Two months later, the cold wind was biting, and Lushun, which was already already frozen, was full of snow-white and crystal clear icicles.

Lushun Headquarters, the cold wind whistling swayed from side to side of the bare trees outside, eaves. Even the ground is connected with a thick layer of ice and icicles.

Command Liu Jun's office, although it was cold and biting outside, the room was unusually warm. Three pots of charcoal fire burned red in the room, and even so, Liu Jun still put on a thick coat and gloves on his hands to ward off the cold.

People don't exercise to fall behind, a few years ago in the cold winter, when Lushun and the Japanese were desperate, they also came over, now it's peaceful, and they rarely run outside, this person can't seem too comfortable.

Liu Jun, who was standing in front of the window, drank the tea brewed by Zheng Yiqian and recalled the unforgettable times in Lushun, Liaoyang, and even Pyongyang.

"What do you want" Zheng Yiqian, who was dressed in a green military uniform, came to Liu Jun and hugged Liu Jun's waist from behind.

Smiled slightly: After Liu Jun put the teacup on the windowsill, he took Zheng Yiqian's pink hand with both hands: "I didn't think about anything, I just remembered the time when I fought outside with the Japanese." ”

"I really want to hear about the killing of the Japanese in Liaodong back then, I heard the eldest sister say, you personally went into battle and fought with the Japanese army in Tuchengzi, is it true?" As soon as Zheng Yiqian heard that Liu Jun remembered the past, she immediately remembered that not long ago, when Liu Jun inspected the Lushun Fort, the four of them seemed panicked and knew Liu Jun at home.

Looking at Zheng Yiqian's expectant eyes, Liu Jun smiled slightly, pulled Zheng Yiqian down and sat down by the fire. He knew that Zheng Yiqian was talking about the second Lushun defense battle, and he was desperate with the Japanese 12th Mixed Brigade under Tuchengzi.

In that battle, more than half of the entire Lushun army suffered casualties, and the third battalion of Shandong also fought very fiercely outside Changcheng City, but in the end it succeeded in forcing the Japanese army back to Dalian.

"Head, Li He called." Liu Jun, who was spitting and spitting, immediately closed his mouth when he heard Zhong Lin's voice outside.

With a squeak, when Zhong Lin pushed open the door, a cold wind suddenly rushed in.

"Head, Lee and the telegram." After Zhong Lin finished speaking, he handed over the telegram in his hand and moved a stool at random and sat down.

Liu Jun opened it and saw that the telegram was sent back by Li He from Guangdong.

A month earlier, Li He had led the Beiyang Naval Division to Guangzhou to escape the cold without the consent of the imperial court.

The above content is very simple, it is said that the Guangdong Navy Division Guangbing, which was patrolling the South China Sea, discovered the returned Japanese battleships Yaeyama and Fuso Fuso, and asked whether the naval division would be dispatched to sink the two Japanese battleships that had returned to China in the South China Sea.

It is inevitable to use all the main forces of the Beiyang Naval Division to take these two battleships, but among them, it is estimated that the Beiyang Naval Division will suffer losses, and it will not be possible for several main cruisers to be sunk. This is really not cost-effective for the Beiyang sailors who have just gotten up.

Despite thinking so, Liu Jun still raised his head and asked Zhong Lin: "What does the staff think?" ”

The General Staff Department was one of the four major military departments set up by Liu Jun in Lushun after the end of the war against Japan. General Staff, Logistics Department, Operations Department, Military and Political Department.

Since the establishment of the General Staff, Wu Hao has always served as the head of the General Staff.

"Head, after analysis, the General Staff believes that it will not cause a conflict with the two Japanese battleships now, and they analyze that the firepower and armor of the two Japanese battleships are strong, and even if we take it, it will cause the naval division to suffer heavy losses."

It seemed to be in line with his own thoughts, nodding lightly, Liu Jun glanced at Zhong Lin, and threw the telegram in his hand into the brazier: "Send electricity to Li He." Leave it alone, let them go back for a few years. ”

"Okay." Zhong Lin answered, took out a pen and wrote down the order, turned around and walked out.

Zheng Yiqian glanced at Zhong Lin's departing back, and then walked next to Liu Jun, she heard the meaning of Liu Jun's words just now.

"Are you going to fight Japan in the future?"

