Because of the Tianjin incident, the original training plan was all disrupted, and the Beiyang Navy Division was ordered to patrol the Tsushima Strait. In the end, he succumbed under pressure from all sides and took two thousand taels of silver back. The Beiyang Naval Division also returned to the Dadonggou Sea area to receive the first town of the New Army stationed in Jiulian City to board the ship. And the second town has already opened up to Grange Terrace.

After receiving the first town of the New Army, when Ouyang Zhenhua, the commander of the New Army, handed over the training memorandum to Lang Weili, the commander of the Beiyang Naval Division, Lang Weili was angry after reading it: "There is no information on the situation in the Huayuankou sea area, how to carry out the landing." Could it be that your emperor is God, how can he guarantee that warships under 4,000 tons will not run aground? ”

Of course, Guangxu dares to guarantee that it is an experience brought from later generations. It is said that the largest warship is only 4,000 tons, didn't it also land at Huayuankou? Originally, the General Staff also disagreed. But what else can the emperor say if he made such a guarantee. Ouyang Zhenhua could only say: "Lord Admiral, wait for the warship to move to the nearby sea surface to detect the situation." The planned start time is at the discretion of the Navy itself. ”

Huayuankou is a small fishing village on the Liaodong Peninsula. The villagers have been doing what they say they are doing, and they are resting for hundreds of years. In the distance, the sea was quiet, except for three or five small fishing boats, shouting to draw nets and catch fish.

A net of fish was raised, and the fish that landed on the boat jumped one after another, as if they wanted to return to the sea. At this time, the head was high, and the boatmen were also very comfortable looking at the boat full of fish, and they couldn't help but stretch their waists. Just as he was about to pack up and go home, his eyes were fixed on the dividing line between the sea and the sky in the distance. There was a big stream of thick black smoke. One, two, three, countless warships rose from the boundary between sea and sky. The bow of the ship split the clear blue water and sped in.

Walk fast, all the fishing boats turn to the direction of the land, paddling desperately. Behind them, several gas skiffs were getting closer.

On the bridge of the Dingyuan warship, Lang Weili held a telescope and watched as the gas boat pulled the fishing boat out of the exercise area, and the two ships and some gunboats began to measure the water depth in preparation for tomorrow's landing exercise. The army also sent people to land ahead of schedule, began to clear the landing grounds, and established a security zone. Innocent injuries were caused by preventing people from entering the landing site.

On May 12, the Beiyang Navy Division marched to the sea at the mouth of the garden. After a day of probing. At 6 o'clock in the morning of the second day, the villagers of Huayuankou Fishing Village were awakened by the roar of artillery fire.

"Hell, keep all the ships in the battle line." On the bridge of the Dingyuan ship, Lang Weili's face was very bad. What was once a line of battle lines is now chaotic. Artillery firing also became chaotic.

Luang Weli constantly ordered to adjust the fleet formation. Half an hour later, Luang Weili was still not satisfied with the situation in the fleet. But the planned landing time has arrived.

"Order, Deng Shichang led the cruiser to approach and cover the army. Notify the Army of the start of the landing. After giving the order, Luang Weili understood that the live firing of the artillery in this naval training was over. Although it was necessary to cooperate with the transportation of the first town of the army from Lushun to Yingkou later, it was impossible to carry out live firing again. Qingguo is still too poor. After this live-fire fire, the stock of ammunition in the warehouse has dropped to a dangerous level. Although Luang Weili was dissatisfied with the results of this training, he decided that he had to write a good note to tell the emperor of the Qing State how to have a real navy.

After half an hour of artillery preparation, the Army was located on the transport ship and began the landing operation. On the beach, the first target of the new army that landed first began to establish a beachhead, and then the rapid advance, the cooperation of the army and navy artillery, and the landing of follow-up troops, etc., the new army moved step by step. In the distance, Kotaro Munakata was lying in the grass watching all this through a telescope.

This is the first joint naval and land exercise of the Qing State, and watching this exercise up close can give a good understanding of the strength of the Qing Beiyang Navy, and the new army of the Qing State under the deliberate protection of the Qing Emperor also appeared in front of him for the first time. Kotaro Munakata recorded what he saw as he watched the new army land in the distance. He must use his own eyes to witness the hidden power of the Qing State and provide the latest and most authentic reference for the future decisions of the empire.

