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Zhang Wei left Hokkaido in a hurry to rush to the Korean Peninsula as soon as possible. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Since the occupation of Hokkaido by the Lanfang Kingdom, there has been a lot of noise in the country, especially after Russia knew the news, it immediately exploded, the Lanfang Kingdom This is the rhythm of encircling Russia, blocking in the north and south directions of the Whale Sea, Vladivostok immediately became a dead port, of course, dissatisfied with the military operations of the Lanfang Kingdom, and immediately expressed to Britain that he agreed to mediate the war between the Lanfang Kingdom and Japan, otherwise, I don't know what will happen to Russia if it continues to fight.

Zhang Wei has not yet achieved the goal of completely weakening Japan's war potential, and of course he will not immediately accept mediation and stop the war. If the war ends now, Japan still occupies Korea, and it also has great interests in the northeast of the Great Qing Kingdom, and I believe that it will not be long before it recovers, and this time these two places must be taken, and Japan's future war potential will be greatly reduced.

After consulting with Li Zhaoshui, he sent a telegram to Hua Guoqiang, asking the Japanese to surrender unconditionally so that the Lanfang Kingdom could cease fighting; After it could not be delayed, it proposed a compensation plan, which was at least five times the total amount of silver compensation Japan received from the Qing Dynasty; In addition, for every 1 year of occupation of Taiwan, compensation of 10 million taels of silver; 30,000 civilians killed in the Lushun Massacre, 1,000 taels of silver per person, 50,000 people died in the Northeast in the Russo-Japanese War, 1,000 taels of silver per person, 300,000 people were homeless, 500 taels of silver per person; withdraw from the Korean Peninsula and the northeastern part of the Qing Dynasty; ceded Hokkaido and Kyushu Island; cancellation of the indemnity for the share of Central Japan; Whether the other party agrees or not, it is just delaying time and talking slowly.

At the same time, he ordered Lu Weimin, chief of the General Staff, to transport 10 regiments of mercenaries to Fukuoka in Jiuzhou as a backup.

Li Minmin had already sent a telegram to Zhang Wei about the intelligence of the Japanese army on this side of the Korean Peninsula.

Japan now has 3 divisions stationed in Korea, the 8th Division is assembled in Anju, Pyongyang and Haeju, and 1 wing is stationed in Kaiyuan; The 9th Division was assembled on the Seoul, Kaesong, and Incheon lines; The 13th Division was assembled along the coasts of Busan, Ulsan, and Pohang to prevent the landing of the Kingdom of Lanfang from the sea; In addition, Japan formed the 17th and 18th divisions in the northeast of the Qing Dynasty, and the 19th and 20th divisions in Korea. The 19th Division was stationed along the Yalu River, and the 20th Division was stationed along the Jinju, Gwangju, Jeonju and Daejeon lines.

Lu Weimin, chief of the General Staff, sent a telegram saying that the northeast and east of Korea are mountainous and not conducive to the development of troops, and that the main war should be held in the west; First land at Anju and eliminate one wing of the 8th Division in Anju, then send two divisions north to eliminate the 19th Division along the Yalu River, and two divisions will be stationed in Anju to attract Japanese troops to the north, and then choose an opportunity to land in the south of the Korean Peninsula and flank the Japanese troops from the north and south.

Zhang Wei felt that Lu Weimin's plan was a bit of a diversion from the mountain, and after discussing with Li Zhaoshui, he decided to adopt Lu Weimin's suggestion.

On the way, Zhang Wei said to Li Zhaoshui: "I am going to set up the Metropolitan Governor of the Northern Theater Command, who will be in charge of the army and navy, as well as the militia and mercenaries of Hokkaido, Jiuzhou, Korea, Taiwan, and the three eastern provinces, are you willing to take this position?" “

Li Zhaoshui thought about it for a while, and thought to himself, if he is the governor of this capital, it is indeed beautiful, but the next thing is to face the war with Russia, which is all a contest between the army, and he is from the navy, which is obviously not suitable; It's not as good as now, follow Zhang Wei everywhere, how free, and the position in the future will not be lower than that of this metropolitan governor; Besides, in the future, if these places are established as feudal states, there will be no major governors, and they will not be as good as their current deputy chief of general staff, and they will also be in charge of the navy that they are good at.

So, Li Zhaoshui said: "Your Majesty, thank you for your love to me, but I feel that I am not good at land warfare, as long as I occupy Korea and garrison troops in the three eastern provinces, I will soon face the battle with Russia, and there is basically nothing to do with the navy, or it is more suitable for this position to synthesize an elite-level staff officer from the army." “

Zhang Wei thought about it for a while, and felt that Li Zhaoshui's words were very pertinent, and the battle with Russia in the future would be a show of the power of the army, and the navy would basically not participate in the battle against Russia, so he adopted his suggestion.

As a result, Zhang Wei synthesized an elite-level army staff officer Xiao Xuguang and two special-level army staff officers Yuan Tiande and Chen Dezhi, Xiao Xuguang served as the governor of the Northern Theater Command, Yuan Tiande served as the governor of the Lelang Special Administrative Region, and Chen Dezhi temporarily served as Xiao Xuguang's deputy.

Zhang Wei briefed the two of them on the current situation and the following battle plan, which would be commanded by Governor Xiao and Governor Yuan.

Xiao Xuguang asked: "Your Majesty, there are more than 60,000 Japanese troops stationed on the Korean Peninsula, how many troops do we plan to send?" ”

Zhang Wei said: "This time I made a little money in Hokkaido, I will invest more troops on the Korean Peninsula, hoping to make a small fortune here, I plan to invest 80,000 people in 4 regular divisions, 48,000 people in 4 militia divisions, plus 1 cavalry division of 8,000 people and 1 heavy artillery regiment, 24 105mm howitzers and 12 155mm howitzers, do you feel that the troops are enough?" If it is not enough, you can transfer 1 or 2 more divisions from Jiuzhou. ”

Xiao Xuguang said: "Your Majesty, it's enough, I don't know where Your Majesty wants me to set up the Northern Theater Command?" ”

"Do you have any personal opinions?"

Xiao Xuguang thought about the map for a while and said: "Your Majesty, my personal opinion is to set up Pusan, and build Busan into the largest military port in the north, with the navy under the control of the Whale Sea, the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea in the west, the East Sea in the south, and the deterrence of Japan in the east. ”

Zhang Wei asked: "According to what you said, isn't that Sasebo more suitable?" ”

"Sasebo does not have strategic depth, and the eastern part of the Korean Peninsula is full of mountains, so it can occupy a superior geographical advantage."

Zhang Wei thought about it for a while, and felt that his point of view had a certain amount of truth, and now was not the era of developed military technology, and this strategic depth was sufficient, so he agreed with Xiao Xuguang's opinion, and when the Korean Peninsula was occupied, these four counties would be directly under the jurisdiction of the Northern Theater Command. Anyway, a province on the Korean Peninsula is large enough to be close to this territory.

At 5 o'clock in the morning of the 17th, Zhang Wei and his entourage arrived off the coast of Anzhou.

Zhang Wei saw from the system map that the Japanese army had deployed a lot of troops at the mouth of the Dafu River, and it was difficult for him to land, so he continued to sail north, chose to dock off the coast of Cheongju, first occupied Cheongju, cut off the passage of the 19th Division of the Japanese Army to the south, and then went south to occupy Anzhou, which was more difficult than a sneak attack.