Chapter 194: The Marines on the Expedition

Both Jingshi and Nanjing received a report from the navy that the Fourth Combined Fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy had encountered the main combined fleet of Japan in the Tatartan Sea, and the Fourth Fleet was almost completely annihilated, and the remaining warships retreated to the Miaojie port at the mouth of the three rivers!

As soon as the news came out, the whole country was in an uproar, and the "Tianjin Ta Kung Pao" reported in detail the operation of the Fourth Navy, which was almost one-sided, and the Fourth Fleet had no ability to fight back at all, which proved the inaction of the naval command. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Why is the naval power in the Tatan Sea so weak, knowing the importance of the Tatan Sea, why don't you let the other three fleets go north, as long as the other three fleets, that fleet is in the Tatan Sea, the Chinese Empire will not be defeated so miserably!

All the sounds of kisses reached the headquarters of the Navy, Weihaiwei!

Ding Ruchang came to Li Hongzhang's office, and the old routine was facing away from the door, facing the floor-to-ceiling window outside!

With the sound of his footsteps, he could tell that it was Ding Ruchang coming, Li Hongzhang said; "If Liu Buyun can't win, the old man will have to bear the infamy of the previous life!"

Ding Ruchang said; "The Navy apologizes to the people of the whole country in the name of the General Staff Headquarters, and this black pot is still counted on me, the chief of staff!"

Li Hongzhang sighed deeply and said; "This town is the only admiral of the Empire!"

Zhang Zhidong also received that the Fourth Fleet had retreated to the port of Miaojie, and then it was his battlefield, and they thought that they would reach him so soon, although the speed of development in Changchun was very fast, but after all, it started late, so the city did not have a city wall, and at this time it was the characteristics of many cities in the north.

Zhang Zhidong and the generals below are studying the map, now Zhang Zhidong can use the army has three divisions, and now the establishment of each army is not full, only the Fifth Army of the Army of Uriya Sutai can come to the Heilongjiang battlefield, and the other armies can only send people at most.

Yuan Shikai left not many troops in Shenyang, and there was only one division left in the Seventh Army of the Guards in Beijing, so almost all the imperial new troops in the north were concentrated in the northeast, with a total of more than 100,000 people, which sounds like a lot, but after these soldiers are counted in the vast land, there is no trace of this at all.

Zhang Zhidong looked at the map and asked Lu Yongshi; "How long can this Marine be able to hold out!"

Lu Yongshi said; "Mentu has made my army, I know them very well, unless an order is given to them to retreat, unless they die! They won't back down! ”

Zhang Zhidong said; "I'm not asking them to die on the ground, I'm asking them to withdraw at the right time!"

Lu Yongshi said; "Pull it down! Why take it down? ”

Zhang Zhidong said; "Because we want to deal a complete blow to people this time, we can't let them go casually this time!"

Lu Yongshi's eyes widened, indicating that he didn't understand!

Zhang Zhidong said; "It doesn't matter, you will understand slowly, now you are going to send a division of troops behind Mentu's army, after the retreat of the marines, this division will be responsible for holding back the Japanese army, and as soon as you receive the order of the commander, you will immediately retreat.

In this way, alternate cover is formed until we have to drag in at least 100,000 Japanese troops!

Lu Yongshi said; "One hundred thousand! Japan will throw such a large number of troops! ”

Zhang Zhidong said: "When you start, you can't just go back on it, it's already on the table, Japan won't lose a set, it will never give up, what our Chinese Empire has to do is to always be the person who sits in the bank!" ”

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Xu Zhixuan, commander of the Second Army of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire, received an order from the General Staff of the Chinese Empire in Zhancheng to provoke a war at all costs.

So it's better for the empire to act first. Xu Zhixuan immediately supported the Vietnamese national liberation movement in Champa, at this time many French people had lived in Vietnam for more than ten years, and opened up large plantations here, but time would not give them any sympathy, and the Viet Cong burned everything they had in the end.

After Xu Zhixuan's order was issued, revolts began to break out throughout the southern part of Vietnam, so that France would no longer have the energy to interfere with military operations in China, and the next was the British colony in India.

India's original textile industry was very developed, but after the British came, they forced all Indian weavers' products to be sold to British merchants, which led to the disintegration of the entire Indian textile industry.