What Kotaro Murakata didn't know was that there was also a telescope watching him in the distance.

If Kotaro Munakata could find the telescope when he turned around, he would have been shocked by the situation in front of him, and not far from the telescope, a pile of grass moved gently and magically. Even if you pass by this pile of grass, you will only think that it is just a pile of grass. And at this time, the haystack showed a young and resolute face. Confusion is written on the face: where did the captain go? The original agreed position, the captain is no longer here. The young man in the haystack could only carefully show his eyes, carefully look at the grass and trees around him, and finally looked at a signal marker.

The young soldier, covered with grass roots and leaves, quietly touched the side and whispered to a pile of grass that was slightly above the ground: "Captain, all the surroundings have been verified. There are two of them here, and the other is also being stared at. Do you want to ......?" said with a knife-like slash in his hand, with a fierce light in his eyes.

"No, I don't. Keep an eye on them until someone from the Ministry of Intelligence takes over. The captain in the strip haystack turned his face, and it was the sissy Qimuge: "Put a long line to catch a big fish." ”

Until late at night. The vanguard of the Forces nouvelles had already left the beach, and the follow-up landing was still being carried out in an orderly manner. The navy's artillery had long since ceased and turned to the sea, ready for an attack that might protrude from the sea. Kotaro Munakata in the grass also got up and walked back slowly. I've been lurking here since last night, and I haven't eaten for a day, and I'm really hungry. On the way back, he passed by a dense pile of grass, and his intuition gave him a glimpse of it, but it was a very ordinary pile of grass. Kotaro Munakata quickly forgot about this and walked forward.

The young man in the haystack was sweating profusely, and for more than a month, he really hadn't been discovered by himself. He didn't want to be the first to be discovered by the enemy. He had already taken out the dagger, but the long lurking practice kept him motionless. At the same time as the training of the new army, it was also a special forces exercise, and they secretly followed the new army, without anyone else noticing, tracking, infiltrating, spying, etc., and fighting against the spies who came to the army. Before going out, the emperor's decree was: even if the assassination of the spy caused by the special forces must not be exposed. Therefore, if Kotaro Munakata comes close to check, as long as he moves slightly, he must hit with one hit. Fortunately, Kotaro Munakata just glanced at it and didn't investigate deeply, so he survived.

After Kotaro Munakata, who didn't know that he had been followed and escaped death, returned to the capital, the information sent back by countless spies about the Qing State training exercises also arrived in the capital. Countless pieces of information have shown that the Qing New Army, which had been trained by the Germans, performed well in this training. Energetic, disciplined, neat in queue, and orderly in advance and retreat. There was no chaos under the roar of artillery. What shocked Toshio Inoue, who had been collecting Qing intelligence for a long time, was that the Qing New Army's maintenance of firearms, the report showed that every unit of the Qing New Army would disassemble and clean the guns before putting them back into the barracks. The report even detailed the details of the Qing New Army's solemn and quiet arrangement of firearms. According to the intelligence he had, the Qing army, including even the most elite Li Hongzhang's Huai army. They do not pay much attention to the storage and use of firearms, and the damage rate is quite high. And this army can actually attach so much importance to the guns in their hands. As you can imagine, you must have undergone rigorous training. Combined with the fact that the Forces nouvelles were heavily guarded and well-equipped. Toshio Inoue has a completely different view of the quality of this army than in the past. The empire currently has only 6 divisions in strength. And this one is well-armed. A highly trained army. It has reached more than 20,000 people. The threat to the empire is too great. Although at present, this army is only responsible for the defense of Gyeonggi. But who can guarantee that the Qing State will not throw this army into battle? There can be no accidents. What the empire needs most now is time. The empire could not give the Qing State only time.

After detailed discussions between Toshio Inoue and Kotaro Munakata, on May 23, the legation sent a telegram to the country without waiting for the completion of the training of the Qing [***] team. It is hoped that the General Staff Headquarters of the Army will attach great importance to this army, which is being organized and trained. According to the information we have now, this army is currently in the process of completing its training and training, and it has not yet formed combat effectiveness. However, in time, the Qing Dynasty will complete the formation and training of this army. Then this army can be thrown into battle at any time. It will certainly pose a great threat to the Empire.

