been caught and shot by the army.

In fact, the places governed by the People's Party are not that good. Many people can only eat meat a few times a year. The central government of the People's Republic of China has no money on its books. Now it relies on loans for development, including money borrowed from the United States and money borrowed from issuing bonds in China. In addition, it sells technology to Germany in exchange for various machines.

The Japanese ruling class also knew that the domestic exploitation had reached its limit. If the pressure was further increased, the situation like Fukuoka would inevitably happen again. However, military expansion and preparation for war required money. Where would the money come from? At this time, the British came waving checks. Although the conditions were very harsh, they did not care even if it was just a temporary solution.

In addition to the British, the Americans also lent a lot of money to Japan. The large amount of money injected slightly eased the pressure in Japan. The Meiji government was somewhat dissatisfied with only being able to eat Vladivostok, Sakhalin Island and the wasteland in the Far East, thinking it was too little, but the United States and Britain did not allow the Japanese to eat more, so they had to accept it.

It is always better to have something to eat than nothing to eat. Take a small bite first, then a big bite, and finally eat up all the territory!

The Americans really wanted to prevent the Japanese from entering the Northeast, because the People's Party had agreed to work with the United States to build large farms in the Northeast. In the past two years, tractors have played a big role in production and transportation. One tractor is equivalent to dozens of cows, and the efficiency is so high that it is hard to tell where it is.

The tractor factory built by the People's Party has not yet formed a complete supporting system, and many parts have to be imported from the United States. This is a lot of money. In addition to spare parts, the People's Party does not have the ability to process oil for the time being, and has to buy fuel from the United States, which is another big sum of money.

By annexing the Philippines and expanding the Chinese market, the economic crisis of the Americans has slowed down. The prices of various bulk commodities such as steel, grain, and cloth are all rising, but making money is never too much. If the Chinese liberate the Northeast, how many large farms can be established on the vast black soil?

How many tractors do the Chinese need to cultivate the land? How much fuel do they need? With such a large market and such huge profits, the US government cannot let the Japanese ruin it no matter what they say.

The British were different. The British ambassador to Japan hinted that if the Chinese army could not defeat the Russian army, the Japanese government would have to help. If the Chinese were helped to regain their lost territory, they would have to admit the reality. Even if they could not cede the land, it would be no problem to rent it for 50 or 60 years, right?

The People's Government fought very hard against the Russians and was a good fighter, but it was too rebellious. The British wanted to use the People's Party and also to crack down on it. It was implied that the Japanese occupied some territories in the Northeast just to crack down on the Chinese. The Americans only wanted to make money, while the British not only wanted to make money, but also had to consider the world situation.

Europe needs a balance of power, and so does Asia. The British plan is to let the Chinese and the Japanese check each other and form a balance in East Asia. Even if the decision turns conservative, the British government still wants the world to follow their baton.

Chapter 259 Gentleman

The center of the world in 1903 was London, Downing Street, not New York, Washington, Berlin, etc. Britain built an unprecedentedly powerful "empire on which the sun never sets" relying on its vast colonial system. Even when it encountered an economic crisis, it could pass the crisis on to its colonies. Therefore, Britain was not as hungry for markets as the United States and Germany.

British gentlemen can enjoy afternoon tea leisurely every day, and comment on the events around the world written in the newspaper with a few friends. As long as the colonial system dominated by the British continues to operate, the British aristocracy can continue to enjoy such a life.

Even though the Boer War cost the empire a lot of money, it did not shake the foundation of the colonial system. The Boers were too small in size, with all their adult men combined being less than half the number of troops sent by the British. The outcome was beyond many people's expectations.

The British Empire still seemed indestructible. They were bossy towards Japan and had a bad attitude towards China. As for the war in the Far East, the British believed that they were in control of everything and everything was going according to the script set by Downing Street.

But there are always unexpected things happening in the world, and there are always new challenges. In the hundreds of years that the British have been active around the world, there have been regional hegemonies and challengers one after another, but they have all been suppressed by the British with their superb diplomatic skills. The war in the Far East is another manifestation of the British diplomatic art.

