The Russian Far East Fleet and the Qing Royal Navy Task Force, which concentrated all the country's surface combat forces, engaged in an hour and 52 minutes of battle in the Tsushima Strait. After the First Sino-Japanese War between the Qing Dynasty and Japan, after seeing the chaotic situation in the Far East, Tsar Nicholas II, who tried to continue to expand in the Far East, drew the strongest warships from various fleets in Europe to form the Russian Far East Fleet, known as the First Fleet in the Far East.

Sinop surrendered, Chesma surrendered, Catherine II, Duke of Edinburgh, HMS Imperial Guard surrendered. Peter the Great sank, Ascrit sank, Dmitry Donskoy, the cruiser Diana sank, and the Venoch, known as the bravest cruiser, lost its salvage value and was sent to the bottom of the sea by two torpedoes.

Of course, the Qing State also paid a heavy price. Jingyuan and Jiyuan were seriously injured and almost burned to the ground; Laiyuan was seriously injured and needed to return to Hong Kong for overhaul, and the main gun in front of the Tiger Ben could only be replaced...... Although the Qing navy lost 527 casualties in this battle, fortunately, none of them sank.

Fortunately, the soldiers after the victory began to pack up the ships after the bloody battle. The details of the engagement are being sorted out, and the message of the great victory of Tsushima has been sent. But the whole fleet did not know that an hour before they sent the telegram of great victory, the whole Qing was in motion.

Chief of Staff Wang Shizhen has been anxiously waiting for the outcome of the Battle of Tsushima, if it cannot effectively weaken the combat strength of the Russian Far East Fleet, then the Qing Navy can only return to defend Lushun. Then Japan's reinforcements to Korea cannot be cut off. The Seventh Division, which had only one artillery regiment, and the Korean army, which had not been trained for a long time, probably could not stop the Japanese attack. As a result, not only was the navy unable to use the marines remaining in Lushun to carry out a deterrent landing of Japanese troops in Korea, but even the Sixth Division stationed at the Liaohe River could only continue to be stationed in preparation for a possible hostile landing on the Liaodong Peninsula. Moreover, the 3rd Division in Jinzhou may also need to be transferred to the Yalu River to participate in the defense. Therefore, the strategy formulated before the war depends on the outcome of this naval battle, and if the First World War can bring the Russian Far Eastern Fleet back to Vladivostok and never come out again, it will already be the best result. The 7th Division and the Korean army exchanged space for time, and a small number of troops dragged down the Japanese army, at the cost of gradually abandoning the whole of Korea. Concentrate all other elite troops with absolute superiority in strength and firepower. Wipe out the combat forces of the Russian Far East in a single campaign. While hurting Russia, it won five years of peace for the northern border of the Qing Dynasty. In this way, it will be possible to mobilize all national forces to deal with the Japanese fleet, which will return home in one year.

The naval battle has been going on for almost an hour, and nothing has come. Wu Deren has a dog temper, and the final result will not come out. He won't send a bulletin on the war situation. But if you tell me if you have the advantage or the battle is unfavorable, I'm so prepared.

The results of the naval battle had not yet come out, and the telegram from the capital ordering the battle had arrived again.

"Attack, attack immediately." Just received the will from the capital, after Ouyang Zhenhua and Wang Shizhen confirmed each other. Ouyang Zhenhua immediately ran to the headquarters of the Third Division, and he wanted to personally lead the team to the front line.

Now there is no time to wait for the outcome of the naval battle. Song Qing had just sent a telegram that Tieling had been completely lost, and the commander of the Eighth Division, Zuo Guigui, was seriously injured after being cut off. The remnants all retreated to Fengtian to defend it, and optimistically estimated that Fengtian would be lost in two days.

Reinforcements must be carried out before the complete Russian occupation of Mukden. Otherwise, the Russian army can choose whether to attack Lushun or Shanhaiguan. In this way, the Qing army will have to defend on both sides, and the already small number of troops will be dispersed. Even Russia can go crazy and attack in the direction of Korea first, leading the Japanese army into the northeast. If the naval battle is unfavorable at this time, the entire northeast war situation of the Qing Kingdom will be completely chaotic. Mukden is the node of the entire campaign, and whoever occupies Mukden has the strategic initiative.

Wang Shizhen, who remained in the General Staff Headquarters, kept asking the signal corps to send a report: "All units will immediately launch an attack on Russia according to the 'already' plan. "The 'already' plan was drawn up in contrast to the 'A' initiative attack plan that won the naval battle. It is a passive defense plan built after a defeat in a naval battle. Before the results of the naval battle are obtained, the overall situation is still conservative. After all, the strength of the Russian fleet was ostensibly superior to that of the Qing navy.