As an intelligence officer. Whether it is Toshio Inoue or Kotaro Munakata, these intelligence officers have always insisted on only providing information to the Imperial Staff Headquarters for reference. I do not make a conclusion about judging the surname. This time, however. They suddenly broke the mold. The last sentence of the report sent back to China was: The empire should try to complete the preparations for the Qing expedition in advance and launch a war against the Qing Dynasty.

At the same time as the Beiyang Navy Division bombarded Huayuankou, a telegram sent from the capital to Tianjin woke Li Hongzhang from his bed. The full text of the telegram is as follows: The first town of the New Army has landed at Huayuankou, and the target is directly aimed at Lushun.

On May 25, the first pacesetter of the new army's vanguard was in Lushun. Duan Qirui, the first standard commander of the new army, did not wait for the arrival of the follow-up troops, but ordered the whole standard to launch an attack from the area of Chair Mountain and Case Mountain in the northwest of Lushunkou. Because the artillery could not shoot in this area, Duan Qirui led his troops to rush into the Lushun Battery. Li Hongzhang, who learned the result, was shocked, and then he understood the reason why Guangxu wanted to repair the Lushun Fort, and hurriedly took Hannagan to Lushun.

At this moment, the second town of the new army has been diverted to enter Tianzhuangtai through the line of Lianshan Pass and Haicheng.

Looking at the exercise plan, Guangxu couldn't help but sigh, this was a rehearsal for the First Sino-Japanese War. Guangxu didn't expect Beiyang to win the battle of the First Sino-Japanese War, but at least it couldn't be so badly defeated. Guangxu didn't want to do this, because no one knew that he knew exactly the route of attack and the location of the main battles in the First Sino-Japanese War. He wanted to maintain this advantage, and when the battle at the main battle site reached a critical period, he could unexpectedly throw his new army into battle, so that the army in the fierce battle would lose because of the investment of this new force, and even launch a local counterattack. Of course, Guangxu didn't expect to be able to defeat 200,000 troops with just 20,000 people. Guangxu just wanted to disrupt the rhythm of the offensive of the Yue army and drag the pace of the offensive of the Yue army to death through such continuous strikes. Gain time for the deployment of troops in the rear.

However, it was Lushun's repair of the fort that made Guangxu give up this plan. Without spending a tael of silver in Beiyang, the people of Beiyang could not move, and even Li Hongzhang thought that he had a sailor to defend the sea, and Lushun would be safe and sound. Therefore, Guangxu could only tell Li Hongzhang in advance of the offensive route of the Yue army in the First Sino-Japanese War after the First Sino-Japanese War, and remind him of the fatal loophole in the defensive circle of Lushun.

No matter what, there was a holy oracle in front of him, and there was a middle hall in the back who was furious. The repair work of the Arthur Fort was finally able to proceed normally. Surprisingly, Hannagan, who had been in charge of the construction of the fort, was not in charge of this time, and Hannagan was transferred to Grange Terrace to preside over the design of the fortifications there. When two German retired officers recruited by Horst came to the Arthur Battery, they immediately rebuilt and improved the batteries in Arthur. Especially according to the emperor's original intention, the defense from the rear of the opposite side of Lushun was increased.

On the west bank of the Liao River, Hannagan looked at the vast plain, and when there was no terrain to borrow, how could this defense be done? What kind of blows do you want to defend against? Guangxu's will is simple: turn the grange into a turtle shell.

Hell, this is the plains. Hannagan approached Horst for no apparent reason and explained his intentions. After Khorst's contact, Guangxu finally made it clear that with Tianzhuang Terrace as the center, prevent the enemy from crossing the river and defend against the enemy who crossed the river from the north.

After inspecting the terrain in the field, Hannagan submitted a report. The Grange Terrace is not strong enough to defend, and there are some mountain packs to the southwest, and the construction of defensive works is carried out around it. The general construction contents are also submitted.

Of course, the specific construction content is naturally confidential. A month later, Grange Terrace turned into a hot construction site.

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