However, the current Chinese Empire is the largest exporter of textile products, and the current Chinese Empire can produce chemical fibers, so the cost is much lower than that of the United Kingdom, and the best-selling products of the Chinese Empire are cotton and linen and chemical fiber blended textile products.

The clothing made of this fabric has both the natural warmth characteristics of cotton and linen, as well as the toughness of chemical fibers, so it is sold very well in the international market. Now the price of chemical fiber is gradually decreasing, but the price of cotton is rising.

Now India is the world's largest cotton production area, the original cotton is to be shipped to the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom is now also the most developed textile technology country, if you run to the cost advantage, the Chinese Empire and the British textile products in the world competition is extremely fierce.

The Chinese Empire has raised the price of cotton purchased in India four times, and has imposed special import tariffs on Indian cotton, which is preferential treatment, which is almost equivalent to zero tariffs, so that almost all the cotton produced in India flows into the ports of the Chinese Empire.

Now the British have realized the seriousness of the problem, and they are first trying to suppress local national uprisings all over the world, and on the other hand, they are beginning to compete with China on a global scale.

If this country is solved, it will be up and down the uncertain factor of the United States, so the Chinese Empire sent Wang Fengzao, an excellent diplomat, Lin Lianhui, the ambassador to the United States, and the little prince!

In April of the first year of Guangming, the little prince became a father again! This time the royal family has added a little princess, in fact, the people of the United States are more concerned about this little princess than his royal father, and the Emperor of Light only learned the news three days later, and immediately gave the name "Fu Mei!" ”

Crowned "Fu Mei" as "Princess Mingyue!" The little princess's fief has become the most headache for the Ministry of the Interior, and now the Northeast is no longer royal land, and Mobei Province has almost been bought by Nanjing, so it has been delayed.

In order to maintain relations with the United States, the Chinese Empire now sent the most important members of the royal family except the emperor, which is equivalent to being a hostage in the United States, making the trust between the two countries reach the best level in history.

After China declared war on Japan, the United States soon passed the Neutrality Act, which took a middle ground attitude toward China and Japan and did not support either side, and rejected the Chinese Empire's proposal to restrict Japan's purchase of goods and goods in the United States.

The reply given by the US Congress was that the United States would not cut off economic ties with Japan, but in view of the fact that it was a dangerous time and American ships would not enter any dangerous seas, Japan had to transport the goods itself after buying them in the United States, and the Chinese Empire was treated the same!

Zhancheng Province now includes Hainan Island, so Zhang Jian will work in Haikou in Hainan half of the time, now Hainan, especially the county seat of Lingao County, the economic development is particularly rapid, Zhang Jian came here several times to investigate, and found that the young people here are very smart, good at using the latest technology released by the Imperial Academy of Sciences, and the production of products are very advanced, making the economic development of Lingao County faster than the provincial capital of Haikou.

Especially the sugar industry, now occupy the city, Hainan Island, Guangxi is full of large-scale sugarcane fields, the production of cane sugar all year round, relying on the special geographical environment, now the pillar industry of Hainan is rubber, grain, sugar, petroleum processing, etc., Zhang Jian is very confident, as long as the city is given another five years, will be able to catch up with Fujian Province!

On the morning of June 21, the first year of Guangming, Keelung Port, Taiwan, Keelung has almost no seasonal changes, it is a hot summer all year round, but this morning is exceptionally hot! At the Keelung port, Taiwan Governor Liu Mingchuan was very anxious!

What is he discussing with Liu Yongfu!

Liu Yongfu simply closed his eyes at this time, because there was really no way to persuade this Liu Daring!

Liu Mingchuan didn't give up, he circled around Liu Buyun back and forth, left and right, at this time, Liu Buyun rubbed his bald head vigorously, not daring to look up at the provincial elder!

At this time, Wu Jingrong, commander of the Fifth Army of the Chinese Imperial Army, who was standing next to him, said; "Governor, don't be embarrassed for the two of them anymore, they won't take you to sea!"

Liu Mingchuan raised his head, waiting for the two bull's eyes to speak; "What's wrong! This title in this town was laid down immediately, today the empire is in trouble, a good man should go to the front line, I am a soldier of the empire, you must take me!

You can rest assured, I take my "Iron Hat Battalion!" "I won't trouble you!"

Now there are still some such private armed forces in the Chinese Empire, but the empire has come up with a provision; "Because these private armed forces do not have the protection of the state, the salaries of these personnel must be guaranteed, at least twice as much as the regular soldiers of the Chinese Empire!"