The telegram from the General Staff Headquarters was quickly sent to all units, the 2nd Division moved in the direction of Mukden, the 3rd Division loaded its vehicles to catch up with Mukden, and the 4th Division stationed in Liaoyang was ordered to reinforce Mukden as quickly as possible.

In Xuzhou, the independent artillery division had already loaded all its artillery onto the train, and all officers and men lived next to the railway station. The gendarmes took over the entire railway station. The 1st Division is already on standby in Xuzhou. Xuzhou Railway Station, which has only eight railways, is already full of 24 trains. All the baggage has been loaded, just waiting for the emperor's order.

In Jiangning, Liang Huadian directly requisitioned the railway station. The officers and men of the independent division lived directly in the railway station, the platform was the barracks, and the train cars were the headquarters. Because Xuzhou's capacity is limited. The independent division will take a train to Shanghai to board the ship. The place of their landing was determined by the outcome of the Battle of Tsushima. If he loses, he goes ashore in Jiaozhou, and if he wins, his target is Incheon or Pusan, North Korea.

Every day, the latest bulletin on the battle situation comes from the General Staff Headquarters. Heilongjiang is not in a hurry if it is lost, and the fall of Jilin and Changchun can wait a little longer. Now that Tieling has been lost, the Eighth Division has suffered heavy casualties, and the Russian army has already arrived in Fengtian City, why hasn't the order come down yet! Now even the soldiers have been on the train, and the train stations along the way have arranged scheduling plans. All preparations for departure have been completed, and as soon as the order arrives, the first train will be ready to leave the station in ten minutes. Both Xuzhou and Jiangning are anxiously waiting for the emperor's will.

"Report - the emperor's will: the remnant dragon army, assemble!"

The signal corps rushed into the command room with a telegram held alof, and the division commanders and staff officers who were facing the map strokes immediately threw away their sticks and rushed out. The Signal Soldier was pushed aside, and the second Signal Soldier who was about to rush in was squeezed to the ground.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the General Staff Headquarters has sent a telegram: 'Ready' plan." The signal soldier who fell to the ground wailed in pain.

Regardless of whether it is planned A or planned, the three divisions of Liangjiang must first go north. The rapid rallying cry sounded through the sky, and groups of soldiers boarded the bus in a quick and orderly manner. Soldiers who have trained countless times know their position, and it's all for today.

"Woo-" The train in Xuzhou sounded the whistle. "Woo-" The train in Jiangning sounded the whistle, and the train in Jinzhou sounded the whistle.

"Woo-" the whistle also sounded at the Beijing railway station. "Goo-dong, goo-dong, goo-dong......" The speed of the train is getting faster and faster. On the platform, the students knelt on the ground and shouted loudly, "China is mighty, the emperor is mighty." The slogan congratulates the emperor on his triumphant return.

"Go back, do whatever you want. Believe in me. Believe in my army. Maybe I don't have to wait for me to reach the front line, and the news of victory will come. Guangxu stood at the back of the car and waved goodbye to the crowd who came to see him off.

The current Qing Dynasty is no longer the Qing Dynasty in the first year of the First Wu Dynasty, which did not know that there was a war in the south and the north, and the newspaper distribution system all over the country and the scholars who were worried about the country and the people told every ordinary person about the war that occurred in the northeast of the Qing Dynasty. The idea of protecting the family and defending the country, which has been engraved into the bone marrow of the Chinese for thousands of years, has made all people look to the north. North Korea is in a hurry. Fengtian is in an emergency, and the Northeast is in an emergency. However, the army without the emperor's decree could not be mobilized, and the queen mother had never let the emperor give the decree. Now it's okay, the emperor has decreed that the sky will recover the land. Jinzhou launched, Xuzhou launched, Jiangning launched, and even the emperor took his personal guards to the front line. The worried people let go of the big stone in their hearts. Everyone believes that as soon as the emperor arrives at the front line, there will be good news.

In a small alley in Shanghai, a family was eating, and suddenly there was a commotion on the street outside the door. "The emperor has an order, the remnant dragon army is assembled-"

"What kind of work this morning. It's a noisy person. The young wife complained a few words and fed the child a spoonful of rice.

But the young husband stood up violently and rushed into the room. The barracks were bitter and tiring, but it was a place he could not forget. Because the Queen Mother refused to pay the military salary, the army was forced to be withdrawn. Unfortunately, he was part of the layoffs. The commander said that if you are a soldier, you must be paid, otherwise your family will eat and drink. Now the imperial court does not give silver, and it can't pay so much military salary, so it can only let some people leave first. On the day they left the barracks, they took nothing with them, and they took away an unmarked military uniform. The chief also said that the emperor's battered military flag on the Liao River is called the Remnant Dragon Banner. It is the highest handsome banner of all armies in the Qing Dynasty. Every soldier is a soldier under this military flag, and when the emperor re-erects the remnant dragon flag, and when the remnant dragon army assembles again, he will give Lao Tzu a mother.

