On May 10, 955, Deng Huanggong, commander of the isolated mechanized garrison brigade defending Jinzhou, reached an agreement with the Black Mountain envoy and led his troops to surrender. The city of Jinzhou peacefully changed its flag, and the people of Jinzhou avoided a catastrophe.
As a result, local forces in various regions in the central and northern parts of Haixi rose up and surrendered.
After all, Marshal Liu Bangchang had already fled to Shenglunduo, a land in the far north inhabited by many foreign races.
On May 29, the remnants of the 12th Division of Japan, also known as the Yaki Division, under the control of the new Japanese army were surrounded and annihilated in Hamazhou by the Heishan-Longbei coalition forces.
With this, the entire Yaki Division ceased to exist.
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Golden Moon Hotel, Heishan City, Heishanbao District.
This is the tallest building that has just been completed in Montenegro City, with twenty-two floors.
Top floor business meeting room.
On both sides of the long conference table sat a row of officials, with diplomats from the Principality of Montenegro on the left and diplomats from the Kingdom of Japan on the right.
There is a wooden frame on the table with the flags of the Principality of Montenegro and the Kingdom of Japan.
The head of the Montenegrin delegation is Jia Kui, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Principality of Montenegro, who came from the Security Bureau system and was once a former subordinate of Commissioner Zhang.
The leader of the Japanese delegation was Kuroda Shigeru. He fled and hid in Shengjing. He appeared in Heishan last month and transformed himself into the chief representative of the Japanese delegation that came for secret peace talks.
The two sides have held more than a dozen rounds of negotiations, but there has been little progress.
Japan agreed to pay war reparations, but demanded that the reparations be paid in secret, after all, the two sides had not officially gone to war.
And they were only willing to pay 100 million yuan in compensation.
Kuroda Shigeru flatly rejected Montenegro's request to cede Sensen Port.
Today, as soon as both parties sat down, Jia Kui handed a stack of photos to the clerk and asked him to send them to Kuroda Shigeru.
Kuroda Shigeru picked it up casually and his expression changed slightly.
It is a photo of the flag of the Yamata Division. The flag is already in tatters, but the pattern of the Yamata no Orochi on it is still recognizable.
"The Yaqi Division has been completely wiped out, and the battle in Anshan can be said to be over." Jia Kui said indifferently.
Kuroda Shigeru stood up with an angry face: "I protest, you are treacherous. We have clearly signed a memorandum of understanding to temporarily suspend hostile military actions between the two sides."
Jia Kui's expression remained unchanged. "That was based on the premise that our peace talks could make progress. I can only say that it was your stupidity and arrogance that killed the last 3,000 brave soldiers of the Yaqi Corps."
Kuroda Shigeru's eyes were blazing with fire. "Since our soldiers have already sacrificed their lives, there is no need to talk any further. We would rather die with honor than live in disgrace!"
Jia Kui said calmly, "Okay, it's also good to announce the breakdown of the peace talks. I'm under a lot of pressure right now. Some military generals have called me a traitor! I understand that you think we don't have the ability to land on your Japanese mainland. Moreover, even if we land with all our forces, we may not be a match for your Japanese army of hundreds of thousands."
Kuroda Shigeru said coldly: "You have a clear understanding of your own fighting ability! You may win temporarily by relying on tricks, but you cannot win forever!"
Jia Kui smiled: "From the current point of view, it is you and your master, Prime Minister Yamamoto Yu, who have overestimated your own strength! The hawks in our army have formulated a large-scale air strike plan. We are going to use three months of continuous air strikes day and night to blow up all your factories in Japan and completely strip you of your industrial production capacity."
Kuroda Shigeru's expression changed slightly.
Jia Kui added: "Also, do you know about the Jiali Electric Appliance case in Japan? It has been protracted! It has been a year and a half. Yesterday, the East China Sea Court of Appeal formally rejected the appeal of Jiali Electric Appliance. The dust has settled. In addition to the punitive fine, Jiali Electric Appliance is likely to go bankrupt. Mr. Kuroda, you probably don't know how important Jiali Electric Appliance is to Japan, but Prime Minister Yamamoto Yu must understand that if he refuses to implement the judgment of the East China Sea Court, he will inevitably be sanctioned by the Eastern Alliance. Without the technical support of the Eastern Alliance, the products that Jiali Electric Appliance secretly developed for your military will soon become scrap metal. Mr. Kuroda, you really need to have a clear understanding of yourself!"
