The doubts in Ito's heart are also the doubts in Xiao Ambi's heart, the Liaodong Navy actually does not attack the combined fleet in this situation, this is a hateful and unreasonable thing, although he knows in his heart that there is a reason for this, but he can't find the place for the topic.

"Your Excellency, Commander. I'm also wondering, the Liaodong Navy doesn't seem to think of a decisive battle with us at all? Ono, who had been thinking about it for a long time, could only shirk the ball and return the topic to Ito Yuhiro again.

Knowing that he couldn't get an answer by Ono's side, Ito Yuhiro didn't blame him, but stood up and walked to the map.

This map is a map of the Far East, which shows the Siberian part of Tsarist Russia, the Far East part, and the three provinces of Liaodong.

"Could it be that their purpose is for Vladivostok, thinking of this, Ito Yuheng shifted his gaze to the area of Vladivostok, and even more to Siberia

If the Liaodong Navy does not fight against itself, I am afraid there is only one explanation, that is, to occupy Vladivostok, and then to deliver supplies to Vladivostok for the soldiers of the Liaodong Army in the Far East, and then transfer to the front line of the Liaodong Army.

Ito Yuheng knows that the transportation capacity of the Liaodong Army is not the same as it was back then, but this does not mean that he can meet the transportation needs, on the contrary, there are only a few roads to the front line, and complete land transportation cannot complete the task at all. And if you want to get a solution, it can only be one thing.

This thing is to use the navy, and after the navy occupies an important port, it will start transporting equipment to the army.

That's how it should be. Ito nodded, returned to his position, and thought clearly, he was not worried, but quickly ate a few bites of the food Ono brought in, and then walked out of the command tower and came to the bridge.

The sun has begun to set in the distance. The sea breeze blew the flag on the mast, and looking back, Ito seemed to have returned to ten years ago, that is, when the Beiyang Naval Division was surrounded in Weihai, at that time, he was also commanding a fleet smaller than now, and he did not dare to hit the Beiyang Naval Division with ironclad ships, but now, he knew very well in his heart that this kind of thing would be gone forever.

Fifteen kilometers outside of Vladivostok in a destroyed mountain village, the temporary headquarters of the Fifth Army was set up here, after Zhang Zuolin issued the departure task, the Fifth Army's vanguard Ninth Division urgently set off from the periphery of Shuangchengzi, all the way to the rapid march seems to be enough to change the ****, along the way, the villages through which the Ninth Division passed, basically have been destroyed, the population has also been slaughtered hurriedly, through the outside of the village, you can see some brand-new graves everywhere, this is estimated to be the Japanese army after the massacre, coupled with the hot weather, and the last resort, otherwise, with the character of the Japanese army, they will definitely discard the corpse casually.

After the army advanced to Vladivostok, the Ninth Division immediately sent a reconnaissance force to investigate, and while waiting, the military headquarters of the Fifth Army and Zhang Zuolin also arrived here.

finally found a house that was not destroyed, and Zhang Zuolin moved in. As soon as the staff officers had hung up the map, Zhang Zuolin, who had walked in from outside, went straight to the map to observe it for a while, and then asked the commander of the Ninth Division about the situation in Vladivostok.

From the mouth of the commander of the Ninth Division, Zhang Zuolin got a very certain news, that is, there were no Japanese troops in Vladivostok, and there were only civilians and bombed warehouses.

Since there was no Japanese army, there was no need for the army to wait here, and immediately, Zhang Zuolin ordered the Ninth Division to set off immediately to occupy Vladivostok, and while maintaining Vladivostok, he immediately sent people to check the batteries everywhere to see if there were any fish that had slipped through the net.

On July 16, 1903, more than 10,000 men of the 9th Division entered Vladivostok from the east gate of Vladivostok. This is also the first time that Chinese troops have entered since the imperial court ceded Vladivostok to Tsarist Russia, and possibly, permanently.

Because Liu Jun never thought about evacuating from this place again. He wants to gain a foothold here, after all, this place used to be the territory of Huaxia, and other people can use it to play, but if they want to take it for themselves, it is unacceptable and impossible to accept.

Lushun Headquarters, Liu Jun, who picked up the pen in his hand, stayed quietly in front of the map, his eyes always locked on the vicinity of Vladivostok.

Wave, open the lid of the pen, Liu Jun's pen fell into Vladivostok, but did not draw.

"Head." A voice sounded outside the door, Liu Jun, who heard this, did not hesitate, but quickly drew a circle on Vladivostok with the red pen in his hand, without thinking, he knew that Zhong Lin must have come to tell the news that Vladivostok had been occupied.

"Head, good news, Vladivostok" Zhong Lin, who came in and was about to report, saw the bright red characters on the map, and his eyes widened in surprise: "You know everything." ”

Vladivostok is just an empty city, and if an army cannot take Vladivostok in two days, this can only show that Zhang Zuolin is an unqualified commander, and he has to come to Lushun to study for at least a few years.

Well, Liu Jun nodded: "What's the situation?" ”

"News came from Shikoku Island that the Combined Fleet's escort fleet had unloaded the Japanese troops of 40,000 or so troops on the island, and that, according to reconnaissance, the Combined Fleet had returned to Sasebo.

Oh, it seems that Lin Taizeng understood his orders, thinking of this, Liu Jun nodded slightly. Got up from his chair.

On the whole, the first phase of the war against Japan was coming to an end, and the remaining stage, that is, the plan for the Combined Fleet and the Japanese mainland was beginning to begin. And if you want to start this operation, the first task is to let the Tsarist Russian army work harder, quickly wipe out the Japanese army, and then let the troops enter Vladivostok, so as to participate in the war against Japan, otherwise, when the time comes to attack the Japanese mainland, in addition to the arrival of the Tsarist Russian navy, the remaining army is only themselves and the German navy, this kind of deal is not cost-effective. Unless, what money can Tsarist Russia exchange for, give Germany and himself a little silver, and he is also happy to take down Japan for Tsarist Russia, of course, when the time comes, this trusteeship fee, then it is good to say. Otherwise, this is sorry for the soldiers who died in battle.

"Head, now that we have taken Vladivostok, the Japanese army is retreating without a fight, and the battle on the Eastern Front has ended, do you see if we should destroy the Japanese army on the Western Front, so that the Tsarist Russian army can enter Vladivostok so that it can participate in the war against Japan." The one on the other side also knew that the time of the war against Japan was broken, so he took a step forward and asked.

It's time to do this, Liu Jun, who thought of this, nodded, expressing his agreement with Zhong Lin's words.