The Datong River Estuary is surging and rushing, under the moonlight, like a white line, winding away from the sea mouth towards the mountains and mountains of the Korean Peninsula. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

South of the Datong River Estuary, Grass Island.

Shiki Kayama, head of the Command Department of the Oriental Navy, stood quietly in the night, looking at the sparkling water surface at the mouth of the Datong River, and his heart was complicated.

This Datong River, as well as the two thousand miles of good rivers and mountains.

I, the Yamato nation, have dreamed for thousands of years, and now it is finally coming true!

On this beautiful, rich and vast East Asian continent, our Yamato nation has finally set foot on its own footsteps and planted the sun flag of our Yamato nation.

The river is 'bubbling' and rushing, just like the great oriental ocean that I am striving to rise, will eventually be overwhelming!

"Minister, do you want the 'Yae Mountain' to go to the direction of Lushunkou in the Qing Kingdom to reconnoitre?"

Vice Admiral Sukehiro Ito, commander of the Oriental Combined Fleet, was in a hurry, so he got off the cruiser Matsushima in a small boat and came to Kusama to ask for the advice of Shiki Kayama.

Shiki Kayama shook his head slightly and said: "What are you anxious about, where have you left the forbearance of our Oriental bushido spirit, you don't understand the Chinese proverb that startles the grass and scares the snake?" ”

"Hey!"

Ito replied loudly.

"Go back to your position, the fleet of the Qing Kingdom is here, and your mission is to destroy them! If we don't come to ——, Ito-kun, this Qing-Japanese Armageddon that has shaken the situation in Northeast Asia and even the world has just begun, as long as we wait patiently, we will eventually bury all the Beiyang naval divisions of the Great Qing Kingdom into this sea. ”

In the darkness of the night, Shiki Kayama's eyes are fierce and bright, like a hungry wolf lurking in the jungles of Northeast Asia.

Looking down from the sky, in the arc-shaped waters of the southern part of the grass island with the Datong River estuary on its back, dozens of warships of the Oriental Empire are quietly moored.

'Yoshino', 'Naniwa', 'Takachiho', 'Akitsuzu', 'Matsushima', 'Itsukushima', 'Hashidate', 'Chiyoda', 'Yaeyama'——

There was not a single light or sound on all the warships, and they just waited quietly, waiting for the arrival of their prey.

Seoul, the 5th Division of the Oriental Army.

Outside the door, the night was thick, but the inside of the meeting hall of the Fifth Division was brilliantly lit, and the large candle with the thickness of an arm's arm illuminated the dust inside the room.

Everyone was silent, waiting for the division commander, Lieutenant General Michikani Nozu.

"Boom, boom, boom—"

With the sound of leather boots hitting the stone face, Lieutenant General Michikan Nozu, the commander of the 5th Toyo Division, walked in with a serious face.

"The latest electricity from the Hiroshima base camp."

"Wow!"

All the Toyo officers stood up straight.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister Yama Prefecture will soon lead the Third Division and the rest of the Fifth Division on the island to North Korea to join our division and form the First Army of Zhengqing."

"Hey!"

All the generals in the council hall roared, their eyes shining with excitement.

Because they all sensitively heard the change in the words of Lieutenant General Michikani Nozu.

In the previous series of military operations, they were all under the guise of 'assisting North Korea in expelling the Qing State that interfered in the internal affairs of North Korea', but this time it directly used the name of 'Recruiting the First Army'.

'Zhengqing', just listen to the meaning of this word, and the meaning is self-evident.

Moreover, the two divisions directly used this time were actually led by Prime Minister Aritomo of Yama Prefecture, the number one figure in the Oriental military circles, how can it not make people excited!

"The General Staff of the Base Camp has ordered that the battle of Pyongyang cannot be delayed again and again, and that our Fifth Division will take the lead in carrying out the battle of annihilation in Pyongyang!"

"Hey!"

The generals in the entire Fifth Division Council Hall showed a kind of fanatical joy on their faces.

