"Commander, our Ninth Brigade asks to participate in the war, we can't climb Tiger Mountain, we all kill ourselves!"

The deputy brigade commander of the Ninth Brigade, Komatsuzaki Rikuma Osa, loudly asked for his life. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"You, the Ninth Brigade, have brought too much shame to the Empire; This battle of crossing the river is related to the empire's great plan, and you don't need you, you can continue to reflect with me! ”

Yama Prefecture Youtomo directly and ruthlessly rejected Komatsuzaki Rikuma's request.

As the words of Yama Prefecture Youpeng fell, Matsumoto Keii Shaosa, the captain of the 3rd Brigade of the 11th Wing of the 9th Brigade, and the captain of the 21st Brigade of the 2nd Wing, Keizo Yamaguchi, all showed a look of shame and indignation.

East of Uiju City, Tieshan Mountain.

"The big boss, you can't go any further, there are all Japanese soldiers."

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, a group of silk guards in Hushanzhai carried a basket of medicinal herbs on their backs, one by one they were tired and panting, tired and hungry, and made a detour to a small valley on the east side of Tieshan, where they could already see the Oriental flag on the high part of Tieshan and the faint Japanese soldiers.

Fear has begun to appear in the eyes of these lockers, and they have reminded the big bosses that they can't move forward rashly.

"Okay, you rest for a while, and I'll go over and explore the way, and see if we are allowed to pass; No, let's go around it. ”

Miki Kamio put down the rattan basket she was carrying and said to the silk guards of Tiger Cottage with a smile.

The stick said fearfully and hesitantly: "Sister, why don't we take a detour, where is that big merchant?" ”

"The third one, the big merchant is here; Haha-"

At this time, everyone heard the hoarse voice of the second master.

"The second is in charge!"

The locks screamed and looked towards the source of the sound on the right slope of the valley.

Suddenly, a group of Japanese soldiers with guns appeared on the slopes on both sides, and the one standing in the middle was the second leader of the Hushanzhai with a blue nose and a swollen face, the old beard.

However, at this time, the old beard was wearing a Japanese military uniform.

"Brothers, it's been hard all the way."

Shinji Matsui stood triumphantly on the hillside and arched his hand towards the stunned crowd below.

North Korea, Taedong River Estuary, Ueundong Harbor.

At eight o'clock in the morning, all the warships of the Oriental Combined Fleet let out a 'whine' roar, and the thick chimneys raised large puffs of soot.

Immediately, the main unit of the Combined Fleet and the first, second, third, and fourth guerrillas raised anchor first, and the target was directly aimed at Huayuankou on the central coast of eastern Liaodong.

At half past nine o'clock in the morning, the 14 troop carriers of the Second Army of the East Ocean sailed out of the Yuyin Cave, followed behind the Combined Fleet, and headed for the entrance of the garden.

The flagship of the Toyo Combined Fleet, the ironclad cruiser Hashidate.

Ito stood on the bridge and looked at the British Empire's cruiser Cardinal, which was advancing at the same distance of three nautical miles, and his face couldn't help but show anger.

However, for the other party's arrogant behavior that was almost provocative, Ito Yuheng could only endure it aggrievedly.

"One day, the Empire will let you Western faces bow your arrogant heads to the Empire!"

In the depths of Ito's heart, he swore secretly.

The Combined Fleet maintained a low speed of eight knots in the northwest direction of the vast Yellow Sea, and traveled all the way, only covering more than 300 miles at nearly 6 o'clock in the evening, about one-third of the way through the sea.

After a brief dinner, Ito and a group of generals from the Combined Fleet came to the deck and looked at the golden river and the sunset in the western sky.

"Shark Island personnel rules, order Yaeyama, Akitsu Island, Naniwa, immediately break away from the team, and drive to the garden mouth to reconnoitre."

Ito Yuheng calmed his mood for a while, and before night fell, he began to issue a preface: "The first and second guerrillas immediately change course and sail to Weihaiwei to monitor the Daqingwei Naval Port. ”

"The team deviated to the left, accelerated to 11 knots, sailed to the waters of Dalian Bay, and monitored the Lushun Military Port."

"The third and fourth guerrillas, continue to maintain their speed and cover the landing of the second army at the entrance of the garden."

