Pacific Freight Company, Ryukyu Shipping Company, China Merchants Steamship Company...... All the shipping ships in the Qing Dynasty marched to the Bohai Sea. The 1st Marine Division is assembled in Dalian, the 2nd Marine Division is assembled in Weihai, the 1st Independent Artillery Division is assembled in Dagu, the 2nd Independent Artillery Division is assembled in Shanghai, the 3rd Army Division stationed in Mukden is loading, the 8th Division stationed in Jiangning is loading, the 11th Division stationed in Taiwan is assembling in Keelung, the Ryukyu Division is assembling in Naha, the three Korean divisions are assembling in Busan, and the only regiment of the Pontianak Chinese Autonomous Army in Nanyang has been loaded and rushed north......

Because Japan refused to compensate the Qing State for the six warships, the Qing State mobilized 100,000 troops, including the vassal ** team, to kill the Japanese mainland. When the news came, the purpose of the Qing Dynasty's large-scale looting along the coast of Japan in the First Sino-Japanese Year was still vivid, and the entire Japanese people panicked, and in order to escape the flames of war, they abandoned their newly built homes along the coast and fled to the interior one after another.

No matter what Ogne said, neither Tang Shaoyi nor Li Hongzhang showed that they were helpless, just because the emperor did not allow it.

"I remembered that God had the virtue of a good life, and I could not bear to ask for reparations, so that the Japanese people were displaced by excessive taxes. Therefore, it was only proposed that Japan should use its existing goods to pay the compensation. I don't want Japan to ignore the grace of the kingdom and openly refuse to give orders, if it is not severely punished. Where does my heavenly kingdom have face? For Ogne's persuasion, Guangxu was furious.

Ogna was dizzy. His Majesty the Qing Emperor, who has always been pragmatic, since when did he start to pay attention to face again? He didn't even want a penny of reparations, as long as the Japanese emperor danced in front of him? This is similar to that of the Qianlong Emperor at that time. Okay, okay. Perhaps the Qing Kingdom, which had won many wars, thought that it had gotten rid of its backwardness and wanted to regain the so-called dignity of the so-called Celestial Empire. If the Japanese emperor really agreed to come, wouldn't the Qing Dynasty be able to reap any benefits. Wu Deren, who had returned to Beijing to attend the coordination meeting of the services of the General Staff Headquarters, was greatly dissatisfied.

"You're right, you're a brute." Guangxu despised Wu Deren fiercely: "Can Meiji dance?" No matter how well he dances, I won't be satisfied. Does the king of the lower kingdom want to appease the anger of the emperor of the lower kingdom? If you want to quell the wrath of the thunder, you need to get some warships and open some treaty ports. Tribute is rare, give some real money or something, so that I can calm the wrath of thunder. Guangxu's eyes widened: "At that time, what did you want or a sentence from the Qing Dynasty, anyway, Meiji agreed, and even foreigners had nothing to say at that time." ”

Then it dawned on everyone. Wu Deren said happily: "Your Majesty, you are too bad. ”

Li Hongzhang returned home without saying a word, and Li Julian, who was raising confinement at home, came to greet him but was scolded inexplicably. Li Hongzhang, who had finished scolding, locked himself in the study alone and sulked, who would have thought that in the face of Wu Deren and laughing and scolding, the emperor did not think that he was angry but happy. What do you mean by a thank you compliment? The generals of the army praised this statement. also said that they wanted to learn from the emperor. It really deserves to be the army brought out by the emperor. But this kind of discriminate disposition and shamelessness makes Li Hongzhang and other old ministers who have received old-style cultural education unacceptable. Maybe that's what diplomacy is all about?!

Before the Qing cargo ships and cruise ships could be filled with troops, Germany suddenly declared war on Japan. The reason is simple, the Japanese killed the Germans in Japan. Kaiser Wilhelm II believed that Japan was provoking the Germans in the face of an imminent attack by the Qing Dynasty. This was a provocation against the German Reich. Therefore, Germany did not accept Japanese reparations, and wanted to use the war to tell Japan that the majesty of the German Empire could not be desecrated. That day. The German Far East Fleet, which was stationed in Mirs Bay, took all a division of the German Far East Army that had been loaded to the ship, and slaughtered Japan.

