Gui Taro, the commander of the Third Division, who was clearly the commander of the reinforcements, but actually came to seize power and pick peaches, looked at the poisonous tongue who always liked to expose his scars in the past, you can fight, but Lao Tzu has connections!

Seeing that Shang Wen had already guessed that it was him, as the chief disciple of Youpeng's sect in Shan County, how could he let go of such a good opportunity? Youpeng in Shanxian County is not a public and selfless saint!

Katsura Taro is known for his bravery in Japan, but compared with Tachimi Naofumi, who is usually sharp and introverted and does not make a killing move at a critical moment, his bravery is more like a brute bravery, and when it goes well, it is okay, if he encounters a serious setback, Katsura Taro is easily hot-headed and loses his mind.

"If the Qing army is as weak as in the Battle of the Yalu River, he is indeed the most suitable candidate, but China is too big, and it is difficult to guarantee that there are not a few powerful people", immediately saw that Shangwen was faintly worried, and wanted to remind Katsura Taro a few words, but considering that the relationship between the two was bad and it might be worse if he said it, he swallowed it back

Katsura Taro parachuted in to pick peaches, which dealt a certain blow to the morale of the officers and soldiers of the Lijian detachment, but because the Qing army had no troops available in Jilin, the recruits who had been temporarily recruited would collapse when they heard the sound of artillery, and they simply sent the opponent's arms and grain and grass in vain

After leaving the Changbai Mountains and entering the Northeast Plain, the relatively cumbersome defect of the new steel cannon was no longer a serious problem, and the Third Division could use the captured fast artillery with confidence and boldness, and the heavy firepower suddenly increased several times, and the Qing army could not stop it

After the Battle of Ganghwa Bay, almost the whole world decided that Japan had completely lost hope of turning the tables, because the total destruction of the navy meant that it would be more difficult for the Japanese army to obtain supplies from the country in the future. But who would have thought that the Manchu Army would be so vulnerable, defeated again and again without a fight, and at the same time threw a large amount of military supplies to the Japanese, helping the Third Division to solve this big problem?

Moreover, unlike the problem in the history of the Japanese army, when a large number of personnel lost their combat effectiveness due to beriberi, the current Third Division could not eat domestic rice balls at all, and could only grab what to eat, and as a result, because they ate more vegetables and grains, and the coarser grains, those beriberi patients were cured one after another, and the combat strength of the Third Division increased by at least 50 percent

As a result, although the number of Japanese troops invading the Northeast was much smaller than in history, the Qing army still couldn't resist it, which made Li Hui, who had been paying attention to the situation in the Northeast, not know what to say.

"But after all, there is only one division, even if it is strengthened, it should not exceed 20,000 people now, and it is fighting far from the rear, and the supply can be solved by capture and looting, but there is no way to replenish the troops. As long as the elite troops who returned from North Korea are replenished and repaired, plus a few other troops with some combat effectiveness, they should still be able to stop it. But as soon as my side moves, the hearts of the front-line soldiers are shaken, so it's hard to say", Li Hui sighed, but he had to stab him in the back

After the victory of the naval battle of Jianghua Bay, it was no longer possible for Japan to land in Shandong, and the war situation in Northeast China deteriorated rapidly, and the Qing court naturally thought of transferring men and horses from Shandong, so that Li Hui's counterattack could not continue to cover up no matter what, and he could only strike first, even if he could not raise the flag at this time to oppose the Qing army that was still resisting foreign enemies, Li Hui had no other choice.

"Fortunately, there is only one devil division, and the supplies can't keep up, even if the Qing army can't resist it, I can take care of it together while destroying the Qing army, so that they won't harm too many people. If there were two armies, as in history, the pressure would be too great, and victory in naval battles would indeed be crucial! Li Hui's self-confidence is not created out of thin air, but is completely based on the further strengthening of the base area.

By the end of May 1895, there were three cavalry brigades and six infantry brigades in the base area, and the total strength of the standing army alone exceeded 70,000. Although the shadow force system cannot play a role for the time being because of the recent expansion, the current strength alone is enough to easily sweep the entire Shandong.

Of course, strictly speaking, a considerable part of these 70,000 people are far from being trained, but isn't the Qing army also full of a large number of recruits and rookies? Considering that the training efficiency of the biochemical instructors is far higher than that of the Qing army, the combat effectiveness of Li Hui's side is definitely only strong and not weak.

What's more, Li Hui's troops also have an absolute advantage in weapons and equipment, with 1,500 heavy machine guns, 100 machine guns, 300 75mm field guns, and more than 50,000 Jiawu-style rifles.

Facts have also proved this, within a day, the base area has actually become "isolated islands" in those counties have been conquered by the rebels, because they have long known that it is powerful, the Qing army and the government officials in the county town only symbolically resisted a little and surrendered, the casualties of the rebel army were only single digits, but captured a hundred times as many prisoners of war

However, in the process of building and expanding the base areas, most of the big landlords who had the strength to pull the pole were suppressed directly in the countryside, and even if they were lucky enough to flee into the county seat, their financial resources were greatly reduced due to the loss of their land, and even if they could barely raise the "return to their hometowns," their strength would not be much stronger, and it was no longer possible to pose any threat to the rebel army.

Besides, with the backward organizational model of regimental training and armament, they can't cope with the high-precision sniper tactics based on the Jiawu-style rifle alone, as long as they defeat the leader, they will collapse instantly, even if there are more people, it is still meaningless

On the first day of the uprising, it succeeded in taking not only ten ordinary county towns, but also did not spend much effort on the rebel army, although there were eight battalions of Qing troops stationed, but four of the battalions were artillery, and there was also a situation of empty salaries, and the available infantry was only about 3,000 people, and the rebel army only dispatched an infantry brigade, which easily crushed their resistance.

Originally, the prefect He Minggao also thought about escaping from the sea, but Li Hui had already taken advantage of the opportunity to preside over the expansion project of Laizhou Port to control the dock area and completely block the road, He Minggao could only commit suicide in despair, he was the first Manchu prefect to die in the "Yiwei Revolution", but it would never be the last