In the city of Guangzhou, the cold weather in the north did not affect the warm air in the city of Guangzhou, and the streets were full of people wearing single clothes growing up and shouting and loitering, and from time to time there would be a group of soldiers with steel helmets on their heads holding rifles from the city.

Since Liaodong and the imperial court completely broke down, the Liangguang region also officially broke away from the rule of the imperial court and returned to Liaodong. Agreed to wear a Liaodong Army steel helmet, gray military uniform, cloth shoes and leggings.

The Governor's Mansion has now been renamed the Liangguang Military and Political Provisional Committee, and the person who serves as the chairman of the Liangguang Military and Political Committee is Li Hanzhang, although Li Hanzhang is old, but compared with his younger brother Li Hongzhang, his health is still better, after all, Li Hanzhang's courage is not as heavy as Li Hongzhang's.

"Chairman, Liaodong Emergency." A colonel's attendant officer picked up a telegram and walked to Li Hanzhang, who was sitting in a chair correcting documents in an army general's uniform, and handed over the telegram in his hand.

The telegram from Liaodong, Li Hanzhang put down the pen in his hand and quickly took it from it. After a little look, Li Hanzhang put down the telegram in his hand.

"Let Jiang Chaoying come to see me." Jiang Chaoying, originally a torpedo cruiser captain of the Fujian Naval Division, was nominated by Yang Yonglin because of his outstanding talent, and after entering the Tianjin Naval Academy to study again, he was transferred to the Guangdong Naval Division, successively served as the chief of staff, and in October, he just took over as the commander of the Guangdong Naval Division.

"Understood." After the squire had finished saluting, he turned and walked out.

Seeing the attendant officer walk out, Li Hanzhang picked up the telegram in his hand again, the content on it was only a few words, but every word made his blood boil.

Speed adjust the main force of the Guangdong Navy Division to the north.

A few words, although they can't explain anything, Li Hanzhang can feel that Liu Jun dropped the Guangdong Navy Division in order to fight against the United Fleet.

Finally waited for this day, Li Hanzhang clenched his fists, closed his eyes, and began to sit on the chair and wait for Jiang Chaoying.

An hour later, Jiang Chaoying, dressed in a lieutenant general's white navy uniform, walked in quickly.

"Chairman, what are you looking for me?" Jiang Chao has never said a word, he always has something to say, and he will leave immediately when he has nothing to do, and he will never drag the mud and water, which is very similar to Li He.

As soon as he saw that it was Jiang Chaoying, Li Hanzhang stood up suddenly, handed the telegram on the table to Jiang Chaoying, and asked lightly: "What are the warships that the Guangdong Navy Division can currently transfer north?" ”

"The Zhennan and the three armored cruisers and the Heping Yuan can go north."

"You immediately ordered the battleship Zhennan, the armored cruiser Yinyun, and the Pingyuan to immediately lift anchor and go to Fujian, and after Fuzhou and the Fujian naval divisions converged northward, they rushed to Lushun together to participate in the operation against the combined fleet."

"Understood." Jiang Chaoying nodded, turned around and walked out.

The reason why all warships were not allowed to go north was that Li Hanzhang knew very well that there was still a French Far East Fleet in Vietnam, although it was small in scale, but it was always eyeing Guangdong, and he could not transfer all the troops.

Huangpu Military Port, to be precise, is a dual-purpose military port, which is not only a berthing point for cargo ships, but also a berthing point for warships.

There was a deafening sound, and the people who had been unloading their cargo in this area often watched the battleships that had been anchored in the military harbor on the right were emitting billowing smoke, and to his right, the two cruisers that had been a little less fortunate also began to billowing smoke.

"What's going on. Are they going to go far away? A coolie put down the goods in his hand and asked lightly a person next to him who was a little older and had begun to have wrinkles on his head.

"I don't know, but I see that they have been carrying things up there since yesterday, and it didn't end until this morning, so I guess they have to go out of the house.

"There's no going to be a war, is it?" Looking at the warship that was slowly leaving the military port, the young man said guessingly.

"I don't know." The man next to him muttered, picked up a sack from the ground, and turned to walk towards a freighter not far away.

In Tokyo City, since the declaration of war on Liu Jun, Ito Hirobumi has spent the past few days in meetings, and there is only one issue to discuss, whether to take Pyongyang first, or let the navy and the Beiyang naval division fight a decisive battle.

I thought that such a thing could still be easy, and it was easy to get the answer at the meeting, but when it really came to this point, he realized how difficult this is, the Admiralty and the War Department insisted on their own words, and the army demanded to attack Pyongyang first, and after taking Pyongyang, take the opportunity to advance north and enter Liaodong, but the Admiralty believed that it was necessary to annihilate the Beiyang Naval Division first, so that they could have sufficient energy and ability to escort supplies for the army, otherwise, the combined fleet would have to fight against the Beiyang Naval Division, and some would deliver supplies to the army, which was too heavy.

Everyone has a point, which makes it difficult for Ito to decide.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I just received a telegram." Inoue Shin, who had a folder in her hand, pushed open the door and walked in, taking out a telegram from it.

"Where's the information?" Hirobumi Ito didn't want to look at it, and motioned for Inoue Shin to put the telegram on the table.

"Guangdong and Fujian intelligence officers called at the same time, and the Fujian Navy Division and the Guangdong Navy Division have mobilized the main warships to go north."

What the? Hirobumi Ito didn't bother to close his eyes and think, after all, the problem was too serious.

The Beiyang Naval Division was originally stronger than the Combined Fleet, but now the Guangdong Naval Division and Fujian have mobilized several warships to the north, and this is obviously for the Combined Fleet.

"Let Ito come to see me immediately, no, I'll go to see the emperor immediately."

This telegram made Ito Hirobumi make up his mind, that is, if you want to take Liaodong, you must first solve the trouble of the Beiyang Naval Division, otherwise, in the future, when Liu Jun reacts and transfers warships from the Guangdong Naval Division and the Fujian Naval Division again, then it is a fool's dream that the Combined Fleet wants to fight against the Beiyang Naval Division.

Sasebo, the headquarters of the Japanese Combined Fleet, banged loudly, the office opened, and there was a clear sound of porcelain breaking, followed by Yuhiro Ito's insults.

"Baga, their War Department is short-sighted, and they blindly know how to attack North Korea, but they don't know what they will do without our navy to fully escort supplies. Now the Beiyang Navy Division has been pressing step by step, and if we don't solve this trouble, what will we escort. Damn the War Department. ”

The insulted Ito Yuheng sat weakly in his position, he hated the War Department too much, and at the meeting a few days ago, the War Department actually ignored the strong opposition of the Navy Department, and actually desperately hoped that the Army would attack Pyongyang, and this matter had already stabbed the emperor.

"Report, Tokyo Kyuden." A guard walked in and handed the telegram in his hand to the chief of staff standing next to him.

"What did it say?" Ito narrowed his eyes. asked lightly.

"Tokyo Emergency Electric, one battleship, three armored cruisers, and two torpedo cruisers of the Fujian Navy Division and the Guangdong Navy Division have left Fujian, and the above requires that the combined fleet attack and intercept this fleet, and not let them join the Beiyang Naval Division."

Intercept the Fujian Navy Division and the Guangdong Navy Division" Ito Yuheng stood up suddenly, and only then did he see that on this, not only the departure time of the deputy general and the Guangdong Navy Division, but even the places to pass through had been outlined.

Phew, with a long exhale, Ito Yuheng glanced at the chief of staff beside him: "Order, let the captains of each ship hold a meeting immediately,