Chapter 485: Don't Go Overboard
Arthur Command. The wind outside the house poured in, blowing the map on the table to the ground. Stretching out his hand and holding down the map, Liu Jun stared at Bo Li tightly.
saw Zhong Lin receive an order and walked out. Zheng Yiqian, who was on the side, walked up2, and after looking at the information on the table, she walked in front of Liu Jun: "What are you going to do?" “
What to do? Hearing this sentence, Liu Jun closed his eyes depressedly. Start pondering.
On the surface, Japan and Tsarist Russia are deadlocked, and it is normal for Japan to occupy Boli, after all, where is the territory of Tsarist Russia, this sentence does not have any right to interfere.
But in essence, if the Japanese army were to occupy Boli, it would be equivalent to hanging a sharp knife on top of one's head, which could be smashed on one's head at any time.
At present, the Japanese occupation of Boli will not have much impact on itself, but once Japan occupies its foothold in the Far East, it will be attacked from both the Northeast and Korea.
Slowly opened her eyes, looked at Zheng Yiqian, who was still standing in front of her and looking at her worriedly, motioned for her to sit down, and looked at the sky in the distance. Liu Jun said slowly: "Mine tells Japan, don't go overboard." Coldly, Liu Jun spit out a few words word by word from between his teeth.
Zheng Yiqian took a deep breath and looked at Liu Jun blankly.
Once Liu Jun said it word by word, he slowly said it, either he was angry in his heart, or he wanted to teach someone a lesson, and this time needless to say, Liu Jun was definitely going to give Japan an ultimatum.
In Japan, in the Prime Minister's Office, Ito Hirobumi, dressed in a suit, stood quietly in front of a map, which had many red thin line arrows, two of which were arrows, all the way from Vladivostok, and then all the way south, arriving at Boli.
Brushing the brush, he picked up the black pen from the side, and quickly drew a circle on Boli before turning back to his place, closing his eyes and returning his thoughts to seven days ago.
At the Battle Plan meeting at the base camp seven days earlier, the then War Department had come up with a bold and risky plan. This plan was to move south and take Boli and several surrounding cities after pulling Vladivostok and annihilating the main force of Tsarist Russia in the Far East.
This plan was put forward and aroused heated discussions at the time, and some people thought that this plan was too radical and could easily lead to the intervention of Liaodong, but some personnel in the War Department and the Navy Department thought that this was a good opportunity.
The plan was bold, and Ito Hirobumi didn't know how to make a decision at that time, and in the end, he could only ask the emperor to decide for himself, and the emperor probably didn't have confidence in this matter, because the meaning he gave Ito Hirobumi was very simple. Do your best.
After returning to the Prime Minister's Office, Ito Hirobumi urgently convened a meeting after a day of careful deliberation and consideration.
At the meeting, Ito Hirobumi did not completely reject the War Department's plan, but only found the most suitable one to test Liaodong's reaction.
And this line is to let the Japanese army deliberately pursue the defeated army of Tsarist Russia, once there is any movement in Liaodong, then immediately stop the plan, if the other side does not make any moves, the plan can be fully implemented.
In all fairness. Ito Hirobumi hoped that this plan could be realized, and he knew very well that the intention of the War Department was to cross the river and enter the Heilongjiang River when fighting Liaodong in the future, and then drag the war into Liaodong and let Liaodong suffer from the enemy.
"It should be possible to fully realize this plan. Muttering to himself, Ito stood up and took out a telegram from the side, this telegram, a telegram that had been sent yesterday. The above mentioned that the Fifth Division has arrived at the outskirts of Boli less than 50 kilometers away to assemble, and the Liaodong Army has not yet moved, therefore, Ito Hirofumi estimates in his heart that Liaodong has no opinion on taking Boli by himself, otherwise, until now. Why did the troops stationed in Heilongjiang not move?
With a squeak and wanting to move, Hirobumi Ito, who was sitting in a chair, looked up and saw that the person who came in was Shin Inoue. In his hand, a telegram was shaking in his hand.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Liaodong has transferred an urgent telegram from Seoul."
A telegram from Seoul. Ito Hirobumi grunted in his heart, lowered his head and stood up in contemplation. He knew that Liaodong's opinion was coming.
"What do you mean?" Not wanting to look at the results above, Ito Hirofumi took a deep breath and sat on the chair and asked quietly.
"They just said one thing, let's not go overboard." Inoue stammered the answer.
Don't go overboard, people who can speak with this tone and intonation, Ito Hirofumi doesn't have to think about it to know who it is, this is Liu Jun hinting at himself, hoping not to be out of line.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, this telegram was forwarded to Seoul by Pyongyang. Nogi Nishinori immediately turned around after receiving the information, what do you mean by Liaodongfa? Inoue apparently had not yet seen Liaodong's intention in sending this telegram.
Seeing that Inoue didn't understand, Hirobumi Ito came to the map and pointed to Boli City, which he had just drawn a black circle with his hand.
"Liaodong's intention is obvious, that is, to warn us not to move forward."
"Your Excellency the Prime Minister means that Liaodong is warning us not to stretch our forces to the border." Inoue Xin is not a straw bale, a few clicks, Ito Hirobumi a little dial, he knows that the intention of this Liaodong is to let Japan restrain itself and not occupy the border between Liaodong and Tsarist Russia. Otherwise, you will bear the consequences.
Nodding his head, Ito stood up from his chair and admitted his thoughts.
"So what are we going to do now, are we going to stop the troops from advancing and retreating, or?" Inoue Xin said this to the point, after all, there are some words that he should not say, nor can he decide.
To withdraw or not to withdraw, these two words kept flashing in Ito's mind. My head is messy, and I have never felt so sad about my choice.
If we retreat, this is clearly to tell Liaodong that we are afraid, we can't hang on face, and if we don't retreat, we may face an attack by the Liaodong Army.
It's not easy to choose that path. It's not easy to choose.
"Let's go first, let me think." Knowing that he couldn't make up his mind for a while, Ito Hirobumi could only let Inoue go down first, and then wait for his orders.
According to the latest reconnaissance, the Japanese Fifth Division, which is closest to Boli, has now stopped pursuing, and the Japanese troops advancing from other directions have also slowed down, and are advancing towards Boli City at an average distance of 15 kilometers a day.
In front of the map, Liu Jun slapped the map on the wall and smiled proudly at Zheng Yiqian, who was standing beside him: "How, the Japanese army is afraid." ”