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Explain the map above.

The bright yellow area is nominally the sphere of influence of the Qing Dynasty, but in reality there is no organized military force. Inner and Outer Mongolia are in a state of disarray, and the area south of the Great Wall is a matter of whoever comes to surrender.

The blue area represents the actual control area of ​​Yuan Shikai, with two tentacles extending outwards, namely Duan Qirui heading north and Duan Zhigui heading south.

The Huai faction currently consists of two major parts: one is Liu Bingzhang, who actually controls Sichuan; the other is Li Hongzhang, who actually controls Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, southern Hunan, southern Jiangxi, and part of southern Fujian.

The silver-gray Chu faction occupies most provinces west of Shaanxi, but is short of manpower and cooperates with local forces in some areas.

For example, the green part represents the Hui people who surrendered to Zuo Zongtang during the Tongzhi Hui Rebellion and were re-employed by Yang Changjun.

Shaanxi, which is brown, is currently controlled by Lu Chuanlin, the governor who is inclined towards the Qing Dynasty.

Yunnan was ruled by Cen Chunxuan. His father had been the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, so he was able to succeed to the throne, but it was very reluctant. Zhaotong and other places in eastern Yunnan were occupied by Liu Bingzhang of Sichuan.

In central Fujian, Governor-General of Fujian and Zhejiang Bian Baodi joined forces with local forces to control it. Southern Fujian was occupied by Li Hongzhang and the French, and northern Fujian was previously occupied by the Hunan Army.

Blank part 1: The blank between Hunan, Jiangxi and Zhejiang was originally under the actual control of the Hunan faction. After the Hunan Army was defeated, Yuan's army had no time to take over. Currently, there is a power vacuum with defeated soldiers everywhere.

Blank part 2, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, is actually controlled by the Great Lama, and only the western Sichuan Plateau is controlled by troops sent by Liu Bingzhang of Sichuan.

The red part is divided into 3 pieces.

To the south are Taiwan and Xiamen occupied by France, and Hong Kong occupied by Britain.

To the north is the Heilongjiang region, which was invaded by Russia.

Chapter 299: Leaving Asia? Revitalizing Asia?

"Everyone, the Luqing War, no, the Luzhi War has broken out!"

In the temporary headquarters of the Asahikawa Colony Army in Hokkaido, Japan, Nozu Michitsugu couldn't help but cheer softly after receiving the information from the headquarters.

Hokkaido Asahikawa Army, the famous Northern Town Force, nicknamed "Bear Corps"

Historically, this unit was the only one after the six major garrisons of Tokyo, Sendai, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima and Kumamoto before the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895.

In addition, it also shoulders the heavy responsibility of developing Hokkaido and defending the north. Although it does not have the title of a garrison, it is a garrison in reality.

After the military system reform, the six garrisons were uniformly renamed the 1st to 6th Divisions, and the Beizhen troops were naturally renamed the 7th Division.

After Russia seized Fukushima Island, Hokkaido, where the 7th Division was located, became the front line facing the Russian army.

Nozu Michitsugu had waited for this day for too long. The headquarters had been asking the soldiers on the front line to be patient, patient, and continue to be patient.

Beriberi broke out frequently in the army. Before they even saw the Russian guns and artillery, hundreds of soldiers had been injured and discharged, and thousands more were suffering from beriberi and had difficulty moving.

Now, I can finally take big strides again and face the enemy with my head held high!

Nozu Michitsugu not only recalled how bravely he and Oyama Iwao participated in the Anglo-Satsuma War 30 years ago and bombarded British warships.

But now that the feudal system in Japan has been abolished and the constitution established, facing the constant provocations of the Russians, the headquarters is pressing the front line but is reluctant to let him open fire.

"How can I correct this? Oyama Iwao-kun has become the Marshal of the Great Japanese Nation, a General of the Army, and has joined the Cabinet, while I am still just a minor general.

He and I both participated in the Anglo-Serbian War and fired at British warships, so why are our life experiences so different?

Nozu Michitsugu failed to catch up with the dream of rapid promotion in the early days of the Meiji Restoration, which made him very regretful, but he only complained slightly and did not think about it.

After all, Emperor Meiji was still alive at this time, and the Meiji heroes who led the war to overthrow the shogunate were also in high positions.

Going it alone is simply a fantasy, and the public opinion atmosphere for the growth of the young generation has not yet been formed in Japan.

It is the nature of Japanese soldiers to rebel against their superiors, but this is only limited to the military after the Taisho period.

The foolish emperor ruled the country with inaction, and the foolish Meiji elders clung to their power and refused to let go. The room for advancement for the people below was getting smaller and smaller, so they had to take risks and stage repeated mutinies.

In comparison, today's Japanese soldiers are more rational.

In this time and space, although Japan was defeated by Yuan Shikai in Korea, it regarded it as a humiliation.

But as time went on, the army gradually felt that this was a "small shame" and far less than a "big humiliation".

The reason is that as Yuan Shikai gradually conquered cities and fought wars in China, his image in the minds of the Japanese continued to grow.

The Japanese originally had the impression that the "local armed leader, Yuan Xiangcheng" gradually grew into "The Grand Marshal of the Qing Army, His Excellency Yuan Xiangcheng."

It is not the nature of the Japanese to go it alone, but it is the nature of the Japanese to admire the strong, and it has been the case since ancient times.

Just like the title of Grand Marshal of the Army on Yuan Shikai's head, there was no such official position in the Qing Dynasty, but it gradually became popular in Japanese society.

