Chapter 201: Guarding Vladivostok

The marines began to fiercely return fire at the Japanese troops who landed, and these Japanese soldiers were very brave warriors, who would not flinch in the face of heavy firepower, and bravely advanced towards the place where the shells flew in the face of the flying bullets. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, the Japanese landing force, according to the original plan, were landing in batches, although the soldiers in front of them were obviously in a very bad state, but they resolutely rushed towards the beach!

The soldiers of the Chinese Empire in the trenches and bunkers did not have a polite reason to be polite to these Japanese, and harvested the lives of the Japanese with all kinds of weapons in their hands, but fortunately, the ammunition and weapons prepared in each fortress were enough, so they began to waste them frantically.

On the Matsushima, the commander of the First Front, Yama Tomotomo, rushed to the front of Omoto with great anger, and raised his hand to two mouths!

Omoto knew that he was the captain of the Matsushima, but the order to retreat was really not given by him, but the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet, Ito Yuhiro, since the main battleship of Japan's Second Combined Fleet Yoshino was sunk by the Second Combined Fleet of the Chinese Empire in the Yellow Sea, in order to preserve the strength of the navy, Japan regrouped Japan's main warships and unified them under the command of Ito Youheng!

Seeing that his subordinates were beaten, Ito said; "Your Excellency Yamagu! Please respect yourself, our navy is also very sad when such a thing happens, but now the naval strength of the empire cannot be easily lost, don't forget that there are three more powerful navies in the current Chinese Empire.

So we had to retreat! Please also forgive me, after the end, Ito Yuhiro took the lead in bending his body and apologized to the officers of the army, and Yamakutomo saw such a thing, and there was no way to say anything!

Yamatsutomo and his men left the Matsushima ironclad and boarded the Japanese Army's own boats, and they began to move south or north along Vladivostok, avoiding the Chinese Marine fire from behind Vladivostok!

However, under the barrier of the Changbai Mountains and the West Hote Mountains of Weiwei, it is a project that consumes experience and time to advance in either direction, but what Japan lacks most now is time, and Japan's strategy is to seriously injure China as soon as possible.

In the original plan, it was a very good idea to capture this land of the Qing Dynasty, and the Japanese knew very well that for nearly three hundred years, Huaxia had been maintaining this primitive land, and there was almost no development here, and now most of the army was within Shanhaiguan, so there would be no great resistance here, as can be seen from the naval forces deployed here by the Chinese Empire, the Chinese Empire did not attach much importance to it at all.

It's just that Yamagutomo didn't expect to encounter such fierce resistance here in Vladivostok, and then he calmed his anger and understood that only a quick passage from Vladivostok was the way out.

Therefore, on the one hand, Yama ordered the land forces of the two wings to bypass to Vladivostok, and on the other hand, continued to strengthen the frontal attack, and did not hesitate to fight for huge casualties!

On July 28, the first year of Guangming, the Japanese Army began to launch a landing operation against Vladivostok, the first important port in the north of the Chinese Empire.

At this time, Changchun was already the hottest season of summer, and there were no nasty cries on the trees in the north, and Zhang Zhidong had already met with the third wave of generals at all levels who came to Heilongjiang Province to support.

The fatigue of the past few days has overwhelmed the old marshal, and the line is the hottest time of the day, and at half past two in the afternoon, Zhang Zhidong will take a nap in the "big warehouse" unique to the north at this time.

This kind of "big barn" is generally six meters high, and the space inside is generally 300 square meters, or even larger, which is used to store grain and pasture.

So at all times, it's always very cool, and Jang Zhidong will take a break here every day!

At this time, Zhang Zhidong, the northern front headquarters, received a telegram from Mentu!

Marshal Zhang; The commander of the 4th Marine Division, Mentu, reports to you on the battle situation:

The three Japanese wings that had been waiting all day did not break through the defense line set up by the Chinese Empire on the coast, but our ammunition consumption was huge, and on the first day 10,983 shells of all kinds were used, and more than 200,000 rounds of ammunition were used. Now we need a supply of ammunition and supplies.

