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When Nobuaki Makino rushed to China with a special mission, Yang Qiu also parted ways with the special train and arrived in Lushun. A few days have passed, but the entire harbor is still cordoned off, no one is allowed to enter except for the authorized personnel of the Ministry of Defence, and even the surrounding area for filming and observation is covered with checkpoints, and soldiers have been ordered to shoot immediately if they find anyone who does not listen to dissuasion.

Yang Qiu, Tang Shaoyi, and other officials who rushed to visit the wounded first went to hospitals in Jinzhou, Dalian, and other places. Although the whole battle was very short, more than 500 sailors were killed, more than 300 were seriously wounded, and most of the rest suffered minor injuries such as fractures and burns. Even Cheng Biguang, who commanded this kind of big battle for the first time, was shocked to the last moment and injured his arm and temporarily stayed in the Golden State Naval Hospital to rest.

After comforting the wounded, everyone hurried to Lushun, and when they arrived, they could still see many people busy. Sailors are cleaning the boat and preparing to send it to the dock. This is a complex task that requires the removal of stagnant water, the removal of wreckage, and the unloading of ammunition, heavy fuel oil and some spare parts. Since there is only one large dry dock in Port Arthur at present, the Zhenhai, which was seriously injured, has already gone to Qingdao Shipyard after urgently plugging the leak, and according to the visual inspection of Sa Zhenbing and other admirals, the two ships will lie down and not move for at least half a year.

Although all of this was planned and hoped to be seen by Yang Qiu, and the core of the navy also supported it, the result of the Hiei escaping back to Sasebo and King Kong escaping from Inchon made the navy very dissatisfied. Both tactics and execution capabilities, the Navy lost this time to the old adversary. Because according to the post-mortem analysis, if Cheng Biguang had fought hard earlier, the King Kong would never have survived! In the eyes of the Navy, even if 2 Anhai is sunk, it should be replaced by 1 King Kong, instead of being damaged as it is now.

After returning to the headquarters, Lei Meng and the guards immediately pulled up all the curtains, and everyone under the light bulb calmed down and began to analyze the gains and losses. Song Ziqing took out the comprehensive intelligence of the Military Intelligence Bureau and handed it to everyone for circulation, and said: "The intelligence shows that the Japanese First Fleet has been mobilized. Two Fuso and two Kongo ships have been ordered to leave, and the old warships of Hanoi and Hizen have been transferred to Sasebo. On the whole, it is highly likely that the Japanese Navy will target the Taiwan Strait and the Bohai Strait. Trying to break through these two straits threatens Tianjin, Shanghai and other places, forcing us to sit down and negotiate. ”

"Then let them try. We don't have battleships in our navy, but we're not vegetarians either! "Sa Zhenbing would have been furious for a long time, if it weren't for the fact that he didn't have much ocean-going power in his hands. It is estimated that he went directly to block the Puga waterway. Qiu Baoren was finally relatively gentle, grabbed him and said: "The channel of the Bohai Strait is less than 50 kilometers, and the two ships of Dinghai and Ninghai are heading north, so there is no problem with submarines and destroyers to help defend it." However, the Taiwan Strait is more troublesome. The water depth is large, the sea area is wide, and dozens of destroyers and submarines cannot control such a large area of the sea, so we have decided to leave 2 aircraft carriers there to monitor. As long as you can hold on until the middle of next month. The two ships of the Jiangnan Plant can be delivered, and it may not be impossible to fight against the Yangtze River with its back. ”

It can be heard that the navy has made a comprehensive plan, which makes Yang Qiu and Tang Shaoyi breathe a sigh of relief. As long as the navy can hold on to the next step, then the army will be able to enter Taiwan and North Korea, and everyone still has enough trust in the army, which has never been in the line of fire in the past eight years. However, this is the Navy Headquarters, and the Navy must be given face, so Yang Qiu only asked lightly: "What is the situation of the Japanese Army in Korea and Taiwan?" ”

"After the last war, Japan strengthened the number of troops stationed in Korea. In order to make up for the shortage, volunteers were also recruited from North Korea for the first time. At present, Japan itself has five divisions stationed in Korea, namely the 1st Division and the 8th Division, the rebuilt 18th, 19th, and 20th Divisions, plus the Korean Volunteer Army, which claims to be 150,000. At the beginning of the year, the Japanese War Department officially merged it into the Korean Army, and the commander was Lieutenant General Koichiro Tachibana. Most of the remaining weapons and equipment allocated after the Paris Peace Conference were also handed over to the North Korean army, so the strength was relatively strong. ”

"What kind of unit is the Korean Volunteers?" Tang Shaoyi frowned and asked.