The change in the Japanese people's impression of Yuan Shikai stems from two aspects.

On the one hand, thanks to the publication and release of the East Asia Times in Japan,

Yuan Shikai and Ito Hirobumi reached a cooperation and signed a secret agreement. With Ito Hirobumi's tacit consent, the East Asia Times was established in Tokyo.

Using the agenda setting, news white noise, clickbait and other methods brought by Yuan Shikai from later generations, the East Asia Times constantly discusses various political issues and stirs up public opinion in Japanese society.

With the secret support of the government, as the newspaper grew bigger and bigger, the "Asia Alliance Theory" advocating cooperation between China and Japan gradually stood out and became a hot topic of social discussion.

Many young students have chosen to abandon the theory of "separation from Asia" and instead explore the various possibilities of "united Asia," imagining a Sino-Japanese conflict. (The following appears unrelated and likely comes from a different source: +Hedgehog 4 fold generation: 9si5 supplement, a bright future.)

You have to know that before the Meiji period, many diametrically opposed political issues were popular in Japan, and they were debated endlessly, often for more than ten years or even decades without a result.

For example, the dispute between the army's southward and northward movement evolved into the continental faction led by the army and the maritime faction led by the navy during World War II;

Similarly, there has always been a dispute among the people between the theory of separation from Asia and the theory of unity with Asia.

The advocates of the theory of leaving Asia were headed by Fukuzawa Yukichi, who advocated leaving Asia and joining Europe, conquering Korea, controlling Manchuria and Mongolia, and then annexing China to dominate the world.

This is a widely known theory in history, and it was copied almost intact by the Japanese government in the original time and space, turning it from theory into reality step by step.

In its later stages, the theory of de-Asianization evolved into the theory of "Rise of Asia", which also gave birth to the infamous Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Plan.

However, in this time and space, the first step of the theory of leaving Asia was defeated by Yuan Shikai.

How can we talk about conquering Manchuria and Mongolia and controlling China if we haven’t even landed in Korea?

Moreover, although both the Rise of Asia theory and the United Asia theory seem to be about uniting Asia, their actual connotations are very different.

The Rise of Asia theory advocated that all East Asian countries share the same culture and ethnicity, with Japan at the forefront, and should implement integration to jointly resist the British and American demons. In reality, this meant that all countries should worship the Japanese emperor.

The theory of Asia Alliance is that Japan will join hands with China to revitalize Asia, expel foreigners, and be more equal to each other.

As Yuan Shikai marched south, captured Xuzhou, attacked Huai'an, besieged Yangzhou, crossed the river and captured Jiangning City, Japanese society's impression of him continued to change with the publicity of newspapers such as Asahi Shimbun, Yomiuri Shimbun, and East Asia Times.

Naturally, the theory of alliance with Asia, which had declined in history, was gradually accepted by more people in this time and space, becoming an important trend among the public and military and political officials.

On the other hand, the premature invasion of the Russians made the Japanese feel a sense of crisis, forcing them to huddle together for warmth.

4 Historically, it was only after the Japanese won the First Sino-Japanese War and received a huge amount of compensation that they ushered in a precious 10-year period of development.

It was during this 10-year development period that Japan dared to challenge Tsarist Russia in 1904 and compete for the Northeast region.

But in this time and space, the Japanese did not have a huge reparations to pay, and the emperor was still tightening his belt to expand his armaments. The Japanese did not have the confidence to face the seemingly huge Russia alone.

4 Therefore, Yuan Shikai, who constantly made big news, was naturally included in the options for cooperation by the Japanese authorities.

The Japanese government was reluctant to initiate a war against Russia, hoping to wait and see.

According to the terms agreed upon in the secret agreement between Yuan and Japan, Yuan Shikai had to provide as much assistance as possible when a third party invaded Japan.

But the reality was even better. First, Russia took the lead in invading Heilongjiang, and then Yuan Shikai desperately moved his troops north, which was almost equivalent to declaring war on Russia.

After waiting for nearly a year, the Japanese government's cowardly behavior finally paid off.

Although before this, the then Prime Minister Aritomo Yamagata had been forced to resign due to pressure from the public accusations that he was "cowardly" and "cowardly" in the war, and was replaced by Hirobumi Ito as Prime Minister.

But no matter what, patience is worth it!

"Emperor Black Card, onboard!"

Nozu Michikuni smiled and looked intently at Mori Ogai, the chief medical officer of the 7th Division in front of him.

"Mori-kun! I leave it to you. Cure athlete's foot for the warriors of Japan. Don't let His Majesty the Emperor down!"

Please remember to claim the red envelopes on the leave request and flag voting posts.

There are mainly two things.

As the title says, my laptop freezes frequently for some unknown reason, and my mouse and keyboard don't respond.

The only option is to press the power button to restart, which may take a few minutes or even hours before it freezes.

Helpless, I had to go for maintenance, so there is no update today.

As compensation, I will give everyone red envelopes. Go to the Dudu Discovery page to receive them.

2. As the plot develops to this point, it is necessary to design the flags of each faction.

The book friends in the group sent a lot of pictures, and I also made a few pictures for everyone to discuss.

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Five-Colored Dragon Flag

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Three Stars Flag

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Blue sky, white sun, yellow Han flag

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Tricolor Black Dragon Flag

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Star-Rising Red Flag

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Jingtian Yellow Sun Red Flag

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River Red Flag

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Red Sun Five-Colored Flag