The Qianmen incident has become a major event that shocked the international community, and it is only a kilometer away from the Consulate General in Yanjing, and the Wudao Cultural Exchange Group has killed six people and injured seven people on Qianmen East Street in Yanjing.

He said that the whole country was in an uproar, and angrily demanded that China shoot the perpetrators, demand that China ban the Chinese Guoshu Association, and make compensation and a public apology to him.

On 17 November, the two consulates general in Shanghai and Yanjing were completely withdrawn from China, all normal exchanges with China and economic and trade exchanges between the two sides were suspended.

As a means of coercion, the country finally began a formal military mobilization, expanding its military strength to 770,000 troops, declaring that if China did not apologize and pay compensation, it would declare war at all costs.

The situation is always so unpredictable, far more than anyone expected, it was thought that a large-scale military conflict would first break out on the Western Front, but now it seems that the Eastern Front is the most critical.

At present, it has expanded to 33 divisions and regiments, with a total of 18 main divisions, called Class A divisions and regiments, with an establishment of about 28,200 people, and 15 Division B divisions and regiments with an establishment of about 23,000 people.

Since the military system has been in place for nearly 20 years, it is not difficult to expand the force to such an extent in a short period of time.

With the opening of the railway from Yingkou to Pyongyang and Seoul, it is very likely that he will change his strategy and directly land in Korea to fight, but with China firmly in control of Jeju Island, this strategic policy is very risky.

There is no doubt that China will repeat its old tactics and quickly shrink its forces to the Pyongyang area.

Unlike 10 years ago, the DPRK army already has a certain combat strength, with two corps and a total of six divisions, of which three main integrated divisions are concentrated in Pyongyang, and the fortifications around Pyongyang are very solid.

As long as the Ben attacked Pyongyang, the Cheongxu Corps would go south to support and try its best to intercept the opponent's offensive in the Pyongyang area.

Will Ben attack North Korea?

Is this really a question?

In the past few days, Hu Chuyuan has convened a number of joint meetings of the army, and through the intelligence networks of the State Intelligence Administration's sub-bureau in the country, the Jiangnan Translation Agency's secret office, and the China League, he has continuously collected military trends and analyzed the first link in which the state intelligence bureau is most likely to break through.

At the same time, Hu Chuyuan is also paying attention to the attitudes of France and Russia.

There is no doubt that France does not really want to enter the war, but it is only subject to the Entente agreement led by itself, and it has to formally declare war, and it is difficult to say how to fight and how much to contribute.

The Russians were eager to try and could not wait to continue to increase their military deployment on the Northwest Front, and since the Far Eastern Railway had already been laid in Manchuria, it was extremely likely that they would send troops from Manchuria to attack Harbin across the Great Khing'an Mountains.

Hu Chuyuan's judgment was very simple, if Ben had to attack North Korea, Jeju Island would be the first link they had to capture.

Jeju Island is currently part of China's territory and is the southernmost jurisdiction of the Beiyang Navy, and if it strikes from Jeju Island, the Beiyang Fleet can always easily attack the transport ships between Jeju and North Korea.

War is finally coming.

That night, Hu Chuyuan, Chen Shanyuan, Lu Guangquan, Lu Han, Lan Jianshu and others all gathered together again, and more and more information continued to confirm Hu Chuyuan's judgment that he was going to attack Jeju Island.

Prior to this, the Beiyang Fleet had strengthened its military deployment in the port of Jeju, stationing more than 20 defense ships and gunboats, closely relying on land batteries for stubborn defense, and Jeju County also had a naval division and land battalion of the Beiyang Fleet, with an establishment of more than 7,000 people.

The lights in the conference room were dim, and Hu Chuyuan sat in a big black chair, silently looking at all kinds of latest information.

There was a howling cold wind blowing outside the window, and yesterday, Yanjing finally had the first snow of the year, and it rained unhurriedly for two whole days, and it didn't stop for a moment.