As long as they still control the sea, they will always have the right to choose their allies. The British proposed the "Two Powers Act" to ensure Britain's absolute naval superiority.

After the spy obtained the data of the "dreadnought" secretly developed by the Germans, the British Empire's Navy Minister was incredulous at first. After confirming the accuracy of the news from several aspects, he immediately convened a secret meeting.

At the meeting, some people thought that the "dreadnought" might not be very useful in naval warfare, and given the huge number of British navy, there was no need to make a fuss about this matter. Such layman's remarks were immediately despised. Those who were able to attend the secret meeting were all familiar with the navy, and they could fully imagine what changes the emergence of the "dreadnought" would bring to the navy.

Germany used to be ahead only in the chemical industry. It was never as good as Britain in ship design and large ship construction. How did it suddenly become several years ahead? Well, in the eyes of those in the British Admiralty, it was only a few years ahead. Someone in the Royal Navy had already proposed a concept similar to the "dreadnought", but because the British Royal Navy was invincible, the new warship was still under discussion and research and was not immediately implemented.

According to the plan of the Navy Department, it will take at least a few years of verification before the first test ship can be built. How could the Germans build a "full heavy artillery battleship" before the Empire? You know, German battleship design has always been very conservative.

"Maybe the Germans stole our ideas!"

This guess was recognized by most people present. If not, it would be hard to explain how the Germans got their "dreadnoughts". Moreover, at that time, the great powers had a tradition of stealing technology from other countries. The British not only sent spies to Germany, but also to France, the United States and other powers, as well as other countries.

It is very possible that the British could obtain the top secrets of the German Navy, and German spies could obtain the design drawings with a less confidential level in the UK. The problem is not how the drawings were leaked, but what to do next. A dreadnought would not overturn Britain's maritime hegemony, but this incident would damage the reputation of the British Empire.

Britain has always been the creator and leader of naval technology innovation trends. If Germany becomes the next trendsetter, other countries will question the British naval strength. Once there is doubt, the British Royal Navy will face more challenges. The reason why the Royal Navy can dominate the world is partly due to their reputation for victory, which also allows them to develop a tradition of "fighting every enemy".

One can imagine what would happen if others no longer feared the majesty of the Royal Navy.

Someone suggested sending spies and agents to burn the German "dreadnought" in the dock. Someone immediately expressed opposition, because the defense of Kiel was very tight due to Kaiser Wilhelm II, and it was possible to sneak in and sabotage. But to completely destroy a battleship of more than 20,000 tons, it would require a lot of explosives and a long time.

As long as the German soldiers guarding the dock were not dead, this plan would be difficult to succeed. Even if it succeeded, it could only delay the launch of the "Dreadnought" for a few months. Even if it could delay it for a year, it would not solve the core problem. It takes a long time to design a brand new battleship, and it takes even longer from laying the keel to launching it. It would take at least two or three years for the British "full heavy artillery battleship" to come out.

"Then spread the word that we have caught a German spy and found out during interrogation that our battleship design drawings were stolen by the Germans!"

"Yes, this is the best way."

"And then announce that ours will build a true dreadnought!"

"No, we can't use the name Dreadnought."

"Then we'll call it the Hood. It's just a name."

Manipulating public opinion to confuse right and wrong and calling a horse a zebra are all British specialties. Everyone present has seen this countless times and believes that the people in the relevant departments can handle public opinion matters. Night raid group: ⑥九四九, ３六①三⑤好.

"Creating public opinion is only one aspect. The most important thing is to build our dreadnought...Hood ship. The sooner the better! Even if it's just one day in the morning, it will be good."

"Sir John Fisher, this matter is yours."

John Fisher was a British admiral and a recognized expert in gunnery. He was said to be the successor to the First Sea Lord, or Lord Admiral. He was a staunch supporter of the Royal Navy's offensive supremacy. Upon hearing the order, he immediately stood up and said generously, "I will do a good job of this!"

After talking about this matter, everyone felt relieved. Someone mentioned that Tsarist Russia would send another fleet to the Far East. "How should we respond?"