And we need the support of the Army! ”

At this time, in addition to Zhang Zhidong, the tallest person in the headquarters of the Northern Military Region was Fang Ruxin, the commander of the Seventh Army of the Army, so the communications staff officer immediately sent a telegram to Fang Ruxin's office!

After Fang Rixin saw such a telegram, he immediately came to the place where Zhang Zhidong was sleeping, the old man's energy was very limited now, so he couldn't disturb the old man's rare rest time, Fang Ruxin waited outside very patiently!

At this time, the staff officer brought another telegram and sent it to Fang Ruxin, at this time Fang Rixin was really a little anxious, but he could only hold two reports and sway back and forth outside, and the third telegram was sent to Fang Ruxin in the eager footsteps of the staff officers!

At this time, Fang Ruxin's heart was already anxious!

Fang Ruxin's pace back and forth to Chairman Zhou has obviously accelerated!

At this time, two gentle coughs sounded, Fang Ruxin knew that Zhang Zhidong woke up, he came in immediately, and when he came in, he saw Zhang Zhidong's adjutant preparing medicine for Zhang Zhidong, and Zhang Zhidong took the medicine on time!

After watching Zhang Zhidong calm down a little, Fang Ruxin came to Zhang Zhidong, lowered his head, and said; "Marshal! At this time, two telegrams came from the front, one was sent by the commander of the Mentu Division: "The Fourth Division has repelled the first Japanese landing attack!" "The telegram, one from the Reconnaissance Section, "No trace of Japanese troops has been found on the eastern and western lines of the Sierra de la Chote Mountains!" ”

Another is that a certain department of the General Staff sent a telegram, this time the General Staff has promoted a large number of generals, and the Senior Administration Yuan and the emperor have already approved it! ”

Then Fang Ruxin handed the telegram to Zhang Zhidong, who put the two telegrams from the front next to him, but first opened the appointment telegram from the General Staff!

"The General Staff of the Chinese Empire ordered, according to the needs of the military development of the empire, suitable for the development of the military establishment of the empire, to report to the Military Committee for approval, submitted to the Imperial Ministry of Defense for approval, submitted to the Imperial Council for approval, and approved by the Emperor of the Chinese Empire, appointed as follows!

Shang Rongqian, Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese Imperial Army, was appointed as "Marshal of the Chinese Imperial Army!" ”

Duan Qirui, commander of the Southwest Military Region of the Chinese Empire, was appointed as "Field Marshal of the Chinese Empire!" ”

Ding Ruchang, Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese Imperial Navy, was appointed as "Marshal of the Chinese Imperial Navy!" ”

Ma Wu, commander of the Northwest Military Region of the Chinese Empire, was appointed as "Four-Star General of the Chinese Imperial Army!" ”

Liu Buyun, commander of the First Combined Fleet of the Chinese Empire, was appointed as "Four-star Admiral of the Chinese Imperial Navy!" ”

Deng Shichang, commander of the Second Combined Fleet of the Chinese Empire, was appointed as "Four-Star Admiral of the Chinese Imperial Navy!" ’

Lin Zengtai, commander of the Third Combined Fleet of the Chinese Empire, was appointed as "Four-Star Admiral of the Chinese Imperial Navy!" ”

Li Hailong, commander of the Fourth Combined Fleet of the Chinese Empire, was appointed as "Three-Star Admiral of the Chinese Imperial Navy!" ”

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Zhang Zhidong looked very carefully, and it wasn't until the last page that he slowly raised his head and said to Fang Ruxin; "Congratulations! Lieutenant General Fang! ”

Fang Ruxin said; "The marshal is in love!"