Britain was shocked, the United States was shocked, France was shocked...... The world was in an uproar. Of course, there was only an uproar.

Everyone knows that this was deliberately done by Germany, otherwise you would have declared war on Japan today. Your army has already loaded the ship? Even if there is such a thing as an excuse to go to war, any country will do it. It's just that you can't fake it.

"Both cousins are insane." British Prime Minister Salisbury angrily threw off his cup and roared in front of cabinet ministers to inflict the most cruel curses on the two cousins, the Russian Emperor and the German Kaiser.

Britain's basic national policy was regional balance, and for this purpose, Britain resold the warships ordered by the Qing to Japan in the form of loans, and Japan, which was rearmed with the United States, France, Italy, Austria and other countries, was almost completely wiped out by the Qing in World War I with a weak fleet. As a result, Britain would not be able to recover its loans to Japan, and at the same time lose its vested interests in the Qing Dynasty, so Salisbury, as prime minister, was questioned by the cabinet and threatened to impeach him from power.

It was when Salisbury, who was full of money, was scrambling to prepare for the impeachment of the cabinet that Russia announced its shipbuilding plan and Germany officially declared war on Japan. Don't look at his face now full of worries about the country and the people, in fact, Salisbury's heart is happy, which gives him a chance to keep the position of prime minister.

The British are proud, because the navy that is all over the world makes it necessary for the whole world to act according to the British face, and everything is fine. But since the first war between the Qing Dynasty and Japan, there have been people who have constantly challenged the dignity of the British Empire. First of all, the Russians, who openly attacked the Qing in an attempt to occupy the northeastern part of the Qing country, and then the Japanese tried to cooperate with the Russians despite the warnings of the British Empire, and finally were taught a lesson by the Qing people. Then there was Germany, who forced the Qing to lease ports. Then, taking advantage of the contradiction between the British and Qing Dynasty in the direction of Japan, he won the right to build the Huxiangqian Road of the Qing Dynasty, which should have been built by the British. Then came the German Naval Act, which was to form a high seas fleet to provoke the maritime supremacy of the British Empire. Now the Russians are here again, and they have even crazier naval plans. So Germany went one step further, and they wanted to compete with the British Empire for hegemony in the Far East. If the British Empire does not react again. Then the whole world will look down on Britain.

The loss of interests can be slowly compensated, but the dignity of the empire is more important. As a result, Germany and Russia diverted their cabinet dissatisfaction with the prime minister, and the cabinet demanded that the prime minister must come up with a practical way to protect the dignity of the empire.

The British Empire had another fundamental national policy. That is, the size of the British Royal Navy is larger than the combined navy of the second and third countries in the world. Salisbury persuaded the Cabinet to finance the construction of four Majestic-class battleships and eight cruisers on the same day, but the timing of construction would not be determined until Fisher returned from the Far East. In addition, a telegram was sent to the British Minister to China, Ogne.

"No problem." Tang Shaoyi handed the documents back to Ogne: "Lushun is the home port of the Chinese Navy, and all kinds of materials are very complete. Your Far Eastern Fleet only needs to provide a list of needs, and the Qing Dynasty will have everything ready. Of course, there is a need to pay. ”

Qing Guo actually agreed to the British Far East Fleet, which was about to go north for training, to enter Port Arthur for resupply? Eugna was gone. In order to protect Japan's last interests, to force the Qing to stop military operations against Japan, and to put pressure on Germany, the British Congress ordered the Far East Fleet to set sail to the north to show force. At the same time, Ogne was asked to formally propose to the Qing State that the British Far East Fleet wanted to carry out Port Arthur for replenishment. The British have figured it out. They thought that the Qing would definitely refuse, and then proposed that as long as the Qing did not attack Japan, they could let Japan pay a certain amount of reparations, as long as the Far East Fleet could be resupplied in Dalian. After all, the target of the Far Eastern Fleet was not Qing but Germany. But didn't Port Arthur say that any ships of other countries and ordinary cargo ships of our own country were not allowed to approach? Why did they so generously agree to the entry of the British Far East Fleet this time, and what calculations did the Qing people make?