As he spoke, Jia Kui stood up and said, "I hope that we can make substantial progress in the next round of consultations."
Kuroda Shigeru remained silent, and the Japanese diplomats also had gloomy faces as they left the venue in a dull and depressing atmosphere.
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The "Winter Palace" of Liu Bangchang in Jinzhou has now become the palace of Prince Heishanbao in Jinzhou.
Jinzhou was also renamed "Xiangping".
The Winter Palace was expanded by Liu Bangchang over a period of more than 20 years based on the original governor's residence. It covers thousands of acres in the center of Xiangping City and has artificial lakes. It is a combination of oriental garden-style architecture and Western-style palaces. In addition, because it is deeply influenced by Japanese culture, it also has a special "Yingzhou Garden", which is a garden with a strong Japanese style.
At this time in the Snow Dragon Pavilion of the Winter Palace, Lu Ming looked at the letter from Kawamoto Shigeyoshi and shook his head slightly.
Nowadays, there are frequent reports of good news from various places, except for the northern border, which has not been going well.
First, when the Northern Frontier Corps conquered Ma Quanyou's troops, the power center of the Northern Frontier Province split. Chen Xingchang, the third most important figure in Northern Frontier, declared independence and established the "White Sea Republic". He also formed an alliance with Ma Quanyou and besieged the Northern Frontier Corps in the south of the desert.
Qi Huaide's younger brother Qi Huairen went to Jinyang in person to supervise the battle, but still suffered a great defeat, only avoiding the tragic consequence of the annihilation of his own army.
But it came at a heavy price, turning local troops into cannon fodder, which also had a very bad impact. The local powerful groups in the northern border became even more alienated from the Qi family regime.
Afterwards, Chen Xingchang's troops and Ma Quanyou's troops advanced at the same pace, and Qi Huaide's regime in northern Xinjiang was in imminent danger.
Fortunately, at this time, news came that the Japanese reinforcements were completely wiped out on the sea, and the Black Mountain Corps won a great victory in the Battle of Jianzhou.
Chen Xingchang and Ma Quanyou finally stopped their attack.
When the Black Mountain Army captured Takeshi and renamed Takeshi as Hokuan, Kawamoto Shigeyoshi's Okuetsu Division arrived at Kinshu Lihan Road near Mihara Grassland after a long journey.
However, Kawamoto Shigeyoshi did not have an easy time.
Ma Quanyou's Mihara grassland tribe was originally a nomadic plundering tribe. Kawamoto Shigeyoshi was living under the protection of others and was isolated. The Kingdom of Japan could no longer rescue him. The chiefs of the Mihara tribe saw all of this and their extortion of the Okuyue Division became more and more severe.
This was mentioned in Shigeyoshi Kawamoto's letter.
The main reason was that in the expedition from Jianzhou to Lihan, in order to leave the dangerous area as quickly as possible, Kawamoto Shigeyoshi's division abandoned its heavy weapons and equipment.
When they arrived in Li Han, they sent a lot of weapons and ammunition to gain the trust of the Sanyuan tribe.
The combat effectiveness of the Oyue Division had been severely weakened and its morale was low.
Reading Kawamoto Shigeyoshi's letter, Lu Ming inexplicably thought of the tragic experience of the last emperor of the Ming royal family in his previous life who fled to Burma for refuge.
However, the current Kawamoto Shigeyoshi division should not be so miserable, after all, it still has combat effectiveness.
In Kawamoto Shigeyoshi's letter, he hoped that the Principality of Montenegro and the Kingdom of Japan would reach peace talks as soon as possible so that he could lead the Okuetsu Division and return to his homeland.
At the same time, there was a letter addressed to Prime Minister Yu Yamamoto, hoping that the diplomats of the Principality of Montenegro could help him pass it on to the Japanese delegation.
Lu Ming looked at the letter and pondered.