Zhang Zhidong put down the telegram in his hand, and then said; "This time, it is not by chance that all the military commanders of the frontier have been promoted to military ranks, and some have been promoted to marshals, according to the constitution, marshals will only be crowned with the highest honorary rank in times of war!

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After Zhang Zhidong said this, he seemed to be asleep again, and he didn't open his eyes for a while, and his breathing fluctuated evenly!

This is extremely bad Fang Ruxin, of course he is happy to be promoted, but now he is on the front-line battlefield, if he loses the battle, so Fang Ruxin can only wake up Zhang Zhidong hard!

Marshal! Marshal!

Zhang Zhidong slowly opened his eyes and looked at Fang Ruxin as he spoke; "Anything else!"

Fang Ruxin said; "Marshal! Division Commander Mentu, they have repelled the Japanese landing operation, and now they need ammunition supplies and army support! ”

After Zhang Zhidong heard Fang Ruxin's story, he closed his eyes again and spoke leisurely; "You're the chief of staff, so let's do it!" and then stop talking!

Fang Ruxin was very puzzled, but he could only leave!

When Fang Ruxin was about to walk out of the door, Zhang Zhidong suddenly said; "Let Mentu withdraw to the Twin Cities as soon as possible! I'll guarantee him to be promoted to lieutenant general! ”

Fang Ruxin was very puzzled, but when he turned around, he saw that Zhang Zhidong had already sat up, his brows were tightly locked, and his face was serious, definitely not joking!

Fang Ruxin had never seen this old man have such an expression, and something big was going to happen at this time!

Fang Ruxin stood upright, then saluted a military salute, and then turned around and left!

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In the first year of Guangming, on August 1, Ma Wu attended the opening ceremony of the Loulan Iron and Steel Smelter in Xijing, the Western Regions Smelter is located in Petroba City, flowing through the Issimu River here, which can provide enough water for steel smelting, there is a large iron mine nearby, and the distance of coal is not very far, so it is the best to build steel smelting here!

At the same time, this is also the last time he will attend such an event, especially since his military rank has been promoted to the level of four-star general, and it is a very dangerous thing to catch it in military politics. So he cooperated very much with the staff of the government that had been sent by the Nanjing Escort Government, looking at the thin, long-faced, and famous governor of the province, Ma Wu didn't like it very much in his heart, but he couldn't do anything about this skinny monkey-like person!

As soon as this guy came here, a large number of investments soon came, and now the construction of many large-scale industrial facilities in the Western Regions Province is led by this guy, and with the development of industry, the after-tax profit income of the Western Regions Province is now very rich.

Because of historical reasons, the Western Regions Province has allocated a certain proportion of its fiscal revenue to give allowances to the soldiers of the army stationed in the Western Regions Province. This has allowed many fighters to get tangible benefits.

So although Ma Wu likes this person more than that, he really doesn't hate the money sent by the governor. Now Ma Wu's important task is to defend his old opponent in the west, Tsarist Russia!

Since the peace with the Chinese Empire, the relationship between Tsarist Russia and China has been eased, and now the border trade between the two countries has been greatly improved, but because the economy of Tsarist Russia is very turbulent now, many resources of Tsarist Russia have not been developed, and Tsarist Russia is unable to buy more Chinese goods, which makes the total trade between the two sides has never been a large-scale breakthrough!

But Ma Wu knew that these Slavs would not give up, but the governor had always thought that the people with yellow hair in western Zhejiang, like the people of the Chinese Empire, were people who wanted to eat and drink, and they could get along peacefully!

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After a few days of rest, King Yi Hee of Joseon finally felt that he had been resurrected again, and after drinking rice porridge for a few more days, he could finally eat a full meal, and now he could eat anything, but he just couldn't eat meat, and now when he saw the red meat, he began to vomit nonstop!

The people who came out of the palace alive have all been branded with this disease, and the same is true of the surviving Concubine Min, who is now the best food for the king and princess of Joseon who will not die.

