In March 4603 of the Yanhuang calendar, when northern China was still a land of ice and snow, and the bitter cold wind was raging, the snow on the Purple Mountain had begun to melt, and when the snowmelted snow water flowed along the mountain stream, some tender branches could occasionally be seen on the mountain, and the south of the Yangtze River in China was about to enter the warm spring.

In the luxurious room on the sixth floor of the Shanghai Industrial Hotel, Foreign Minister Liang Dunyan did not discuss the daytime negotiations with the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the guest room, as the outside world imagined.

Almost as soon as the negotiations were over, he locked himself in the guest room and instructed the attaché not to disturb him, and when he explained to the outside world, he was a little uncomfortable, but at this time in the guest room, he was looking intently at the "East Asia Daily", which was a newspaper in Shanghai with an obvious pro-Japanese tendency and even a background of pro-speech, and perhaps it was the pro-Japanese tendency that enabled the "East Asia Daily" to get the latest war reports collected from the Northeast Battlefield in the first time.

The reason why he paid so much attention to today's news was only because at noon at the meal, he received the news that the Imperial Foreign Ministry had officially handed over an official letter to the ambassador to China and the Russian minister to China, demanding that the two countries must strictly abide by the "restrictions on the demarcation of the theater of war by the Manchu regime," otherwise China will reserve the right to take any action to defend its own rights and interests by any means.

For the outside world, this may be a normal reaction of the two [***] teams to fight on a large scale, after all, in the past six months, Nanjing has submitted at least 100 protest letters to the two countries, what is the difference between this time and the past? Outsiders can't see it and can't understand it, but Liang Dunyan knows what this official letter means.

After all, in the past, it was more about crossing the border in response to a certain military operation between the two countries, but this time the content of the official letter is "The two countries wantonly trample on China's sovereignty!" It is precisely for this reason that as soon as he returned to the hotel, he locked himself in the door and wanted to find out the situation of the two armies in the newspaper.

“…… After the detour to the northwest was blocked, General Nogi ordered the troops to make another detour to the north, and before the morning of the 7th, they went out of the line of Zhuanwan Bridge, Zaohuatun, and Daoyitun to complete the in-depth encirclement of the entire Russian army! In order to cooperate with the actions of General Nogi's headquarters, General Oku's Second Army attacked the enemy in front of him on all fronts, among which Long fought for Hongtun...... In the early morning of the 7th, the commander of the 5th Brigade and Major General Chen Bing of the South led his troops to occupy Hongtun and nearby Zhangshitun in the dark before dawn...... Fengtian is close at hand, and it is said that this empire will win! ”

Seeing this, Liang Dunyan's expression changed slightly, and the whole person completely sank into the wide sofa, he closed his eyes and was silent for a while before muttering.

"The Moto-Hunt Project is about to begin!"

At this time, Liang Dunyan's mind appeared with His Majesty's smile that seemed to be under his control, and the development of the battle situation was just as His Majesty expected, remembering that His Majesty had calculated the progress of the war between the two armies, Liang Dunyan really didn't know if it was a fluke, or that His Majesty had the ability to see through the future.

At this time, there was a knock at the door, and he got up to open the door, and Liang Dunyan saw that there was a stranger standing outside the door in addition to his attaché.

"Minister, a messenger sent by His Majesty!"

Then a letter was taken out of the stranger's pocket, and after checking the seal, Liang Dunyan closed the door, tore open the envelope, opened the letterhead, and saw only one sentence.

"The east wind is about to rise, you should set sail with the wind!"

"Hey!"

Looking at this simple sentence on the letter, Liang Dunyan, who guessed that it was confirmed, couldn't help but sigh, finally! It all started here!

In the eastern suburbs of Nanjing, on the steep and winding Purple Mountain, on an open ground completely different from the lush mountain forest, stands a three-story building with strong walls, surrounded by a high-voltage power grid and a dense and crooked barbed wire, and on the periphery of the net there are guards with loaded guns and ammunition shuttling and patrolling.

When construction first began, the nearby residents and the construction workers who built the Lingyan Pavilion Martyrs' Shrine guessed that this place was different from other places from the outside, especially when the construction workers could vaguely see the stone walls that were three feet thick, but most of them guessed that this might be a prison, and the well-repaired road and the cars that traveled through the road every day reminded them that this was not a prison.

In Nanjing, only a few people know that this mysterious place is the headquarters of the Imperial Guard, the highest army operational command center in China, and since the completion of this three-story building, it has been the place where the orders for many major military operations of the Liberation Army or now the Imperial Guard Army have been issued. The third floor of the building is a fully enclosed bulletproof room, and there is a basement at the bottom of the building, which is usually inhabited by the staff of the war room; During the war, the assault was turned into a secret secret room.

