c_t; While the Beiyang Naval Division was in full swing, Zhang Yi rushed back to Weihai Weinan Gang Fort non-stop.

At this time, Xu Huaijin was also nervously coordinating the military deployment of various departments, and now under the joint efforts of Mo Qi, Zhang Enyuan, and Bagen, the attack of the 37th Infantry Wing of the Fourth Division has been thwarted, and the troops retreated more than ten miles, waiting for the arrival of the main force of the Japanese Fourth Division, and the battle on the Baima River fell into relative silence, and the Japanese army on the opposite side was not in a hurry to attack, but arranged fortifications on the other side of the Baima River; As for Hushan, the Chinese and Japanese sides fell into a bitter battle, both sides invested most of the elite troops, the battle was stalemate, Heimu continuously mobilized infantry for Zhen, and carried out a large-scale attack on Hushan, but Ling Chuanqing and Duan Qirui calmly arranged the fortifications, and the Japanese army attacked for three days in a row, although the casualties of the new army were not small, but the conservative position that had been dead for a long time.

Now the Fourth Division of the Japanese Army has recovered from the battle with Yuan Shikai, and Sakuma Zuo Matthei ordered the three infantry wings, an artillery wing, and a cavalry wing of the whole army to move together and pounce towards Weihaiwei.

There is only a distance of more than 200 miles from Yantai to Weihai, and if you march all the way, it will take three days at most, and the time is urgent, and there is not much time for Zhang Yi to arrange calmly.

Zhang Yi ordered: "Order all the Blue Wolf Detachment to attack, from Yantai to Weihai, snipe the Japanese army all the way, delay the Japanese army's marching speed, order Bagen's cavalry battalion, quickly break through, cooperate with the Blue Wolf Detachment all the way, and entangle the main force of the Japanese Fourth Division as much as possible, remember not to be entangled by the Japanese cavalry wing; Ling Chuanqing of Hushan and Wu Peifu of Baimahe were ordered to withdraw from their positions in the two places at noon tomorrow and assemble in the Wendeng area to stand by, and the order was to immediately dispatch all Li Bingheng's troops to carry out all the weapons and baggage of the Weihai batteries within one day, and then dismantle all the heavy artillery and infantry guns on the Weihai Port batteries, and transport all the ones that could be transported away, and blow up those that could not be transported on the spot. [ ] must not be left to little Japan! ordered Mo Qi's troops to quickly withdraw to the Wendeng area and assemble to stand by; Order the garrisons of nearby states and counties to quickly move towards the territory of Wendeng and assemble on standby! ”

Zhang Yi's orders were conveyed in an orderly manner.

Zhang Peilun's telegram was sent to the capital, and Li Hongzhang held the telegram in his hand, full of panic, and he didn't expect it. Yuan Shikai was so vulnerable, it was only more than ten days. I can't stand it, Zhang Yi has just arrived in Shandong, and the local officials haven't seen it again, how can they command the overall strategic situation of Shandong?

Zhang Yi's letter was also sent to Li Hongzhang along with Zhang Peilun's telegram, Li Hongzhang read it, and stomped his feet even more anxiously, how can this be good, if Zhang Yi really gave up Weihaiwei. Arrange a shocking life and death catastrophe in Weihai, then his own black yarn will be all pressed here, once it fails, don't say, Zhang Yi, even his position as the minister of Beiyang and the governor of Zhili will not be stable.

But what can be done now? The situation developed too fast, the Japanese army came to two divisions at once, Shandong's two main forces Li Bingheng and Yuan Shikai were defeated successively, and Shandong's current combatable soldiers are only a handful, if they don't follow Zhang Yi's deployment. Zhang Yi will definitely not be able to stop so many Japanese troops, and when the time comes, the Japanese army will attack everywhere, and it is even possible that the troops will be directed at the city of Beijing.

Li Hongzhang weighed the pros and cons. After thinking about it for a long time, I had no choice but to pinch my nose and agree to Zhang Yi's strategic deployment, a Weihaiwei will be destroyed, this matter is expected to be able to be suppressed, as long as the battle ahead is smooth, then it can be resolved, and what can be done now is to ask for the blessing of all gods and Buddhas, and bless Zhang Jianzhi to successfully gather and annihilate the Japanese army.

In order to prevent accidents, Li Hongzhang ordered all the departments in the capital and Song Qing's army to strictly guard the city of Beijing, monitor the wind and grass in various key passes, and not let a small group of Japanese troops enter the territory of Zhili.

In the telegram, Li Hongzhang tightly warned Zhang Yi that he must be cautious in the use of troops, so as to win with one blow and not leave any chance for the Japanese army to counterattack.

Zhang Yi got Li Hongzhang's message, and his heart was much more steady, as long as he had Li Hongzhang's support behind him, he would have no scruples.

It took Zhang Yi less than two days to carry out the ordnance of the Weihaiwei Fort.

Ahead, the cavalry battalions of the blue wolf and Bagen were still blocking the advance of the Japanese army, entangled the Japanese army in Yantai.

Under the waterproofing of Wu Peifu and others, the Sixth Division had broken through the defenses of Hushan and Baima River and rushed to the Weihai Weinan Gang Battery.

Zhang Yi ordered all the troops to evacuate the South Gang Fort and the North Gang Battery.

In the evening, Kuroki Weizhen finally boarded the Nanbang Fort in Weihaiwei, but what caught his eye was a ruin, where there was still a cannon, all the weapons on the fort had been removed, and there was nothing left of ammunition. All you can see is these lumps.

Kuroki was angry for Zhen, and he worked hard for more than ten days, and finally occupied the Weihaiwei Fort, which turned out to be a pile of ruins, can this still be used for war? These damn China pigs!

Heimu Weizhen was helpless, and hurriedly ordered to deploy the defense of Weihaiwei's north and south forts, and ordered people to rest the forts overnight and place the cannons, fortunately, when they attacked Jimo and Haiyang, they captured some cannons, and there were a few concentrated cannons, which could be used to make do with it.

At noon the next day, the main force of the 4th Division, under the leadership of Sakuma Zuo Matthew, also entered the North Gang Fort one after another, and rushed to meet Kuroki Weizhen.

Sakuma Zuo Matthew said: "Kuroki-kun, why is this place so badly damaged by the Qing army, this, can this still be used in battle?" Even the forts are damaged, and these Qing troops don't know that they are distressed, this group of losers! ”

Kuroki sneered and replied: "Your Excellency Sakuma, it is obvious that the Qing army has demolished all the forts in Weihaiwei, and even destroyed the forts, which is obviously a delaying plan to delay our attack on the Beiyang Navy, we need to concentrate all our forces, repair the fortifications of the forts as soon as possible, place heavy artillery, try to notify the Imperial Navy, carry out a flank attack on the Beiyang Navy, remove the Beiyang Navy as soon as possible, and prepare for the expansion of the Imperial War!" ”

Sakuma Zuo Matthew nodded and said, "Kuroki-kun, what you said makes sense, I will order the Fourth Division to participate in the repair of the fortifications, repair all the fortifications as soon as possible, and prepare for battle!" ”

Kuroki Weizhen said: "Your Excellency Sakuma, now I have one more thing to discuss with you, that is, if we attack the Beiyang Navy here, then the cavalry will be useless at all, I mean our two cavalry wings, combined in one place, order them to ignore the main force, march westward, through Jinan and Dezhou, and go straight to Beijing City, two thousand elite cavalry, which can pose a huge threat to Beijing City!" ”

Sakuma Zuo Ma Tai stroked his hand and praised, and shouted: "Okay, good, just give him a straight smash Yellow Dragon!" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )

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