On August 2, the Japanese army had reached the vicinity of the 38th parallel, and they began to look for a breakthrough point nearby, so that they could quickly capture the north, because the local resistance along the way was very small.

But after a week's attack, after a trial, Dashan Yan discovered the truth of the matter, and in front of him it seemed to be a wall, which seemed to be very thick, and it was an insurmountable chasm.

Anywhere near the 38th parallel, there was heavy firepower, and it became very difficult to attack anywhere, and Dashanyan didn't understand what was going on. So now inspect it yourself!

This news reached Concubine Min's ears, so in his heart, he began to prepare slowly, after being the queen of North Korea for so many years, there is still no shortage of dead soldiers under his subordinates, the first step is to contact the army of the Chinese Empire, it would be better to be able to contact his nephew, the new Korean army he had devoted his efforts to must still use good strength, this is the capital of Concubine Min's comeback!

At this time, Concubine Min raised her head and glanced at her husband, who was the king of Joseon, Li Xi. Concubine Min knows very well in her heart that this husband loves her deeply, but fate is really tricky!

Li Xi has no enthusiasm for power at all, but his father Li Zheng is a guy who is obsessed with power, and after Li Xi ascended the throne and became the king of Joseon, he still refused to give up the right to be the regent in his hands.

After a series of struggles, Concubine Min waited in Yuan Shikai, but the Chinese army stationed in Korea helped the line, and finally won the right, but I didn't expect that all this was so sudden that Japan actually landed on the Korean Peninsula, and in such a short period of time, Seoul was also attacked, Li Xi and she became the mandarin ducks of the country!

Now the Japanese are like robbers in Korea, North Korea has always been a small country that is poor and weak, and now it has not been long since the declaration of independence, and Korea, which is already not well-off, has become even poorer after Japan's looting!

The first is the plundering of grain in Korea, the south of Korea is the main grain producing area of the Korean Peninsula, and the spring rice world is the time for heading and filling, and the Japanese army and Japanese immigrants from Japan began the process of redividing the land.

These people themselves did not enter the consent of the original owner at all, and were directly divided. Someone dared to say a word and was killed on the spot. Even the Korean squires did not escape the clutches of the Japanese!

Rulers or rebels have always maintained the squire class, because they are the stabilizer of the bottom society such as the countryside, and they are also the buffer valve between the ruler and the bottom masses, and many things such as taxation and labor can be done through these squires.

But the first target of these Japanese soldiers is these people, because there is a shortage of food in Japan now, so these native troops are also in short supply of food, and now in the face of the Korean squires who have food in their hands, they can only borrow food!

They are first of all civilized borrowed food, but there are micro-words, and they are directly killed! Then they began to carry the grain themselves, and then went to the next house, and if they were obedient, let these landlords carry the grain, and then kill these landlords and squires!

North Korea in 1894 was a devil's playground, and the reduction of North Korea's troops reached 30%, which is extremely abnormal for a country with a population of more than 10 million!

After more than a month of hard fundraising, Japan finally raised 50,000 catties of grain in Korea, which was shipped to Japan to relieve the starving Japanese people!

At the same time, Japan began to collect everything it could on the Korean Peninsula, either shipped back to Japan or became the personal trophies of Japanese soldiers!

On August 8, on the edge of the 38th parallel, on the Japanese position, the Japanese captured a Korean who tried to cross to the side of China.

But this time the Japanese soldiers did not get their wish, because this person ran very fast, it was obvious that there was no hunger at this time, and this person's elevation was obviously much higher than that of ordinary Koreans, taller than many Japanese, 180 centimeters, these abnormal factors made the Japanese soldiers capture this person alive!

When the Japanese army was chasing this person, this person returned fire with his weapon, killing and wounding three Japanese soldiers, but he was still captured alive.

Although he did not confess, the letters on him betrayed him!

In the end, he died tragically at the hands of the Japanese!