Eugene thought that he had misheard, so he once again emphasized: "What our Far Eastern Fleet needs is to enter Port Arthur for supplies, and your country really has no problem in this regard?" ”。

"No problem. As long as Britain pays for the necessary supplies. Tang Shaoyi also said seriously: "If you don't pay, it will definitely not work." After saying that, he laughed, but he didn't give the British any excuses and opportunities.

Where does the British know, because of the distance. Telegrams within Britain needed to be forwarded for the first time in the Suez Canal and then a second in Hong Kong to get to Beijing. However, the CIA had already intercepted the telegram in the Suez Canal, and the Qing court knew the content of the telegram before Ogne. Besides, since the construction of warships in Huludao, there have been fewer and fewer secrets about the construction of warships in Lushun. In fact, Lushun is more engaged in the maintenance and construction of small warships. Even so. The warship maintenance dock is also located at the West Pier in Port Arthur. The East Wharf is a transshipment terminal for materials and personnel, and there are basically no high-level secrets here except for the latest supply equipment and operating methods. And the equipment and methods of these supplies. It has long been spread out with the fleet of ships that are too far away to ship freight. Germany is now replicating this approach. And it was impossible for the British Far Eastern Fleet to enter the West Pier, so why refuse?

Ogne after thanking him. Hurrying back to the legation, he was to report the new situation back to China. The British would not have known that Germany's declaration of war on Japan was the result of the Qing instigation. Even that innocent German was killed by Qing spies. Even Qingde has already negotiated the division of forces, the Qing country wants Hokkaido, and Germany wants Kyushu Island. The main island was reserved for Britain and the United States, and they originally wanted to use Shikoku Island to bring France in, but the French hesitated and did not agree.

As a result, the first batch of attacking troops totaling more than 40,000 men of the 1st Marine Division, the 2nd Artillery Division, the Ryukyu Division, the 3 Korean Divisions, and the Pontianak Regiment of the Qing State set out from Lushun on 20 September under the escort of the Second Task Force of the Navy and marched towards Japan.

This unit, from the generals to the soldiers, has experienced war, and it must be the first wave of attacking troops, and they need to occupy a solid beachhead in one attack to show the power of the Qing army, so they can only win and not lose. The Marines were only responsible for seizing the beachhead under the cover of naval guns to ensure a smooth landing of the Army. The Korean army was brought in just in case, so that they could fight a land battle first under the cover of the lost fleet, so as to test the strength of the Japanese army, and it was the Korean army that defeated the battle anyway.

Only a very small number of people know that there is also a unit called the Eighth Brigade of the Army, which is composed of non-commissioned officers and students sent to the Qing State by Korea, Ryukyu, Siam, Burma, Annam, and other countries to study. In addition to testing the learning results of the past year, it is more important to let them really feel the atmosphere of the battlefield.

The Qing fleet passes through Kagoshima. Ran into the German fleet that was marching against Zoseburg. The two fleets saluted each other as they staggered, heading towards their respective goals. Japan panicked. For the sake of the empire's face, the emperor will never go to the Qing country to offer any bullshit dance, and the Qing country will not accept the indemnity mediation, since the people have already fought, then the war is enough. But with such a long coast of the empire, where did the Qing Kingdom land? How to arm and how to deal with it has become a problem that drives the entire Japanese base camp crazy.

A group of generals such as Yama Prefecture Aritomo and Oyama Iwa gathered in front of the map of the Great Japanese Empire and were very troubled. Germany could be left aside, and with their 1,000 men, at most they would take a Zoseburg, and there would be no further troops (Qing deliberately leaked German targets, which were told to Japan by Britain). Without a navy, Japan could not resist the landing of the Qing Kingdom. And the 100,000-strong army of the Qing State had the capital to storm Tokyo. Tokyo Bay was blocked by mines, and under the cover of the batteries on both sides of the strait, the Qing State could not storm strongly. It was only possible to attack Tokyo from both sides, so the Sanpu Peninsula became the focus of defense. But Qingguo also knew that if he wanted to conquer Tokyo, he would have to go through a bloody battle, what if Qingguo's purpose was not Tokyo but only to conquer one place? Shikoku, Kyushu, and Hokkaido had no navy and didn't want to give up. If the Qing State forcibly attacked Osaka and then captured Kyoto, it would be equivalent to cutting off the connection between Tokyo and the west side of the main island, and then the Qing State could openly rely on Japan and not leave. Attacking Nagoya has the same effect, or attacking Sendai can take the northern part of the main island......

