On the evening of the 18th, both the Kwantung Governor and the commander of the Korean Army received a telegram from home to concentrate their military forces, strengthen the fortress, and make a final decisive battle with the Kingdom of Lanfang. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Japanese War Department is not worried about the army in the Qing Dynasty for the time being, they can concentrate on the Japanese army, expatriates and soldiers in the northeast, concentrate the food in the northeast, and rely on the Lushun fortress for defense, even if the Lanfang Kingdom uses battleships, it does not dare to storm Lushun, as long as the ammunition is sufficient, there is no problem in holding on for a few years; If the Lanfang Kingdom attacked Lushun and did not have the determination to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of troops, it would not dare to attack Lushun.

For the Seoul side, the North Korean Army Command has also made two preparations, while building a permanent fortress in Seoul, it will establish a military base in the mountainous area east of Seoul, and if Seoul is lost, it will retreat into the mountainous area and fight the Lanfang Kingdom in the mountainous area to the end.

For the Japanese army to abandon the territory occupied, no longer stick to the land of one city and one pool, but to gather all the personnel and materials, and prepare for a decisive battle with the Lanfang Kingdom, the following staff officers are very headaches, ready to take advantage of the Japanese army's insufficient preparation, personnel and materials are not fully in place to launch a general attack.

Zhang Wei was confident, so that everyone could rest assured that it was best to gather all the Japanese and traitors, so that they could be wiped out.

Now Zhang Wei is worried that Russia is jumping up and down, extremely restless, and has repeatedly threatened to increase troops to the Far East, and asked the Lanfang Kingdom to withdraw from the northeastern region of the Qing Dynasty and abandon Hokkaido; He also tried his best to persuade Britain and France to jointly put pressure on the Kingdom of Lanfang and accept mediation.

Hua Guoqiang was unmoved, insisting that either Japan accept unconditional surrender or accept the terms of land cession compensation proposed by the Lanfang Kingdom.

Japan could not accept either of these conditions, and no matter which conditions it accepted, Japan was in danger of annihilation.

Japanese diplomats actively dispatched, especially the ambassador to Russia, to propose an alliance with the Russian Empire, and Russia did not agree to an alliance, but could sell a large number of heavy artillery, weapons and ammunition to the Japanese army.

Since the Russian Empire and France are allies, the artillery technology imported from France is much more advanced than the artillery technology of Japan, and the old-fashioned heavy artillery, such as the howitzer of M, is worried that it cannot be dealt with after being reequipped, and now Japan comes to buy it, which is in line with the mind of the Russian Empire, and Japan still uses heavy artillery to deal with the Lanfang Kingdom, it is best to drive the Lanfang Kingdom out of the Qing Dynasty, drive it out of the Korean Peninsula, and reduce the threat to Russia.

The Japanese ambassador even proposed that if Russia could help Japan defeat the Lanfang Kingdom, Japan would transfer all the interests of Jilin and Outer Mongolia to Russia as long as the interests of the Korean Peninsula and Liaoning were there, and South Sakhalin Island would also be owned by Russia.

This is in line with Russia's interests, and now it is just right to take advantage of the war between Japan and the Lanfang Kingdom to reap the benefits of their own efforts, otherwise it will be their own country to fight against the Lanfang Kingdom alone, not only agreeing to sell a large number of heavy artillery to Japan, but also providing a lot of 75mm mountain guns and a large number of shells for free.

And the wealth looted by Japan in the northeast of the Great Qing Dynasty is worrying that it cannot be transported back to China, and now it can buy weapons to attack the Lanfang Kingdom, which makes Oshima Yoshimasa very happy. With heavy artillery, enough ammunition and food, and with a strong fortress, the army of the Lanfang Kingdom will definitely make their heads bleed without paying a heavy price, don't think about getting close to Lushun.

The Russian Empire itself had a lot of heavy artillery of this type in the Far East, which was transported precisely by rail to the Japanese army.

The Russian ambassador to the Great Qing Kingdom also approached Yi Liang many times, asking him to prevent the troops of the Lanfang Kingdom from entering the Great Qing Kingdom, otherwise, the Russian Empire would definitely send more troops to the three northeastern provinces of the Great Qing Kingdom and the Outer Mongolia region to protect the interests of the local diaspora.

Yixuan felt that the combat effectiveness of the army of the Lanfang Kingdom was very terrifying, and the Japanese army was defeated, and the Russian Empire was not even as good as Japan back then, so it was not the opponent of the army of the Lanfang Kingdom, so he was unmoved, but insisted that they had a war in the northeast, which had nothing to do with the Great Qing Kingdom, and the Great Qing Kingdom couldn't manage it if it wanted to; Now the Great Qing Dynasty has gone to Jinzhou from Chen Bingshan Customs, as long as we do not attack the west of Jinzhou and fight to the death in the three northeastern provinces, we will not interfere with the Qing Dynasty, just like in the Russo-Japanese War.

