*** Youheng led the combined fleet back to Busan Port in a hurry, and he didn't have time to rest, so he directly sent an order, ordering people to hurry up and send an urgent telegram to Lijian Shang who was far away in Xin'anzhou, Lijian Shang was still waiting for the opening of the second battlefield in southern Liaoning, and now the opening of the second battlefield failed, and at the same time two elite divisions were also hit, if the notice was late, I was afraid that the four or five divisions in Jilin would not get a good end!

At this time, Lijian Shang had already discovered that something was wrong, as early as when the combined fleet set off, Lijian Shang got a telegram from Youheng, calculating the time, the Japanese army should have landed and launched an attack a long time ago, but the spies in southern Liaoning and even Mukden did not transmit any information back at all. [Ran^Text^Library] []. [774] [buy]. [com]

Seeing that Shang felt a bad feeling in his heart, he directly called his most confidant mixed brigade commander Akiyama He, and said: "Akiyama, now there is no news from southern Liaoning, I feel a little uneasy, you immediately lead your mixed brigade to advance towards the Baishan area, if the four divisions in front of you are defeated, immediately accept them and retreat to North Korea, if the Qing army's all-out offensive has not yet been launched, immediately send an order on my behalf, ordering the four divisions to quickly evacuate Jilin, move closer to Xin'anzhou, and cover their retreat at any time!" ”

Akiyama He was shocked and asked, "Limi-kun, do you mean that the 2nd and 5th Divisions that conducted landing operations from southern Liaoning may be in trouble?" ”

Lijian Shang sighed and said: "It's not that we may be in trouble, but we must be in trouble, otherwise, it is impossible for our spy personnel to send any information back, it seems that we have to prepare for the worst, you go to execute it immediately." “

Akiyamaga replied: "Hai, I will gather the army immediately!" “

Not long after Akiyamaga's mixed brigade was dispatched, the military staff officer hurriedly walked into the headquarters of Tsumi Sho and said in a loud voice: "Report, Your Excellency Commander, Your Excellency Youheng of the Combined Fleet, there is an urgent telegram from the port of Busan!" “

Li Jianshang's brows jumped a few times, and he shouted: "Nian! ”

The military staff officer read urgently: "Immediately see Jun, the Second Division and the Fifth Division of the Combined Fleet Transport Corps went to southern Liaoning to open up the second battlefield, and when they landed, they were attacked by the enemy's artillery and cavalry, and the rescue was too late, only more than 10,000 people survived, and all the weapons and baggage were lost. ”

Immediately saw Shang Teng stood up from his seat, snatched the telegram in his hand, read it carefully, confirmed that it was correct, and sat down on the chair, it's over, the Japanese army is completely finished, two divisions, 30,000 troops are lost like this, and the survivors are also because they were soaked in the sea water in the cold winter, they are seriously ill, and a large area of serious injuries is not retained, is there anything worse than them?

Yes, that is the 7th Division, which was completely annihilated under the siege of the three main divisions, but at least the telegram was in the hands of Tsumi Shang.

Huo Ran, immediately saw Shang scolded: "Baga, Baga!" Youheng, you idiot, just because of your momentary negligence, you sent tens of thousands of imperial warriors to hell, and Lao Tzu is not finished with you! Yaga! ”

The furious Lijian Shang kicked over the table in front of him with a kick, and the tea set was spilled all over the ground!

After a long time, he immediately saw Shang Fang calm down and sat on a chair in the corner with his head in his hands.

Outside the command post was full of senior generals and staff officers of the general headquarters, all of them looked at Li Jian Shang at a loss, Li Jian Shang is outstanding, they have been accustomed to everything in the past few years to rely on Li Jian Shang to make decisions, they just need to do things well, looking at the anger of Li Jian Shang now, they are all stunned, in their minds, it is difficult to see Li Jianshang's joys, sorrows and sorrows at any time, but in the past few days they have met twice in a row.

Li Jian Shang slowly raised his head and said in a low voice, "You all come in." ”

A group of generals hurriedly walked in from the outside and looked at the commander-in-chief in front of them.

Li Jianshang said in a deep voice: "Gentlemen, our plan to invade *** this time has been completely bankrupt, because of the negligence of the combined fleet, when the second and fifth divisions of the empire landed in the area of southern Liaoning, they encountered a surprise attack by the enemy, the two divisions suffered heavy casualties, only less than 10,000 people returned to Korea, all weapons and baggage were lost, and our attempt to open up a second battlefield and contain the energy of the Chinese tiger completely failed. The Chinese Tigers have now assembled six divisions of troops in Jilin, and may have to add two or three divisions in the future, and at the same time, their recruitment of new troops has been continuing, and we have completely lost our advantage in terms of strength, even if we send all the troops of North Korea, we only have less than seven divisions of troops, and because of the defeat in the battle, morale is low, our overall combat strength has been surpassed by the elite of the Chinese Tigers. In this war, our discipline to win has been reduced to the limit......"

The Chief of the General Staff, Kodama Gentaro, asked in shock: "Your Excellency Commander, is there really no room for us to recover, as long as we still have a chance, we must do our best to fight for it!" ”

Li Jian still smiled bitterly and replied: "Kodama Jun, among the army generals of the Shaozhuang faction, I am most optimistic about you and Kuroki Weizhen, but this time, you are wrong, yes, if we keep fighting, we will not fail 100%, but once we fail, not only will all our elites be lost, but we will be difficult to hold together with North Korea, don't forget, now Vladivostok has been occupied by the *** army, and the Yalu River is no longer a moat for them, once North Korea is lost, We have completely lost the most powerful springboard for future aggression, and the rise of our empire is inseparable from the various mineral resources of North Korea. ”

Kodama Gentaro's face turned red and said, "Your Excellency Commander, it's me who is shallow. Lijian Shang continued: "Kodama Jun, you now have the strategy and adaptability of an excellent general, but you still lack a politician's mind, if a military strategist does not understand politics and strategy, then he is not a first-class military strategist, you are just focusing on a war, in the future your vision needs to focus on something other than war, a country, his survival and prosperity is the most fundamental purpose of our work, not a city and a place in the war!" If you figure out all these things in the future, you will be the best candidate to lead the Yamato nation to the top in the future! Kodama Gentaro nodded thoughtfully, saw that Tatsumi was no longer speaking, and then asked, "Your Excellency Commander, how are we going to deal with it next?" ”