As soon as this order came out, many provincial governors could not afford to raise their own private armies, and Liu Mingchuan had money in his family, but he could no longer support his "Ming" battalion! Now there are only more than fifty old brothers left around him, all of whom are old fellows wearing iron hats and commonly known as the "Iron Hat Army"!

Wu Jingrong said; "Lord Liu! Don't be kidding, those grades are older than me, and that one's military qualifications are not older than me! Let's guard the port in the rear! ”

Liu Mingchuan raised his eyes and looked at Liu Yongfu! Talked about; "You Marine Corps commanders are all fifty-seven years old, am I old?"

Wu Jingrong said; "Sir! Lord Liu Yongfu is the commander of the Taiwan Marine Corps appointed by the emperor! So don't be too aggressive! ”

Liu Mingchuan was very unconvinced, and said with both hands on his waist; "What's the big deal, I'm still the governor of Taiwan appointed by the emperor!"

Wu Jingrong said loudly; "Oops! Great, you finally remembered, you're the governor! It's not supposed to go to the front line, you just guard the rear well, prepare the supplies, and wait for our triumphant return! ”

Liu Mingchuan stared, feeling that something was wrong!

At this time, Wu Jingrong shouted loudly, the music is up!

Liu Buyun saw that Liu Mingchuan was no longer entangled, and immediately took his subordinates to board the warship and began to pull the anchor, according to the established strategic policy, the goal of the first fleet of Huaxia was "Naha!" "This is the capital of the Ryukyu Kingdom!

On June 30, 1894, the port of Vladivostok, which had lost its naval protection, was now exposed to the Japanese fleet, and after the Japanese Combined Fleet sent three more warships to approach the unsuccessful approach, the open sea of Vladivostok, which is now docked, is waiting for domestic support!

Ito Yuhiro and the commander of the Japanese First Front, Yama Yutomo, looked at the sand table, on which the terrain of Vladivostok was very clear, as long as Vladivostok was taken, Japan would be able to get the raw materials that Japan needed most.

Japan's lack of resources has made Japan particularly envious of the Chinese Empire, and for many years, the dream surrounding Japan's heart is to have a piece of its own land on the main road, and Japan had a chance two hundred years ago. Ambassador Japan failed, and returned in a big defeat.

Now Japan has finally waited for another chance, and this time Japan has a bigger chance of winning!

Yamagutomo was followed by Yoshikatsu Akiyama, the commander of the cavalry company of the First Front, who recounted; "Damn the people of China, how can they have laid so many mines in the harbor, aren't they afraid of blowing themselves up?"

At this time, Ito Yoheung spoke; "They have their own demarcated shipping lanes, so they don't hurt themselves. What I don't understand is why they did it! ”

At this time, a voice said, "Report! "It's here, this person is wearing a military uniform of the Chinese Imperial Army, and he still has the rank of captain on it!

It was a middle-aged man who came in, and this kind of dress made many Japanese officers eat it, what is the situation! How could there be soldiers of the Chinese Empire here! ”

Yamamori was very satisfied when he saw the surprised expressions on the faces of many people, including Ito Yuhyung!

He said; "Nezuichi, you're finally back, I thought you had done your best for His Majesty the Emperor!"

Nezuichi came to the front of the mountain friends, bowed deeply, and spoke; "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff! I am back! ”

The mountain has a friend said; "The current chief of staff is His Royal Highness Prince Chihito of Nishikawa Palace, and the cabinet is now directly commanding the First Front Army, and he must complete the tasks assigned by His Majesty the Emperor, so tell me about the situation in Vladivostok now!"

Nezu'ichi said; "Hey! Now stationed in Vladivostok is the Fourth Marine Division of the Chinese Empire, which is the weakest of all the marines, and the North Coast of Oil, Heilongjiang Province, and Jilin Province have all transferred a militia regiment to form temporarily, although they will be formal units in the future, but now they are indeed not strong in combat!

So as long as we can break through their defenses, they will definitely be defeated, and they simply don't have the fighting spirit and determination to completely resist! ”

Ito said; "Do you know the defense map of these mines outside the port!"