"Just like last time, the Russian fleet is not allowed to dock in our port!"

After sending ten warships in Huludao, the Russians sent a fleet from Europe to the Far East. The People's Party's navy had been blocked in the port, but now the situation has changed. After learning that the Japanese might join the war and take a hostile stance, St. Petersburg could only piece together another fleet and send it to the East, otherwise, the next fleet to be blocked in the port would be the Russian fleet.

Chapter 260 I am easy for him

After the British statement was released, the Germans were stunned for a while, and then began to search for spies within the country. They caught three or two small cats, but not a single big fish. The German government naturally refuted the British accusation and reported it in the newspaper.

The paper mocked the British for not only having a weak army but also a navy that was behind the times.

The Prussians were once Britain's most reliable ally on the European continent. In the process of encircling Napoleon and later attacking France, the Prussians were the main force charging into battle. However, there are only eternal interests in the world, no eternal allies.

After Prussia became Little Germany, the relationship between Britain and Germany gradually deteriorated. As Germany's strength grew, the threat from Germany became greater and greater. The British gave up the diplomatic policy of suppressing France and began to work together with France. The newspapers in Britain and Germany were no longer as harmonious as before, but there were more and more insults and accusations.

British newspapers called the Germans thieves, and Germany retorted that the British were paupers. The people of the two countries joined in, making the quarrel even more intense, and later Italy and the United States also joined in. Italy proposed the "unified caliber main gun mode" at the beginning of this year, which is the biggest feature of the "dreadnought".

The Americans then dug out the documents sent by the People's Party, claiming that they were the first country to come up with the concept of "dreadnought". They didn't want to say it, but now they had to stand up because it was related to national honor. No matter whether others believed it or not, the Americans believed it. Then the U.S. Navy submitted a new application to Congress, which meant only one thing: "Money!"

Seeing that the major powers were discussing the "dreadnought" enthusiastically, the French jumped out and announced that they would build their own new battleships. If it was just Britain and the United States, it would be fine, but since Germany was involved, the French would definitely not stay out of it.

For a time, the world's focus was on the "dreadnought" that the Germans were about to launch, and even the war in the Far East was ignored. In the eyes of Europeans, Western Europe was the center of the world, and the Far East was just the edge of the civilized world. Russia and China had been fighting for so long that everyone was tired of it.

Although there are many troops on the battlefield in the Northeast, they are still not as many as during the Crimean War fifty years ago. Neither China nor Russia has as many troops on the battlefield as the British army in the Boer War. Moreover, there has been no large-scale war in the Northeast for a long time. There is no gimmick, and newspapers don't like to publish news from there.

But for East Asia, the Northeast is the focus of their attention. The outcome of the Sino-Russian war will determine who is the master of Asia. The Chinese, Russians, Japanese, Koreans and Vietnamese are all closely watching the development of the situation in the Northeast. They will cheer for the gains and losses of a city or town, and will also sigh for the victory or defeat of a small-scale battle.

In Japan, many schools were discussing the direction of the war, and some Chinese students also joined in. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the Japanese felt superior to the Chinese. Because of the failure of the expedition to Liaodong, many Japanese developed a dislike for the Chinese, but more Japanese regained a respectful attitude because the Chinese army annihilated the Eight-Nation Alliance and defeated the Russians in the Liaoxi battlefield.

Many experts, scholars and even ordinary people asked Chinese students about what happened in northern China. They wanted to know how China could become stronger in a short period of time. After all, seven or eight years ago, the Japanese army was still chasing the Beiyang Army everywhere. In less than ten years, the Chinese army was able to defeat the Russians!

Russia is the weakest link among the imperialist powers, but it is still a power!

The Japanese army fought a battle with the Russian army in Liaodong, and the result was not ideal. In this comparison, doesn't it mean that the Chinese army has already defeated the Japanese army? The things that happened in the Fifth Division were not allowed to be reported. Since no one talked about it, it didn't exist.