Liu Jun looked at it, smiled slightly, threw a piece of charcoal into the brazier, and then nodded: "Yes, Japan is a threat, although we defeated him last time, but we didn't completely cripple him." So I'm thinking about trying to completely defeat the court before the showdown with the court. ”

Zheng Yiqian nodded, some of Liu Jun's thoughts and plans, she was a little clear in her heart, and looked up at the north: "What are you going to do about Tsarist Russia?" ”

Russia? Liu Jun frowned, lowered his head and began to reminisce

Tsarist Russia since it was indirectly defeated by itself in Outer Mongolia, in the past two years, has been handling the relationship with the northeast side very well, although sometimes a little bit of a small touch, but after all, there is no big thing, and since the construction of several railways to Heilongjiang and Jilin was opened to traffic, Tsarist Russia is quiet, always keeping a distance from itself.

Liu Jun had no choice but to wait for the Trans-Siberian Railway, but when the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway was completed, I am afraid that by then, he would have completely solved the problem of China and Japan, and even if he did his best, not to mention recovering the land occupied by Tsarist Russia, it would not be a problem to at least defeat Tsarist Russia.

"On the Tsarist side, I don't want to have any friction with them now, which is why I asked Feng Guozhang not to station a large army on the border line, but to send patrol troops."

Zheng Yiqian smiled slightly: "Hug Liu Jun all of a sudden: "You, don't be too tired, so many things can resist you alone, it's better to relax when it's time to relax." ”

showed a wry smile slightly, I wanted to relax, but some people would not give themselves a chance to relax

Sasebo, Japan, although the sea breeze is biting, but everywhere on the seaside can stand people, it is still crowded.

On the dock, the commander of the Combined Fleet, Ito, dressed in a black naval uniform, was smiling, and the officers of the Combined Fleet beside him were also smiling like him.

Today is a day that will go down in history for Japan, an important holiday for the Combined Fleet, and today is the day when the two battleships purchased by Japan come back.

Woowoo...... A loud whistle sounded in the distance, and Ito raised his hand to look at it, and in the distance, two warships like Xiaoshan were being towed by the Itsukushima. Slowly drove towards the military port.

There was a crackle, and the crowd on the seashore began to cheer. They are really going crazy, how many years have Japan finally had its own battleships.

Ito looked at the cheering crowd along the shore and the two battleships of the Beiyang Naval Division, which were slowly sailing into the harbor, and tears began to flow from his eyes.

"From now on, we will not live under the shadow of the horror of the Beiyang Naval Division." Muttering to himself, Ito seemed to see the future of Japan, and even saw the scene of himself leading the combined fleet to annihilate all the Beiyang Naval Division.

Gently wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes, Ito Yuhiro looked at the chief of staff beside him: "Send electricity to Tokyo, Yaeyama and Fuso, have returned safely and joined the combined fleet." ”

In Tokyo, Hirobumi Ito, who had been anxiously waiting at the Prime Minister's Office, finally received a telegram from Sasebo. On his desk now, there is still a telegram from Ito Yuhiro.

Yaeyama Fuso joins the Combined Fleet.

It's finally back. Hirobumi Ito breathed a sigh of relief.

Yaeyama didn't go to Sasebo for a day, and he didn't worry about it for a day, he was always worried that the Qing Dynasty would intercept him halfway, although Qing Guoyi was saying that he would not do this kind of thing, but what the Qing court said was useless, and it was not the king of Liaodong who had the final say in this matter.

Good thing, the king of Liaodong is very quiet this time. This made him even more puzzled, he was worried that there was some conspiracy in this, so when he sent out a secret telegram, when passing through the South China Sea, he had to pass as fast as possible and not stop.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, although the strength of our combined fleet has increased greatly, we do not yet have the strength to start a war with Liu Jun and the Qing court." Inoue Shin on the side saw Ito Hirobumi standing in front of the map of the Great Qing Kingdom, thinking that he was going to war with the Qing Dynasty, so he stepped forward to warn him.

Ito Hirobumi turned around and looked at Inoue Xin, of course he knew that the strength of the combined fleet was rising, but it did not mean that it could go to war, after all, the current Japanese economy was not enough to start a war against the Qing Dynasty, or even against Liu Jun.

Everything has to wait for the economy to recover.