Nezu'ichi said; "I don't know! And really no one knows! ”

Ito said: "Didn't the Chinese Fourth Fleet of Mines know about it? ”

Nezu'ichi said; "This Fourth Fleet of the Chinese Empire is a very strange fleet, and their commanders are also difficult to understand!

All the ships entering and exiting Vladivostok will wait in Ulleungdo, and when they pass through the minefield in the outer sea, the Fourth Navy will use the ship's main guns to blast the mines in the waterway, and then re-mine the ships after they pass! ”

Ito said; "Yo Xi! I see! Do they have a lot of shells? ”

Nezu'ichi said; "They waste a lot of shells! Almost every day, there will be live-fire drills! ”

Ito said; "What a pity! If only these sailors were given to Japan! ”

The mountain has a friend said; "What about these mines! Please think of a way quickly! You must know that the current situation in the country is not optimistic, we must obtain Vladivostok supplies as soon as possible, and we must maintain a steady supply! ”

Ito said; "We don't have so many shells wasted, let's wait for the arrival of domestic minesweepers! Anyway, the wood, coal, and oil in the port of Vladivostok will not run away with long legs! ”

Knowing that this was disagreeing with him, he stood up and spoke; "I'll report it to the Emperor! Leave! ”

And then left with the personnel of the Army!

Ito Yuhyung saw that Yamadoku was gone, stood up and said, "Dirt buns!" ”

After Yamakumi came out of the door, he said to the generals of the army such as Kodama Gentaro next to him; "These losers of the navy have spent so much money, and the coastline is in front of them, they just can't go over, what's the use of asking them!"

Both sent telegrams to the Japanese base camp.

At this time, the emperor of Japan was in the base camp, and now the war has begun, which is related to the future of Japan, Japan has been preparing for so long, Wade is this day, so Emperor Meiji is staring at the base camp every day!

At this time, the chief of the Japanese General Staff, Prince Arikawa Miyashihito, received a telegram from Vladivostok, the army and navy!

He sent a telegram to the Japanese base camp commander, Japanese Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito, Prince Tomithito Komatsu, commander-in-chief of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, Minister of the Navy Shikinori Kayama, Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu, and so on!

At this meeting, Japan analyzed the current situation, and there were two ways to deploy mines off Vladivostok through the Huaxia Fourth Fleet, the first was to use artillery fire to cover a large area of bombardment, which was fast, but it was a serious waste, and it was not enough for all of Japan's naval artillery shells to be thrown into such a large sea area!

The second is to immediately organize civilian ships in the country. Rush to this sea area and use physical demining, so that you don't have to waste precious shells, but the damage will be very serious!

The Japanese emperor decided to use the Chinese method, Japan can not wait any longer, fuel, raw materials are what Japan needs the most, and now Meiji seems to have seen the timber stacked in the port of Vladivostok, they are stacked like a hill, neatly arranged, waiting for the arrival of the Japanese, Japan will definitely treat these timbers well.

There are also coal resources, high-quality coal resources transported from Jixi and Hegang coal mines in Heilongjiang, it is really unfair, why does Japan not have such rich natural resources, these coals will have greater value in Japan's hands, and the Japanese will never burn these precious energy in vain!

After receiving the order from the Japanese base camp, Ito reluctantly used his own navy's precious shells to start minesweeping in the open sea of Vladivostok, and the huge waves of Vladivostok rolled in the open sea, and there were explosions one after another!

In the Vladivostok Battery, looking at the door map of the commander of the 4th Marine Division performed by the Japanese fleet, he slowly put down his binoculars, he knew that the Japanese Army would soon organize the login, and the coastal defense batteries that had lost naval support would definitely be attacked fiercely.

Come on! I'm not afraid!

At this time, the First Fleet of the Chinese Empire had already arrived in the Ryukyu Sea, and the Second Fleet was also in this sea area, and after departing from Keelung, the First Fleet had already walked around the Xiandao Islands, and these islands were completely under the control of the Chinese Empire.

But Japan still didn't react to this, and all the empires no longer meant to be polite this time, attacking Naha!

Naha! After Japan annexed the Ryukyus, the relocation of the Ryukyu king to Edo is equivalent to house arrest, and now there are more than a million Ryukyuan people in the Ryukyus, and they still think that they are an independent nation, so this time the Chinese Empire can no longer lose.

But the Japanese have been operating in Naha for many years, and looking at the forts on the shore, Liu Buyun knows that this is a difficult bone to gnaw!