Because of the intervention of the Seris Navy, most of the soldiers and civilians in Lushun, who should have been slaughtered by the Japanese army, survived in the end.

Not to mention the "amazed attitude" of the Japanese towards the sudden appearance of the Seris naval fleet off the coast of Arthur, at the same time, the news about the atrocities of the Japanese army in the city of Arthur in the Qing Dynasty also filled the world's public opinion media in an instant.

On September 26, the British newspaper The Times was the first to reprint the news of the Seris newspaper, which published the news of the atrocities committed by Japan," ...... The beheaded, the beheaded, the beheaded, the breast-pierced, the abdomen-broken...... The sea in Lushun was all stained red with blood...... Along the way, there were the cries and screams of the Qing people...... The ground was covered with a blur of flesh and blood, and the stumps were severed......"

The news caused great repercussions in Seris and Western society, especially the British people, who were already dissatisfied with the sinking of their country's "Gao Sheng" by Japanese ships, were completely angered by the atrocities of the Japanese at this time. Popular demonstrations were everywhere throughout the British Isles, and a proposal for the Far East Fleet to punish the Japanese began to be discussed in the British House.

Perhaps the Japanese government's crisis public relations have really done a good job, and within a few days, these incidents in the UK have gradually subsided until October 2.

An anonymous letter was abruptly sent to the Times in London, England......

The next day, October 3, the Times suddenly published a news article "British *** parliamentarian accepts bribes from the Japanese legation". People everywhere thought of the "Gao Sheng" and the Lushun atrocities that were suddenly suppressed by the government, and they were immediately furious, and the people were boiling. The popular demonstrations that had been quelled have once again been set off across the United Kingdom, and the scale is even greater!

On 11 October, a British Far East squadron of nine warships made a surprise visit to Yokosuka, Tokyo, Japan.

Fleet Commander Ferryman, who was accompanying the ship, strongly demanded that the Japanese government officials who rushed to receive him be held accountable for the "Takasho incident" and demanded the arrest of Kawahara Yoichi, the captain of the Japanese ship "Yoshino," who had ordered the firing of the gun.

But what made the commander of the Ferriman fleet dumbfounded was that all the officers and men of the Japanese "Yoshino" ship, including the captain of the ship, Kawara Yoichi, were actually shattered in the Inchon naval battle with the Qing fleet.

At first, Feriman didn't understand the meaning of the jade shatter, and when he learned the news that Kawahara had been killed, Ferriman felt embarrassed.

The unwilling commander of the Far Eastern Fleet then demanded compensation from the Japanese government, but was rejected by the commander of the Combined Fleet, Heihachiro Togo (Ito Yuhei was killed).

"Although Kawara, the captain of the 'Yoshino,' ordered the shelling of your 'Gao Sheng' on the spur of the moment, it has proved that his actions are also justified, and according to our personnel's investigation, it was the Qing escort ships that took the lead in attacking our fleet."

Phileman looked at Dongxiang in front of him with contempt, "You are completely quibbling, the Qing State escorted a 'Guangyi' ship at that time, and the ship was light and weak. Do you think that under such circumstances, it will take the initiative to attack a powerful detachment composed of the latest Japanese naval warships? Moreover, after the incident, the Japanese side did not rescue any of the ship's soldiers and sailors, and in doing so, it is simply discrediting the naval circles of various countries, you are committing a crime! ”

The two sides eventually broke up, and although at the request of the British government, Ferriman eventually returned to Hong Kong with the fleet, but the seeds of discord between the two sides had already been planted.

On October 15, Britain unilaterally announced that it would escort all its own merchant ships in East Asia, essentially abandoning the neutrality it had held since the Sino-Japanese War.

The Japanese government was shocked when it learned of this, and immediately asked its minister to the United Kingdom, Kentaro Aoki, to submit a letter of protest to the British government and ask the British government to retract the decision, but the British government refused.

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South Seas, Republic of Seris

"The people in the intelligence department are doing a good job," Chen Zeyu stood up, took the telegram from Cao Jiaxiang, vice minister of security, and walked to the map to observe.

"Thank you Führer for the compliment!"

"Hmmm! Let them keep up the work and keep following up. Strive to get the British fully involved as soon as possible! …… By the way, how is the tsunami project completed? ”

"Just about to report to the Führer! The first batch of agents trained by the Military Intelligence Agency have successfully landed in Hainan, Taiwan, Guangdong and other places in the Qing Kingdom, and now they are waiting for the actions of the other parties! ”

"Good! Don't forget to send a batch on Jeju Island in the north to give the landing force a good front stop! ”

"Yes, Führer! Noted down! ”

Just as Chen Zeyu was arranging the military operations of the Republic, the situation of the war between Japan in Liaodong and Korea gradually changed.