With the issuance of Ito's order, it was soon sent to the various detachments through the flag.

Soon, the huge Oriental Combined Fleet split into four, each heading for its destination and disappearing into the night.

On the Yokohama Maru troop carrier, the commander of the 1st Division of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Motoji Yamachi, the commander of the 1st Brigade, Major General Nogi Noshinori, the commander of the 2nd Brigade, Major General Nishikanjiro, and the chief of staff Oji Yasumunosa,——

A group of Japanese generals stood on the side of the ship, looking at the bright moon overhead.

All of them were full of blood.

Because tomorrow, they will set foot on the territory of the Qing Dynasty, the former thousand-year-old hegemon of East Asia, to conquer them.

What a pride!

The sea area at the junction of the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea, the sea area of Xiaozhushan Island.

When the Qing and Japanese armies on both sides of the Yalu River faced each other across the river, the domestic crowd was excited, and the Qingliu of the Beijing division even threw the impeachment into the imperial court like a rain of ideas.

Impeached Ding Ruchang for 'fearing the enemy' and 'avoiding war', and clamored for the emperor to issue an order to 'behead Ding Ruchang and decide', and let the general who 'dare to fight' be the commander of the navy and go to the mouth of the Yalu River to fight the Japanese.

This time, Emperor Guangxu rarely bypassed the Yamen of the Governor of Zhili, and gave an order to the Beiyang Naval Division, reprimanding Ding Ruchang in harsh terms, ordering him to immediately lead the Naval Division out of the port to parade and fight against the fleet of the Japanese Emperor.

Li Hongzhang, who was helpless, had no choice but to agree to the Beiyang Naval Division, which had not yet been overhauled, to cruise out of Port Arthur.

The No. 18 Beiyang Fleet left Lushunkou and cautiously followed Li Hongzhang's advice to 'not fight in waves', and sailed northeast along the coastline to Dalian Bay.

After a day of repairing, the 20th Beiyang Naval Division went out of Dalian Bay, headed southwest, passed Port Arthur, and traveled slowly all the way.

On the afternoon of the 23rd, the fleet arrived in the waters of Xiaozhushan Island at the mouth of the Bohai Sea.

Then the fleet turned eastward and headed for Weihaiwei Harbor, four hundred miles away.

"Zhongtang is really calculating!"

Ding Ruchang said to Liu Buyun beside him as if he was crying: "Such a sea patrol is that the Japanese have really fought in the Yalu River in the past two days, and our fleet has a reason to argue; In Weihai for two more days, when we return to Lushun, it will be the end of the month, and the Yalu River will either be fought, or we will have to wait until tomorrow for spring; But I can't turn over this pot even more! ”

"Those clear streams in the imperial court are a bunch of idiots!"

Liu Buyun said viciously: "The Yalu River Army is fighting, what role can we have, the warships can't drive in; What I am most afraid of now is that the Japanese will land in southern Liaoning, pointing at those new troops in Lushun, how to resist? ”

"Woo-"

At this time, a Western-Western merchant ship sailed over from the Yellow Sea, and when it saw the huge fleet of Beiyang Naval Division, the merchant ship let out a friendly roar.

"Hey, Daqing, Daqing-"

In the eyes of Ding Ruchang and Liu Buyun, under the sunset in the distance, several foreigners shouted and jumped on the deck.

"These Western horse monkeys!"

Ding Ruchang snorted coldly, his face full of disdain.

"Angus, is this the fleet of the Qing Dynasty? It's really very powerful, I really didn't expect that in this barbarian land in the far east, there is such an advanced army. ”

A big, bearded middle-aged man, dressed in an Austro-Hungarian military uniform, with a bottle of inferior rum in his hand, drank it in amazement.

"Bruce, you drunkard, when we were in Hong Kong, we all went ashore, and you were drunk and lying on the bed; There are two such navies in East Asia, and not so long ago the other one has dealt heavy damage to this fleet; Don't you see that the hulls of these warships have a lot of gun wounds, and there are still a lot of damaged parts that have not yet had time to be repaired? ”

Beside Rosacea, stood four middle-aged officers dressed in Austro-Hungarian uniforms, and a young Chinese face.