Chapter 585: Split in Two
Ito Hirobumi is not an unreasonable person, just as soon as he heard about the retreat of the 11th Division, he thought of the serious backlash brought by the retreat of the 11th Division, but he did not hear another question, that is, why the 11th Division withdrew.
Gangmura's ability, Ito Hirobumi knows, is one of the best, if it weren't for some special circumstances, he would definitely not retreat, and now, he finally understands why Gangcun will withdraw.
A division and regiment face a corps, not to mention Hegang Village, I am afraid that the two marshals of Shanxian Youpeng and Dashanyan are useless in the world.
Seeing that Ito Hirobumi was calm, Inoue Xin cheered and handed the telegram in his hand to Ito Hirobumi and said: Your Excellency Prime Minister, now that our army's strength in the Far East has been cut into two parts, according to the situation, the Third Corps of Shuangchengzi is also being mobilized, and I am afraid that it will soon attack several divisions of our army in the east, and in the west, our nine divisions will be surrounded by the Liaodong Army and the 300,000 people of the Tsarist Russian army. And has arrived in Mohe yesterday and is assembling in Heilongjiang. ”
Grass, there is no news that he is willing to hear, hearing Inoue Xin's report, Ito Hirofumi scolded his mother in his heart, he knew that Liu Jun was determined not to let himself ******** the connection between the two parts, otherwise he would not transfer the 23rd Corps to Mohe.
"Prime Minister, what should we do?" After Inoue finished reporting, she stepped forward and asked.
What else can I do now, if I want to get through the contact, there is no longer any possibility, and now what I can do is only to divide the troops into the Far East into two parts, one part to the west, and want the Tsarist Russian army to attack, and the troops in the east can withdraw as much as they can to Japan, if they don't withdraw, when the time comes, these hundreds of thousands of people, no one will want to come back. All planted in the Far East.
For the Western Advance Corps, which has been surrounded by the Liaodong Army and the Tsarist Russian army, Ito Hirobumi also has his reason for this arrangement, that is, the Liaodong Army is too strong, so strong that he has scruples, and on the contrary, the Tsarist Russian army is very weak, which can be completely seen from the attack during this time.
A very vivid analogy, if the Tsarist army is a sheep, then the Liaodong Army is a wolf. I'd rather fight with the sheep than the wolves, that's looking for death.
"Report." Before Ito could say what he thought, the attendant outside the door walked in with a telegram and handed it to Inoue.
Ito Hirobumi, who was sitting in the chair, saw that Inoue Xin's face began to turn pale, and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart: "Something happened, seeing Inoue Xin After reading the telegram, Ito Hirobumi asked."
"Prime Minister, at noon today, Liu Jun urgently summoned the commander of the Liaodong Navy, the commander of the Beiyang Naval Division, and now the commander of the Three Kingdoms Combined Fleet, Li He, and the deputy commanders Will and Nikolai, at the headquarters."
He's broken, as soon as he heard this, Ito Hirobumi suddenly stood up from his chair, and the cold sweat on his face began to flow down non-stop.
When did Liu Jun not summon the navy, but summoned the commander of the navy at this time, this can only show one problem, the Liaodong Navy this time, either to attack the combined fleet, or to blockade Vladivostok, no matter which one, he doesn't want to see it, and he doesn't want to see it.
The Combined Fleet is now Japan's largest naval force, and once this force is eliminated, then in the future defense of the homeland, its own coastal areas will be covered by the artillery fire of the Liaodong Fleet, and at that time, Japan will suffer the most serious blow.
"How many people are there outside near Vladivostok? Without the slightest hesitation, Ito Hirobumi asked without thinking.
"Six divisions, eleven brigades, a total of more than 86,000 people." Inoue didn't understand what Ito Hirobumi meant, and suddenly said the answer in confusion.
"Withdraw, withdraw immediately, send a telegram to the Combined Fleet, send a telegram to the Far East Command, immediately withdraw to Japan." Ito Hirofumi waved his hand, said this firmly, and immediately did not let Inoue Xin refute, and motioned for him to hurry up and give orders.
Time, what we want now is time, once the Liaodong Navy is dispatched, and I want to withdraw or let the combined fleet withdraw, it is a fool's dream.
Vladivostok, the headquarters of the Japanese Combined Fleet, was looking inside the headquarters and watching Ito, who had recently gone on patrol for treatment, had just signed his name on it when he saw Chief of Staff Ono walk in.
"Your Excellency, Commander, base camp emergency telegram."
Urgent telegram, Ito Yuhiro frowned, took the telegram from Ono's hand and looked at it.
Quickly carry the army back, and the Liaodong Navy will blockade Vladivostok in the near future.
Weng, Ito Yuhiro felt that the sky was spinning, and the sun and moon were dark.
"Quick, prepare the horses, I'm going to see the prince." Throwing down the telegram in his hand, Ito Yuhiro glanced at Ono beside him and asked him to quickly prepare the horses.
From the first time he saw this telegram, Ito knew in his heart that after being afraid for so long, the Liaodong Navy had made a move, and this time, it was not as usual that it would be to destroy all of its combined fleet.
The main force of the combined fleet is now here, and he is not afraid of a decisive battle with Liaodong, but at the same time, he knows in his heart that he can't do this, if he fights a decisive battle with Liaodong, then once his combined fleet is destroyed, Japan's coastline will be responsible, is it impossible to think about it by relying on the group of wooden ships of the West Sea Fleet......
This telegram, apparently sent by the base camp after careful study, contained two meanings: first, the Combined Fleet immediately escorted the army near Vladivostok back to Japan, and second, although it was not mentioned above, he knew in his heart that he was preparing to participate in the defense of the homeland after meeting Japan.
Hey, with a deep sigh, Ito Yuheng picked up his military hat from the side, he really couldn't figure out why Liaodong had developed so strong in ten years. So strong that sometimes I will be awakened from my dreams.
"Your Excellency, Commander, the Prince, please come over immediately." Before Ito could put his hat on his head, Ono had already walked in, and with Ono was actually an attendant to His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief of the Far Eastern Army.
The Attendant Officer of the Far Eastern Army, although he had the rank of captain, had a large administrative scope.
It seems that the prince has also received an order to withdraw to Japan, thinking of this, Ito Yuhiro nodded, turned around and walked out with the attendant.