In the Liaodong Battlefield, after the Seris fleet retreated from the Arthur Sea that day, the Japanese army continued to attack the deep area of Liaodong after replenishing a group of troops and supplies recently.

After spending some time clearing the Qing troops in Liaodong, Dashanyan continued to lead his troops in the direction of the Yalu River, preparing to flank the Qing defenders along the Yalu River with his own troops stationed in Korea.

According to Da Yanshan's prediction, his actions should naturally be echoed by the Youpeng army stationed in Chaoshan County, and the Qing army will immediately retreat after being attacked by the enemy.

But to Dashanyan's surprise, since October 24, when his troops arrived at the position of the Qing army along the Yalu River, they have been met with stubborn resistance from this Qing army. There was no news of the originally expected reinforcements, and as of the 29th, the Japanese army Oyama Iwabe was still unable to succeed after dozens of consecutive charges and attacks at the Jiuliancheng position.

After resting for several days, the Japanese troops in Oyama Iwabe, who had suffered heavy casualties, again launched an attack on the Qing positions at Jiulian Castle on November 4.

This attack was unexpected by the Japanese commander Oyama Yan, and the troops attacked very smoothly, and all the positions in Jiulian City were conquered by noon that day.

But what surprised him was that most of the Qing army originally stationed here had already retreated!

According to the news of several local captured civilians, this Huai army led by Liu Mingchuan, a veteran general of the Qing Dynasty, has retreated to Shanhaiguan in the west. Dashanyan couldn't help but be very annoyed after learning the news, feeling that his caution had caused the troops to miss a good opportunity to conquer Shanhaiguan.

On November 5, just as the commander of the Japanese First Army, Dashan Yan, was still in Jiulian City and considering his next move, a piece of news from the Korean war situation immediately stunned him.

Pyongyang actually fell!

How is it possible, after the Japanese army, which had made up its mind to find out, left a part to garrison Liaodong, most of the remaining troops immediately set up pontoon bridges along the Yalu River and headed south.

Along the way, the troops have been sniped by Qing troops from all over the country, but fortunately, the opponent's troops are not strong, and one of them has been annihilated by their own side.

On November 20, the Japanese army of Daesen Iwabe finally arrived at the city of Pyongyang, North Korea.

There is really the Yellow Dragon Banner of the Qing Kingdom hanging on the head of the city! Enraged, Daesan Am immediately ordered his troops to launch an assault on Pyongyang City.

At this time, after gathering the strength of another division in the early stage, the Japanese army in the Dashan Iwasho had more than 13,000 troops and 78 mountain artillery, which was extremely strong.

And the Qing army on the opposite side of the city that was fighting against the Japanese army of Dashan Iwabe was Ye Zhichao, who was heading south from Anzhou that day!

Ye Zhichao didn't know what shit luck he had, since he went south that day, he found that the Japanese army had retreated all the way. In this way, after Ye Zhichao supplemented some of the reinforcements given by Marshal Liu Mingchuan, he led his troops along the way to recover all the territory of northern Korea without much effort, and planted the Shuai flag all the way to the head of Pyongyang.

It wasn't until later, after many investigations, that Ye Zhichao knew that there was a problem with the back road of the Japanese army, so he made a big bargain.

Because of the "huge" military exploits, Ye Zhichao was also rewarded by the imperial court, and Ye Zhichao's face was almost crooked when he received the telegram from the imperial court that day.

Ye Zhichao, who was extremely confident, was thinking about when to drive the Japanese army in Korea into the sea in one go, when the sudden offensive from the north immediately interrupted his illusion.

After receiving the telegram from the front, Ye Zhichao figured out that Liaodong was actually lost!

The troops of the old general Liu Mingchuan, who were originally stationed in the Yalu River, also withdrew at once, and all of them ran back to Shanhaiguan.

"Lord Ye! The court told us that there was no way to support us by sea, so we asked our troops to hold on and wait for help! ”

Ye Zhichao was stunned by these news in a short period of time, "Our army is surrounded by two Japanese legions in this way!" ”

"How's that going now?"

"Could it be that I really want to die a heroic martyr?"

Ye Zhichao, who had a hot head, made up his mind in an instant......