Later, the Japanese government arrested "non-citizens" everywhere and repatriated some Chinese students who advocated the People's Party. As a result, the Chinese students in Japan no longer talked about the People's Party's political system, but only talked about some strange stories, or simply stopped making any comments and concentrated on their studies.

Now that the Meiji government had decided to join the war and declare war on Russia, it relaxed controls on speech, and Chinese students were once again invited to join various academic societies and reading clubs.

At the reading group, someone stood up and asked, "Sir, the Russians are still sending more troops to the Northeast. Do you still think they will fail?"

The man called "Mr." was a middle-aged Japanese man named Kotoku Shusui. He was a close friend of Fumio Funakoshi. The two had discussed political matters in private. Kotoku Shusui said that the emperor was sidelined by the generals and powerful daimyo in the past, and now it is the same. The emperor is sidelined by the warlords and financial tycoons, which is no different from before.

Fumio Funakoshi was a skilled warrior, but he was very pessimistic at the time, thinking that "the world was so dark and cruel, there was nothing else to do but hope not to be a Japanese in the next life". Kotoku Shusui had been weak and sickly since childhood, and in terms of martial arts, even ten of him could not beat Fumio Funakoshi, but he was a very resolute person.

After listening to Fumio Funakoshi's lament, Kotoku Shusui said that there was no need to pray for the afterlife. If he could work hard in this life and awaken more people, he might be able to change Japan. Fumio Funakoshi went to China and brought back many books. From then on, Kotoku Shusui changed from a Marxist to a Hayashi Yongchangist........

When the Japanese government was hunting down "non-citizens", Funakoshi Fumio fled to China with many people, but Kotoku Shusui stayed.

Funakoshi Fumifu said: "Back then, Wu Zixu and his brother Wu Shang fled abroad. On the way, Wu Shang asked Wu Zixu whether it was easier to stay and die with his father, or to avenge his family. Wu Zixu replied: It is easier to stay and die. Wu Shang then said to Wu Zixu: Today I will do the easy thing for him."

Fumio Funakoshi burst into tears and choked up when he heard this. When the Meiji government was hunting down Hayashi Yongchangists, Kotoku Shusui stayed in Japan and continued to translate various theories and works of the People's Party and spread propaganda to the Japanese people.

He was prepared to be arrested or even killed, but he did not expect that things would take a sudden turn. The situation would not change according to human will. Under the oppression of Britain, the Japanese government put aside its differences with the People's Party in Taiwan and other places and prepared to stab the Russians in the back again. As a result, Kotoku Shusui's crisis was temporarily resolved.

When a student asked a question, Kotoku Shusui said firmly, "The Russians will fail. There is no doubt about it!"

Chapter 261: Inside, Not Outside

After hearing Kotoku Shusuiken's powerful answer, a Japanese youth couldn't help but ask, "If the Russians lose the war, can we take advantage of the opportunity to capture Vladivostok and Sakhalin Island?"

Not only the young man thought this way, many people had the same idea. Seeing the pairs of eyes full of excitement and enthusiasm, Kotoku Shusui couldn't help but sigh. He closed his eyes and was silent for a while. When the noise around him gradually disappeared, Kotoku Shusui suddenly opened his eyes and said angrily: "Don't you see clearly? Even if we take more land, the lives of the people will not get better! After being deceived again and again, can't you be smarter?"

"Before the Meiji Restoration, the adults said that if the shogunate was overthrown, the people would be able to live a good life. What happened? In exchange, they were exploited even more severely! Before seizing Korea, they said the same thing again, promising that if Korea was taken, the people would no longer have to suffer from hunger. You can all see what is happening now!"

"Japan's problem is not external but internal. Even if they take over Vladivostok or even Liaoyang, will the suffering of the people be reduced? Historical experience tells us that it is impossible!"

Kotoku Shusui was not a martial artist like Fumio Funakoshi. He was weak and sickly since childhood, and his health was still not very good when he grew up. But there was a kind of tenacious spirit in his weak body, which was awe-inspiring. The young man who was scolded by Kotoku Shusui was sweating profusely, and he quickly bent down and said, "I was wrong."