After taking a few steps in a panic, the old Ito Yuheng was obviously out of breath, but he didn't stop and quickly ran to the top floor.

With a creak, he pushed open the door of the top floor, and Ito Yuhiro ran to the platform in a few steps, and before he had time to rest, he raised the telescope in his hand and looked at the sea off Sasebo.

On the commercial dock, the William, which had exploded, was slowly sinking, and in the faint firelight, Ito found that several vague figures were quickly shuttling around the William for a few times before disappearing into the vast night sky.

There must be something wrong, and when he put down the binoculars, Ito fell into deep thought.

Although the Wilhelm has been in the water for a long time, the boiler system has only recently been replaced, and it is loaded with silk and porcelain and some tea ordered from Sato, and this time it came to Sasebo to load and unload some Japanese specialties.

The explosion of the good Wilhelm, and the fact that he received a telegram from the Prime Minister's Office some time ago that Japan and Liaodong have recently become very close, made him feel a slight chill in his neck and even a biting chill for a while.

In Tokyo City, Hirobumi Ito came to the Prime Minister's Office on time early in the morning to start the day's work, but before he signed a document, his right-hand man Inoue Shin walked in.

Anxiety, confusion and confusion were evident on Inoue's forehead.

"Inoue-kun, what's wrong, isn't it where North Korea is?" Ito asked suspiciously, picking up the pen in his hand.

Inoue Xin didn't speak, because what he was going to report today had nothing to do with North Korea or even Liaodong.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, Sasebo called, late last night, the German merchant ship Wilhelm moored at the civilian dock suddenly exploded and sank, and the cause of the accident is under investigation."

I thought it was something, Ito Hirofumi pricked up his ears and listened to Inoue Xin's words, and he didn't feel too much surprise in his heart, which didn't seem to have any problems to worry about at all. For such a question, Ito Hirobumi was a little angry, and for such trivial things, Inoue Shinying went to the business department and the foreign affairs department.

"Inoue-kun, you can handle such a matter yourself, and you don't have to report everything to me." In the tone, Ito Hirofumi has obviously lost the original friendliness, but with a hint of resentment,

This, Inoue Xin saw that Ito Hirobumi's face was not good, and suddenly paused, and Inoue Xin, who understood Ito Hirobumi's thoughts, could only nod slightly, turned around and walked out.

It's a pity that precious time was wasted like this, if Ito didn't ask about it at that time, and even Ito Yuhiro, who was far away in Sasebo, could report the flashing figure of the explosion of the William in time, then it would not have caused Ito Hirofumi to make a mistake in analysis and miss the opportunity in vain.

Seeing Inoue's hungry figure go away, Ito Hirofumi shook his head, buried his head again, and began to take out a document from the side, and after reading it quickly, he signed his name on it.

At the Lushun Headquarters, Liu Junzheng at this time looked at the thick document on the table, this document was the joint combat agreement signed by Wu Tingfang and the Russian plenipotentiary ambassador and the governor of the Far East.

did not open the above agreement, from Zhong Lin's machine-gun-like speed, Liu Jun already knew the general content of the above.

This document mainly writes that the Russian army will declare war on Japan within 10 days, and that after the declaration of war against Japan, the Pacific Fleet will have to strike at the Japanese combined fleet patrolling the area around Sakhalin, and then the main force will go south to Lushun, and the formation of the Lushun Naval Division will be formed into the Russian-Liao Special Task Fleet.

Moreover, it is clearly written on this task force that the commander of the fleet is the Liaodong side, while the Tsarist side has the commander of the Pacific Fleet as the deputy commander, and all battle plans are to be carried out after consultation between the two sides.

It can be seen that the position of this governor of the Far East in the heart of Tsar Nicholas is not ordinary, and if this is really the case, then this person should make good use of it, so as to make a sound for greater profits in the future.

After taking the documents from the table and looking through them twice, Liu Jun raised his head and looked at Zhong Lin: "Did you send the 200,000 yuan?" ”

Zhong Lin nodded: "Send it, after signing the agreement, I have already given him the check in the form of a check for 200,000 yuan, and he can withdraw it at any time in a bank in his home country or even around the world." ”

Seeing Liu Jun nodding, Zhong Lin lowered his head and pondered, and took two steps forward to approach Liu Jun's side: "The Japanese station is calling, and the task has been completed." ”

Well, Liu Jun opened his eyes fiercely. The incident that Zhong Lin said was referring to the explosion of William's good merchant ship.

Because Liaodong's intelligence forces had a stable foundation in Japan, and the German personnel in Japan were concentrated in the Tokyo Legation, if they suddenly left the Legation and arrived in Sasebo to carry out the bombing mission, it would inevitably arouse the Japanese detection, and let the crew carry out the bombing, although the untrained crew would strictly carry out the order, but it was obvious that they could not guarantee that they could blow up the ship.

Klinde, who thought about it again and again, finally thought of Liu Jun, and also thought of Liu Jun's Liaodong Intelligence Bureau.

After a night of discussion, and in addition to the fact that Liu Jun also needed Germany to enter the war in order to resist British pressure in the future, Liu Jun finally unconditionally agreed to Clinder that he would let the intelligence bureau personnel assist the German minister in Japan and blow up the Wilhelm.

"It is done, our mission has been accomplished, and now it is up to Germany to declare war." Taking a deep breath, Liu Jun stood up, walked to the window and opened the curtain, looking at the melting snow outside in a daze.

With a slight smile, Liu Jun knew that the Three Kingdoms Alliance, even if it was a Japan, would only end up in ashes.

There was a bang, and the door of Clinde's study, which had always been confined, was slammed open, and Clinde, who was watching the morning newspaper, raised his head and saw his nephew Eiffel running out in a panic.

Hey, looking at this uncompetitive guy, Clint can only admit that he is unlucky. "What's the matter, it's not calm at all, how many times have I told you, you must do things calmly, you are like this, how can I promote you." ”

"Uncle, I see." Eiffel was still a good boy in front of his uncle, nodded twice, and Eiffel walked up to Clinder: "Zhong Lin just sent someone to deliver the news, and the William had been blown up last night and was silent." ”

With a bang, Clinder stood up all of a sudden, and everyone has a time when they are not calm, and that is mainly to look at something.

"Are you sure," Clint asked, grabbing Eiffel's arm, a little excited.

"Sure, and the minister in Japan also sent a telegram just now, and now Tokyo has known the news, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is communicating with us, hoping to properly resolve this matter.

Resolved, this matter can't be solved, Clinder showed a smile, walked back and forth in the room for a few steps, turned around sharply, and pointed to Eiffel, who was still standing next to him: "You immediately send a message to Berlin, the lightning operation wins, and ask for a declaration of war." ”

A telegram burst through the sky and began to spread far away.

Didi Da Lushun Telegraph Investigation Department, the telegram sent by Germany did not get rid of the monitoring of the intelligence bureau at all, and it was five minutes before Klinder ordered the telegram to be sent, and the complete translation had been handed to Zhong Lin.

Germany finally began to step on the warship under the influence of his head, smiled slightly, put down all the work in his hand, Zhong Lin turned over and left his room, and began to walk towards Liu Jun's residence.

"Head, the telegram that has just been intercepted, Klinder has informed Berlin of a request for a declaration of war."

Okay, good, a few good words in a row, Liu Jun showed the happiest smile in recent times.

Raising his eyes and looking at Zhong Lin, Liu Jun stood up suddenly: "Go, go to the street to buy some good wine, let's go see the old man today." “

"Okay," Zhong Lin smiled slightly, nodded, and turned around and walked out.