It's not impossible if Qing Guo and Ben came to Japan to loot it, although the coastline has been robbed once, but you look at what people do in Indonesia. Directly send the army to rush into the interior to grab and rob, and Japan will really collapse if it is attacked like this again. In this way, there were more choices of landing sites for the Qing people, and the northern coast was also exposed under the naval guns of the Qing people.

There are too many possibilities for one person to say one, and there are all kinds of possibilities. Yama County Youpeng slapped the table and made a decision. No matter what Kiyokoku does, the safety of Tokyo will be guaranteed first. The Guards Division and the 1st Division were stationed in Tokyo, and the 2nd Sendai Division moved south to Utsunomiya to defend the north side of Tokyo. The 3rd Furuya Division moved eastward to Yokohama to defend the Sanpu Peninsula, where the Qing army was most likely to land, with the 5th Division stationed in Kanagawa Prefecture, and was supposed to be transferred to Yokohama. But the people couldn't move, so they could only hand over Nagoya to the 4th Division to assist in the defense. The 6th Division, although adequately numbered. But the weapons were insufficient, so they could only stay in Kyushu, and they could only hold back the Germans. Police units from other parts of the country have gathered to respond to emergencies.

"The fate of the empire is at this time. For the sake of the future of the empire, you are here, and I will wait for the nine-section board to see you again. ”

The reason why I want to say goodbye to Kudanban is because there is a shrine built here at the behest of Emperor Meiji to enshrine the soul-calling shrine of soldiers and their families who have died in the war for Japan since the Meiji Restoration. The word "Yasukuni" is taken from the 23rd year of Zuo Chuan's reign, "I take Yasukuni also," which means to make the country stable. Although there are not many people in it now, it is of great significance. (Digression: No matter what the Japanese did to China or East Asia, the only thing wrong about the Japanese visiting the Yasukuni Shrine is that Japan is a defeated country, at least for the Japanese, it is enshrined the martyrs who have made sacrifices and sacrifices for the country and the nation, and there is reason to enjoy the sacrifices of future generations.) Unlike the Celestial Empire, those martyrs who sacrificed for the country and the people were ruthlessly abandoned by real estate developers and the government after their deaths because they were not sacrificed for the XX Party...... There is no word about this. ）

However, no matter how resolute Yamaguchi Aritomo said, the cabinet members responded with resolute implementation, but they could not represent all the Japanese or all the Japanese troops. For example, the commander of the Japanese Fourth Division, Kurokawa Tongrail, pulled Zhang Pufang with an anxious face, hoping that he could help contact Qingguo and ask Qingguo not to attack Osaka.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, have you found the wrong person? How could this kind of military aircraft be found out by one of my smugglers! Zhang Pufang said helplessly: "I will help you transport as much food as possible, and this is the last delivery before the end of the war." ”

In addition to being able to express gratitude and pay, Kurokawa can only ask Zhang Pufang to help him think of a way again. It's one thing to succeed or not, but this labor fee is still indispensable.

The Germans did not meet resistance when they landed on the road to Zoseburg, but the entire range of the Zoseburg ships was full of officers and soldiers of the Japanese 6th Division, and the Germans were in no hurry to attack the empty Zoseburg. As a result, the history of Japan not being invaded by foreign ** troops to occupy the city was broken by Germany, but there must have been no exchange of fire yet, but the Qing fleet was getting closer and closer.

The Japanese base camp guessed that the strategic target of the Qing State was indeed Tokyo, but the Japanese misguessed the direction of the Qing State's attack, and the Sanpu Peninsula, which Japan defended with all its might, did not usher in the Qing army, and the first to usher in artillery fire was the Izu Islands of Tokyo. (To be continued......)