In the early spring of April, it was another good day, and there was nothing to do in person, except for the busy crackdown at the beginning of the month.

As a result, Wang Bin only cared about the progress of the infantry and artillery coordination every day throughout April, as well as about some things at home and abroad and the progress of the Russo-Japanese War.

So on weekdays, Wang Bin is naturally very comfortable, such as going to the city this morning, and then going to the suburbs in the afternoon to see the scenery or go fishing, in short, this kind of life now makes Wang Bin feel that this is the way of life he should have, and he doesn't have to think about anything that annoys him, he should play, eat, drink, this is a great joy in life.

Just like now, Wang Bin moved a chair and sat in the courtyard, with his hands on both sides, some fruits on one side, and a stone table in front of him, on which were placed some documents and some sorted out messages sent by the people below.

However, Wang Bin can only relax this month, because since the beginning of May, many things have been piled up together, which makes Wang Bin really tired.

In April, the British army first invaded Tibet, and the British army leaders Younghusband and MacDonald led 3,000 people to launch a large-scale invasion of Tibet from the Yadong and Pali lines.

Wang Bin expressed great concern about what happened, when the British army advanced to Gyantse, the Tibetan local government sent 1,000 Tibetan troops to intercept it, and the two sides fought in Qumisingu, south of Gyantse, the Tibetan army was heavily damaged, and four Tibetan officials including Latinse Daiben were shot dead, and the British army invaded and occupied Houzang, and Gyantse fell.

At this time, Wang Bin's heart was a little angry, when his land was invaded, the Qing court did not react at the first time.

Until May, the Tibetan army and people launched a counteroffensive, and the Tibetan army and people launched a counteroffensive, gathering all the way to the Carola Mountains east of Gyantse, which not only contained the main force of the British army, but also cut off the rear route of the British army; The other way attacked the base camp of the British army, broke into Gyantse, broke through the fortress of Gyantse, and surrounded all the British troops left in Gyantse, including Younghusband Peng, so as to gain the initiative in the Gyantse position.

As for the Russo-Japanese War in the Far East, the situation was not so good.

While Russia and Japan were vying for sea supremacy during the war, the Japanese Army also began to land.

On March 21, 1904, the 1st Army (about 30,000 men, more than 100 guns, commanded by General Kuroki Haejeong) first landed and advanced north at the Korean town of Nampo.

In mid-April 1904, the Japanese army reached the left bank of the Yalu River without encountering any resistance.

On the night of April 30, 1904, the Japanese launched an offensive in an attempt to detour the left flank of the Russian army.

On May 1, 1904, the two sides fought fiercely in Jiulian City.

The Russian army temporarily withstood the Japanese attack with artillery fire and counter-assault.

However, the Japanese had an advantage in terms of strength, and their artillery was fired from a concealed position, which immediately suppressed the Russian artillery fire.

Fearing encirclement, Zasulich then ordered a retreat to Liaoyang, and the 11th Infantry Regiment of Eastern Siberia was encircled by superior Japanese forces, and broke through the siege with heavy casualties.

This is the first defeat of the Russian army in a ground operation.

And the retreat of Zasulich's troops also opened the door for the Japanese army to enter the northeast.

Immediately afterwards, the 1st Army marched out of the Phoenix area and prepared to march in the direction of Liaoyang.

Unlike the Army, during this time, the Tsarist Russian Navy in Arthur still had something to do.

In early March 1904, after the arrival of the new commander of the Russian Pacific Fleet, Stepan Osipovi Makarov, a series of urgent measures were taken to strengthen the operations of the Arthur fleet.

First of all, he decided to lay mines in the coastal areas of the Liaodong Peninsula to prevent the Japanese army from landing and threatening the Lushun base from behind, and at the same time improve the defense of the port of Arthur, step up the repair of damaged ships, often send fleets to the sea for activities, and strengthen combat readiness training.

In addition, he ordered the Vladivostok fleet to actively attack the Japanese sea lines of communication in the Sea of Japan in order to distract the Japanese pressure on Arthur.

For a while, the situation at sea was somewhat better.

His measures seemed to inject a shot of strength into the Tsarist Arthur fortress, and in just a few weeks, it had a miraculous effect, completely restoring the morale of the Russian army and reversing the situation of passive response.

From 22 March, he led his fleet several times to repel Japanese attacks. Since April 11, we have taken the initiative to attack instead of passive defense in the past.

The commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet seized the Russian army's eagerness to attack in order to turn the tide of the war, and dispatched warships to secretly lay mines outside Port Arthur late at night on 12 April, and at dawn the next day, he sent warships of the Third Fleet to lure the enemy outside Port Arthur.

At that time, the Russian destroyer was returning from an overseas activity and was besieged by Japanese destroyers.

Makarov hurriedly sent the ship "Bayan" to the rescue, but was besieged by the warships of the Japanese Third Fleet.

As a result, Makarov personally led the fleet out of the harbor to meet the battle, and rose up to chase the retreating Japanese ships.

When he found that the main fleet of the Japanese army was already in formation, he immediately made a decision and ordered all ships to return to the sea.

On the way back, the armored ship "Petropavrovsk" on which he was seated unfortunately touched a mine, causing a continuous explosion of mines, the main boiler, and the ammunition compartment on the ship, and then sank into the water.

The hope of the Russian fleet, the hope of the Russians, the commander of the Far Eastern Fleet, Makarov, who had just taken office, was killed by a mine.

It looks like God has forgotten about the Russians.

After Makarov was killed by a mine on his warship on the way back to base, the new commander, Witheft, took no longer active action.

At this point, the situation that Makarov had painstakingly opened up on the sea was burned, and Withoeft ceded the advantages regained by his predecessor to the Japanese, and laid the groundwork for the later destruction of the Pacific Fleet.

However, Makarov still did something that he had never done before when he was the commander of the Pacific Fleet, and Wang Bin had said to Vladimir with deep meaning that he was very optimistic about the 203 Heights, and Vladimir couldn't think of the meaning of this sentence after listening to Wang Bin's words, so after this sentence reached Makarov's ears, Makarov was interested in the 203 Heights.

So Makarov took the time to go to the 203 Heights located in the northwest of Lushun Shibanqiao Village and found that this was an excellent artillery firing location, once the Japanese occupied the 203 Heights, the Japanese troops could bombard the Russian ships in the port and the Russian military facilities in the urban area with heavy artillery from the 203 Heights.

Therefore, at Makarov's suggestion, the Russian army in Arthur strengthened the garrison and firepower of the 203 heights.

If the Japanese want to take the 203 heights, they are afraid that they will have to pay a greater price.

It's just that Wang Bin can't live this kind of life for a long time, how good it would be if he could make the years quiet, Wang Bin, who was busy after experiencing comfort, thought in his heart.