Seeing that the Great Qing State did not accept their threat, Russia had to find another way; Besides, the Great Qing Kingdom is indeed powerless to interfere in the war between Japan and the Lanfang Kingdom in the Northeast now, and when the Russo-Japanese War took place in the Northeast, the Great Qing Dynasty was powerless to intervene, and now it is even more powerless.

In the end, the commander of the Far Eastern Military District really came up with a plan to support the Korean prince in exile in Russia, help form the Korean army, and prepare to intervene in Korean affairs by force. After all, Vladivostok is too close to North Korea, and it is really convenient to interfere, even if the Korean army led by these princes does not defeat the Lanfang Kingdom, it is also necessary to disgust them, and they also occupy morality and gain a little reputation for the Russian Empire

At the same time, the tsar of the Russian Empire also approved the application of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Japanese army and Japanese expatriates in the Great Qing Kingdom to take refuge in Russia, and these Japanese must accept Russia's arrangements when they arrive in Russia, and then they will become lambs to the slaughter in the hands of Russia, wealth and so on will eventually fall into the hands of Russia, and Japanese soldiers will become sharp blades in the hands of Russia.

In order to alleviate the pressure on Japan's main state, Russia also actively contacted the United States, Britain, France, and other countries to strongly condemn the blockade of Japan by the Lanfang Kingdom, which seriously affected the normal trade in East Asia.

Hua Guoqiang replied to Chekovsky, the United States, Russia and Germany unanimously supported the Lanfang Kingdom to strike at Japan, the most unstable factor in East Asia, and now that the war is halfway through, let the Lanfang Kingdom end the war, so didn't the soldiers of the Lanfang Kingdom die in vain? Who pays for the war? Who has had the greatest impact on Japan's resurgence? At that time, Japan will definitely not dare to attack the Lanfang Kingdom, their way to the south has been blocked, and they can only go north, and you Russia will suffer the most, so now is the best opportunity to weaken Japan's strength, and I hope that Russia will also join the attack on Japan, otherwise Russia will regret it.

Chekovsky did not accept Hua Guoqiang's divisive plan, he still hoped that the Lanfang Kingdom and Japan would lose both, and they provided weapons to Japan to fight the Lanfang Kingdom, and when the war was over, no matter whether Japan won or lost, Japan had no strength to have a war with Russia.

And it is very difficult for Britain to do it at this time, if the Lanfang Kingdom is defeated at this time, then the interests of the Far East will fall into the hands of Russia, and the Far East is the monopoly of the Russian Empire, and Japan can no longer suppress Russia's expansion to the east, which is very inconsistent with Britain's continental balance policy. It is in the interests of the British Empire to provoke a dispute between Russia and the kingdom of Lanfang, preferably in the event of a war.

France and Russia are allies, he neither wants Russia to expand its interests in the Far East, nor does he want Russia to lose too much in the Far East, he still hopes that Russia will focus on Europe, after all, Europe is their foundation, and Russia must be suppressed the rise of Germany together with Britain and France, so France does not support Russia to send troops to the Far East, but it is very supportive of Russia's military support for Japan, so that Japan and the Lanfang Kingdom can have a good competition with Lushun and Seoul, and it is best to lose both, This is in the interests of several major powers.

For the United States, even if it is to save Japan now, it will not be able to become the opponent of the Lanfang Kingdom, if the Lanfang Kingdom retreats softly at this time, it will cheapen Russia, it is better to transfer the interests of Korea and the northeast of the Qing Dynasty to the Lanfang Kingdom, of course, the premise is that the Lanfang Kingdom can accept the open door policy and cannot threaten the interests of the United States in the Pacific region.

Hua Guoqiang of course readily agreed to the olive branches thrown by Britain, France, and the United States, but of course the specific implementation will be another matter after the fact.

Besides, without affecting the interests of Britain, France, the United States and other countries in the Far East, they are more willing to accept the interests of the Lanfang Kingdom to take over Korea and the northeast of the Qing Dynasty, after all, the economic policies of the Lanfang Kingdom benefit everyone.

For the strong military strength of the Lanfang Kingdom, forcing Britain, France and Russia to unite more firmly, the US government also wants to join this alliance, but the parliament will not approve it, which can be regarded as one of the sequelae of the war against Japan.

Several countries oppose Russia's dispatch of troops to the northeast, and Russia is not very disappointed, after all, it has made a lot of money by selling weapons, and if Japanese businessmen and others are transferred to Russia for refuge, then Russia's profits will be even greater.

After the Lanfang Kingdom pledged not to harm Russia's interests in the Far East, Russia ostensibly stopped aiding Japan and turned to covert support. (To be continued.) )