Yan You is in my ears, and today I finally waited for the order to return to the team. When her husband, dressed in a crisp military uniform, stood at the door, the young wife was stunned. He had never worn this garment in front of her. She hadn't seen it either. It must have been in the small box that her husband had brought with him when he came home, and it was the only thing that her husband wouldn't let her touch.

"Take care of our children. If you can't go back, you can find a good family and remarry. After saying that, he left his family and resolutely ran out of the door.

"Where are you going?" The young wife was suddenly frightened and went to serve as a soldier in order to support her husband. The salary of a soldier is very high. I've been saving some money for more than a year. Finally, the person is back, and he is about to live a good life, and it will be a long time before he has to leave again. The anxious wife chased out the door, but the husband didn't even look back, leaving only two words: to die.

There was a telegraph station in the city, and the emperor's will could quickly reach all corners of the city. But more of the retrenched soldiers were still in the countryside, and where there was no telegraph, they were notified by fast horses.

His elderly father was an authentic farmer who had tended to the land all his life. Half a century has passed since the days of sunrise and sunset. After hearing that the military salary was very high, the son who had secretly run away to serve as a soldier still came back. Although he looked depressed, he also became tall and strong.

"A good iron does not hit nails, and a good man is not a soldier. I've been a soldier for so long that I can't even forget how to serve the ground. How many times have I told you, we are croppers, and it is better than anything else to take care of the land and produce more food. The elderly father looked at the mess of seedlings and was angry. The plan of the year lies in the spring, and if the land is not planted well in the spring, where will the harvest come from this year.

Just then, a fast horse galloped by the side of the road. The rider in the royal army uniform waved the red military flag: "The emperor has an order, the remnant dragon army is assembled-"

The young man who was bowing his head and training suddenly raised his head to look at the rider who had already gone away, and suddenly fell to his knees: "My son can no longer be filial to you. After saying that, he pulled up his leg and ran back.

When the father ran back to the door out of breath, his son stood at the door in bright clothes. Four young men in the same costume saluted their son.

"Report to the sir, the soldiers of the 7th Company of the 3rd Regiment of the 1st Division of the Royal Army of the Great Qing Dynasty request to return to the team."

After the other four young men had finished saluting, his son saluted and said, "Permission to return to the regiment, I order to assemble at once at the nearest railway station." ”

The old man watched as the four young men left in a neat queue under the command of his son. Although he didn't understand what it was for, he still heard the phrase "sir" very clearly. His own son became an official? That stupid son of mine has become a chief? The old man suddenly laughed.

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A day has passed since the Emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty ordered the assembly, and more and more soldiers were being dismissed to the railway stations. Michael, a German instructor, went to Jinzhou with the first train. He is a staff officer, and he is needed as a staff officer in the front-line war, and it can also be a good look at the ability of the Qing State, a rising country, to respond in the face of crises. Another German instructor, Horst, stayed in Xuzhou because he needed to coordinate the returning soldiers. After a day of waiting, the last train from Xuzhou left the station. When I drove the train, most of the seats were still empty, and the train was already full of people before I arrived in Beijing. Soldiers would get on the train at every stop, and even in the wilderness, there would be soldiers climbing the train. And Horst found that it was redundant for him to stay, because there were no soldiers who needed him to form the team, and every soldier who returned to the team would automatically regroup according to the high bottom of the rank. Horst suddenly felt that the Chinese turned out to be such a well-behaved people.

The train had been running on the road for a day and a night, and the vast land and the large population next to the Qing Kingdom were dumbfounded. He remembered a book he had read, in which there was a soldier for every ten people in the Shu Kingdom. Even so, such a country has the ability to wage a foreign war. The Qing Dynasty had a population of 40,000,000, and if there were enough weapons to do what Shu did, then the country could organize an army of 40 million. Forty million troops, enough to fill the whole of Europe. Horst was sweating profusely, and he felt the need to suggest that more attention should be paid to the Qing state at home. Because once the Qing Dynasty rises, the entire Far East will recreate the pattern of the Han and Tang Empires in the past. A Qing victory over Russia and Japan might have been troublesome, but Horst had no doubt that the Qing would win the final victory.

Whenever a northbound train passes through the Beijing Railway Station, a whistle blows from the front of the train. The loud whistle told the officials and men in Beijing that the army of the Great Qing Kingdom was rushing to the battlefield under the leadership of the emperor.

Watching more and more soldiers gather at the train station, watching the simple ordinary Chinese people carrying baskets and stuffing eggs to the soldiers who passed by but did not know them, Horst looked at the crowd full of people, such a scene that is not seen in sparsely populated Europe. Horst believed that this should be the military mobilization of the Great Qing State.