After reading the information in his hand, Hu Chuyuan closed the information book, closed his eyes, pinched his forehead, and continued to think in his heart.

He was convinced that he would never wait for a formal declaration of war, and that such insidious tactical speculators would definitely choose a surprise declaration of war, and that they would do their best to inflict great damage on China in the first battle.

The key is that the number of small ships is very large, and the naval ideology is also defense first, based on the use of the excellent port conditions for coastal defense.

Under such circumstances, it is a bit difficult to storm the Jeju Military Port, which the Beiyang Navy has painstakingly operated for ten years.

The war has finally come.

Although Hu Chuyuan has been preparing for this for a long time and has waited for a long time, he is still extremely nervous when the war is really coming.

All the data is only on paper, and these data can change dramatically and suddenly at any moment, so no one can predict the outcome of the war until it really starts.

In the Battle of Chibi, how could Cao Ying have predicted that he would lose?

It doesn't make sense, you shouldn't lose at all?

However, there are always surprises in history.

He couldn't figure out the first step that could have been taken, and others couldn't figure it out either, everyone had their own opinions, but no one could be sure.

Chen Shanyuan couldn't help but be a little anxious, so he said to Hu Chuyuan: "Prime Minister, let's go out and attack Yueben directly, let's raid their Nagasaki military port first." ”

Lu Han's eyes lit up, and he said: "This is a good way, let's take the initiative in our own hands." ”

Hu Chuyuan thought about it seriously, and then waved his hand and said: "The strategic advantage that can be obtained by attacking Nagasaki is not great, but it is not good for us to have the deployment of troops and supply lines across the long sea area. What's more, the will of the people is more important than everything else, and the people of the country are used to stability and comfort, so we have to be beaten first to provoke everyone, and only then will it be beneficial for us to follow the original plan...... Concentrate all your forces to crush your opponents. ”

Lu Guangquan bowed slightly, and said approvingly: "Yes, the Prime Minister is right, what we want is not a small victory." If it's just a small win, we're really losing money. ”

Those who can sit here are very clear about domestic military secrets, and the research and development and accumulation of military technology in China have actually surpassed that of Russia and France.

If we do not make good use of the generational advantage in the past few years, once the opponent has the corresponding new technology and equipment, and the war really starts again, China may not be able to win the victory against the Entente.

Everyone was thinking about something, and there was silence in the room.

Anxiously waiting.

There is a feeling of grievance spreading, and even a feeling of sitting still, which makes people feel helpless.

Hu Chuyuan is still holding his mind, yes, for the sake of longer-term plans and goals, sometimes he must learn to be patient, and only by mobilizing the anger of the entire people can he complete his vision and a larger plan.

This kind of waiting is also spreading in various military bases in the country, and everyone is carefully preparing for war, just in case, and the most annoying is undoubtedly the Beiyang Fleet in Jeju Detachment.

Boom.

The door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open, and Sun Zongyuan's expression suddenly appeared in front of everyone's eyes with a shocked expression, he was holding a telegram in his hand, and the whole person looked extremely surprised.

Everyone's minds were tense.

"Your Excellency, ......!"

Sun Zongyuan looked at Hu Chuyuan in surprise, and after a few seconds continued: "It is said that this attack on the Ryukyu Oshima...... Zhang Xiluan was in a hurry!! ”

What the?

Hu Chuyuan asked himself in surprise in his heart, how is it possible, what is this doing when he attacks the Ryukyu Islands?

Among the four old corps in China, the Fujian and Zhejiang Corps is the only unit that is likely not to participate in the war for a long time, although it has three divisions, its combat effectiveness is absolutely not bad, not to mention, Ye Bojun is in Keelung, and the strength of the Pacific Fleet is even stronger, and it can organize a large-scale counterattack at any time.

"How many troops does Ben have?" Lu Guangquan asked eagerly.