Early in the morning on March 8, the residents of the vicinity suddenly discovered this mysterious place, and several layers of heavily armed Guards officers and soldiers appeared on the perimeter of the barbed wire, all of them standing majestically and upright, as if they were facing a great enemy. The villagers in the village at the foot of the mountain exchanged glances with each other, conveying information that no one could tell, and the bold ones were whispering, talking to each other, asking each other, "What's going on?" ”

Occasionally, there are some people who say that maybe the emperor is coming, and even some people swear that they saw the emperor's car last night, at this time in the war room on the third floor, more than a dozen rectangular tables are lined up, today's meeting is different from usual, not only the minister of the army and navy, but also the emperor himself, also came to the war room. On both sides of the table, senior officers of the army and navy with various epaulettes on their shoulders pressed their knees with their hands on their knees, their chests held high, and they were listening to the lectures and orders of War Minister Cai Yi.

The content of the lecture was very simple, at the beginning of which Cai Ye first introduced the situation of the "Mukden Campaign" between Kwantung and Russia, and then began to issue an order to you.

"According to the edict of His Majesty the Emperor, from 12 midnight today, the "Yuan Hunt Plan" will enter the countdown state! ”

Spit out bland words from Cai Yi's mouth, only letting everyone's breath shrink, after he gave this order, the entire war room seemed to fall silent at this moment, and there was not even the sound of human breathing.

"Next, I would like to ask the Chief of Staff to make further orders and clarification on the "Moto-Hunt Plan"! ”

The map on the wall of the war room was opened, and it was a map marked with the distribution of forces in China, Russia, and the three [***] events, and dozens of flags of different colors on the flags almost crowded the peninsula southeast of the map, which also reminded people of the complicated situation there.

Although the empire is now in an eventful season, in the South Seas, the task force is still cruising off the coast of Surabaya, and even confronted Dutch warships many times, in Shanghai, the Sino-Dutch negotiations presided over by the British Minister Zhu Erdian have repeatedly reached a stalemate because of the Dutch's unwillingness to recognize Lan Fang's reading power, and the British have even repeatedly verbally threatened it, while in the South Seas, the original task force only faced Dutch warships, but now? But who would have thought that when the eyes of the whole world and the eyes of the whole of China were focused on the Sino-Dutch Surabaya case, the entire Chinese army and industry were working hard for the same goal.

When the eyes of other countries were attracted, information flew from the northeast to Nanjing, and flew to this staff headquarters. As time passed, as the last day approached, everything that had been painstakingly managed, getting closer and closer, the entire Nanjing General Staff Headquarters fell into a high degree of tension. In addition to the tension, there is more of an excitement, almost everyone is preparing for all this with the hope of regaining the glory of the empire in World War I and realizing the ideals of the empire with the dignity of the people!

This afternoon, after a secret telegram sent from the northeast was sent to the palace, Chen Moran immediately urgently summoned Cai Ye into the palace in the palace, and issued an edict to implement the "Yuan Hunt Plan" in the face of the opportune situation.

After Cai received the order, he immediately recalled almost all the senior generals of the army without stopping, gathered in the highest war room of the army staff headquarters, and in accordance with military discipline and military regulations, at midnight on March 7, a guard battalion was set up in the army's top war room to conduct a guard.

“…… In short, at present, the units have entered the predetermined positions and are ready to launch military operations at any time! ”

In the war room on the third floor, after Jiang Fangzhen finished reporting on the progress and arrangement of the Yuan Hunt plan, all the generals turned their eyes to His Majesty the Chief Emperor, who was sitting upright.

He glanced around at the war room, which was so quiet that he could barely hear the movement of air, and the two neat and mighty columns of men, and suddenly spoke.

"Next, I order!"

Before the words fell, all the officers stood up in unison at the same time.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Fangzhen's rather powerful, even fiercely voiced in the terrifyingly quiet war room:

"Garrisons of all cordons. Immediately enter the first level of combat readiness and wait for orders! The army and navy units of the Imperial Guards have entered a state of first-class alert, and the fortified areas in the coastal areas have entered the first-level combat readiness. ”

Finally, with this sentence of the chief of staff, the "Moto-hunting Plan" began to be implemented, and this was the last moment.

Chen Moran, who had been silent and dressed in military uniform, stood up at this time, looked around at the generals in front of him, and bowed deeply.

"Everyone, please, win this battle!"

When the generals returned the salute, all of them looked extremely serious, and they understood what it would mean to China if this battle was lost, and everyone bowed to His Majesty at 90 degrees.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will do my best!"

(To be continued)