Since Major General Oshima Yoshimasa's 9th Mixed Brigade defeated the Qing army at Asan, their entire 5th Division has been gathering near Seoul for 20 days, just waiting for the day to attack Pyongyang.

Then completely drive the rabble of the Qing Army out of the Korean Peninsula!

"From tomorrow, all wings, brigades, and regiments will begin to reorganize their troops, equip and carry all the necessary combat materials, make wartime preparations, and wait for the final attack order from the General Staff!"

"Hey!"

All the generals roared at the top of their voices.

After saying this, Nozu Michikan's eyes couldn't help but look in the northwest direction five hundred miles away.

Where, at the mouth of the Datong River, the combined fleet of the Empire was anxiously awaiting the arrival of its prey.

Only by defeating the Beiyang naval division of the Qing Dynasty can the empire launch a full-scale war in Korea and even the 'conquest of the Qing Dynasty'.

Otherwise, no matter how many victories the army achieves in Korea, it will be meaningless to annihilate all these mobile field units of the Beiyang Army of the Qing Dynasty in the city of Pyongyang!

If the Imperial Combined Fleet fails, the Daishimizu Division will take the opportunity to blockade the Tsushima Strait and the Imperial Army, which is alone on the Korean Peninsula, will be doomed to a dead end no matter how many victories it has won.

And that is likely to be tomorrow, the naval battle that will take place at the mouth of the Datong River, with all the warships of the empire against the six warships of the Qing Dynasty, it is definitely a victory like a tiger pounced, without any suspense.

Once this arm of the Beiyang Naval Division can be broken, then the half-crippled Beiyang Naval Division will no longer be able to fight against the Imperial fleet.

The Imperial Navy has gained sea supremacy, and His Excellency Ito can carry out a full-scale 'conquest' war.

"Amaterasu willing, the detachment of the Great Qing Dynasty can foolishly break into the ambush circle of my combined fleet!"

In his heart, Nozu Michikan prayed silently.

North Korea, Pyongyang City.

Since receiving the news that Li Jingfang was coming to Pyongyang as consul general, Ye Zhichao was simply happy and impatient.

I'm glad that someone finally came to the post.

Otherwise, the six armies under his command will work separately, and no one will obey anyone's dispatch.

In Ye Zhichao's pessimistic view, if the Oriental soldiers can really delay for three or five months, their own six-way army in Pyongyang may be the first to do it.

This kind of scattered sand can still fight a fart battle!

After Li Jingfang came, everyone had to give him more or less face, and through him to transfer troops, in Ye Zhichao's opinion, this battle to defend the city could be reluctantly fought.

Otherwise, everyone will break up as soon as possible, and see who can escape back to Andong County first.

What's more, as long as Li Jingfang is here, he will really lose the battle in the future, as long as he can protect Li Jingfang's safety, the board in the middle hall will not be too heavy after he goes back.

However, what also made Ye Zhichao sad was that after Li Jingfang came, the lie of the 'Asan Great Victory' he had made up before could not be sustained.

After fleeing all the way north from Asan and retreating to Pyongyang, Nie Shicheng was in full swing with the Oriental army in Chenghuan, but he Ye Zhichao led nearly 3,000 military horses and fled from Gongzhou in advance without firing a shot, which was spread by the soldiers and officers.

A few days ago, Ye Zhichao tactfully advised Wei Rugui and asked him to discipline his subordinates and not disturb the people too ruthlessly, but Wei Rugui rolled his eyes and said: "Don't look at my subordinates like to play and play a little bit, but the Oriental soldiers are here, and they are all tough guys who can carry guns." ”

One sentence made Ye Zhichao's old face red, and he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into.

Fortunately, Pyongyang's telegraph room was controlled by Ye Zhichao, otherwise the news would have been transmitted back to China by Fengsheng.

However, as soon as Li Jingfang came, he gave this Ye Zhichao great courage, and he did not dare to interfere with Li Jingfang's right to use the telegraph room.

Then the matter of Asan, Zhongtang will soon know the truth.

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