Sun Zongyuan handed the telegram to Hu Chuyuan and replied: "There are about 40,000 people in Ben, and it is estimated that two divisions and regiments are cooperating with the navy to carry out landing operations. The naval force of the company was also relatively strong, and it was difficult for our troops stationed at the port of Mt. Oshima in the Ryukyus to prevent the opponent from forcibly landing. ”

Chen Shanyuan was greatly surprised, and said, "How can this be, the troops that have been assembled in Nagasaki have not been dispatched...... Could it be the Tokyo headquarters, or the military power of Kobe? ”

Hu Chuyuan thought for a while and said, "It should be the Yokohama Headquarters Fleet...... There were six of the strongest light second-class battleships there, and if they attacked the island of Ryukyu Oshima, they would inevitably use these forces. How many ships do we have in the detachment deployed in Yuntian Bay? ”

Lu Han, who was the Minister of the Navy, knew these things best, and immediately replied: "The Sixth Detachment deployed by the Pacific Fleet in Yuntian Bay has two cruisers, four frigates, and two destroyers, as well as six small gunboats and two torpedo ships...... However, the ship model is relatively old in China, and it has not been updated in recent years. ”

"Hmm!"

Hu Chuyuan didn't say anything, he knew very well that with Yu Ben's ability, whether it was a surprise attack on Jeju Island or Ryukyu Island, he could basically attack it by force.

In order to avoid suffering heavy losses in actual combat strength in the first wave of raids, the front line is not the key and key point in domestic military deployment.

Of course, the Ryukyu Islands are very important, Hu Chuyuan just didn't take into account that he would have raided here, which is completely unreasonable!

He thought about it in his mind, and there was only one conclusion after thinking about it...... He said that he planned to attack Taiwan and use Taiwan as a springboard to directly threaten the economic powerhouses of China's southeast coast.

Only in this way, and only by doing so, can China avoid a reintroduction to a persistent strategy.

The key problem is that the Navy is not capable of doing this.

In a decisive battle between Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands, the core force can only be the navy, and what can the navy do alone?

Could it be that they are using the Ryukyu Islands issue to share the defensive pressure in the Beiyang region?

Hu Chuyuan didn't believe it.

They didn't want to do that, their goal was direct...... It is to directly attack the economic powerhouses of China's southeast coast and force China to make concessions.

Just when Hu Chuyuan couldn't figure it out, Zhang Jing, the consul general of the Privy Council, Gu Jiaxiang, hurriedly walked in again, he also took a telegram, and said to Hu Chuyuan and others when he entered the door: "First of all, my lord...... Ladies and gentlemen, Ben has declared war! ”

It's weird.

Hearing this, Hu Chuyuan not only did not get angry, but breathed a sigh of relief.

In this era, there can only be one life, one death, one prosperity, and one decline, and one climbs to the position of a world power by stepping on the corpse of the other.

This is a historical necessity.

Before, the Chinese did not understand this truth, but now, the Chinese understand.

Hu Chuyuan got up silently and took the telegram in Gu Jiaxiang's hand and glanced at it roughly.

Looking at the message, his heart was very bizarre and complicated, there was some ** spicy tension and congestion in his mind, but his thoughts were unusually calm, he sneered, snorted, sighed, and then sneered weirdly.

After a long while, he seemed to be relieved, and then he raised his eyes to look at everyone present, and said, "Since the war has begun...... Or rather, the war ended up...... So, it's up to us to decide how to fight. ”

After saying this, he folded the message, gave it to Gu Jiaxiang again, and instructed: "Send it to the whole country." ”

On this day, Hu Chuyuan waited for a long time.

Until this moment, he still couldn't say whether China would be able to achieve the final victory, but he knew ...... If China does win, it will be a tragedy for the world.

An unprecedented tragedy.

If China really wins, no country in this world will dare to challenge China.

Whether it's Britain, the United States, Germany, or the Soviet Union.

In fact, China can either say "no" in a deep voice or softly...... I'm sorry to invade you!

(To be continued)