Cai Jimin, who has been in the northeast and knows the movements of North Korea best, explained: "At first, it was a puppet army set up by Japan to deal with Jin Jiu, which meant to let the Koreans fight themselves, and then the Japanese War Department felt that this method was good, so it increased the establishment, and also apportioned the military expenses to the Koreans, so that they could avoid domestic restrictions and increase the number of troops in disguise." ”

"Humph! Can a bunch of puppet armies try to stop us? Sa Zhen snorted coldly. The navy must be on the defensive this time, even if the competition on land and sea is fierce. But if the army can avenge itself, he has no opinion, of course, it is better to have seventeen or eighteen battleships himself at once, drown the Japanese and pull them down.

Song Ziqing said: "Japan did not expect the puppet army to defeat us, but the puppet army is more convenient to use in local security and other matters, and with them, the Japanese army can draw more troops." Pointing to the north of Pyongyang, he continued: "The North Korean army has two brigades deployed on the line of Jeongju and Taeju in North Korea. It should be in case of a sudden attack by us. Pyongyang also has a brigade, and the rest are all on standby in Seoul, Incheon, etc. The Seoul-Pyongyang railway is more convenient, and reconnaissance planes have already discovered that the main forces of the Japanese army are moving towards Pyongyang, and the volume of transportation has increased threefold compared with previous days. We anticipate that once the 4th Division and the 6th Kumamoto Division in Osaka are opened, the Sasebo 11th Division will most likely be the first to support the troops.

According to the Peninsula's No. 7 Operational Exercise Plan at the end of last year, the Army will use the 1st, 8th, 9th, 10th, 17th, and 103rd Divisions as the main force to squeeze forward towards Pyongyang along the railway line. At the same time, Kim Koo has promised that as long as we make a move, the Korean Independence Army will immediately join us in the attack.

The Japanese army in the Taiwan direction was very weakly defended, and many troops were withdrawn in accordance with the treaty after the Eighth Article, and at present there is only one brigade and several security regiments, with a total of less than 10,000 people. If you want to support, the most likely thing is to pull the 5th Division, which has been rebuilding in the Ryukyus, up. According to the Southeast No. 11 deduction plan, the first landing force is the Marine Corps and the 16th Independent Brigade, which will land from Changhua and Tainan respectively, while the 3rd and 13th Divisions will be the main force, and the 102nd Division will also land according to the situation. ”

Although the past few years have focused on the European war, the Ministry of National Defense has done a lot of operational exercises in the southeast and the Korean Peninsula, and those young staff officers who have just graduated do not go around the sand table every day with red eyes, and the Ministry of Defense will also put forward all kinds of hypotheses for them to study in due course, so they all think that the plans and plans will soar into the sky when they are seen by the General Staff. After having a full plan, Song Ziqing's confidence was also much stronger, and he affirmed: "In view of the stalemate between the poor party and Kolchak, and the difficulty of fighting in the cold weather, we can basically ensure that there will be no major war in Siberia and Central Asia before the beginning of spring next year." The northeast line of the Outer Khing'an Mountains was in charge of Zhang Zuolin and Jiang Zuobin, with a total of 4 divisions in the direction of Chita, which was also difficult to engage in large-scale battles due to heavy snow and severe cold, so we had about 3 months to solve the problem! ”

Hearing that the army was ready to solve the problem within 3 months, Tang Shaoyi breathed a sigh of relief, he was most afraid that he would not be able to end it now. At that time, the Russo-Japanese War cost 200 million pounds or about 2 billion people for a year, and now even if it is small, it will be difficult to endure for a long time. Yang Qiu is also reluctant to fight for a long time, and the strategic goal this time is very clear, which is to create a rift in the Anglo-Japanese alliance, cancel the unequal treaty and take Taiwan, and it would be best if North Korea can be pushed to the front line of Pyongyang. So after listening to the entire battle plan, he nodded to Song Ziqing.

The footsteps of leaving are the drumbeat of war, and as the troops rush to the finish line, the flames of war cannot be suppressed at all.

"Stop all action!"

Therefore, after Bernard, who arrived immediately after, learned about the naval conflict, he immediately knocked on the door of Yang Qiu's office. He had already received a telegram from Whitehall asking to prevent the outbreak of war as much as possible, so immediately after the meeting, he said: "Your Excellency, military means cannot solve all problems. The soldiers have just gone through the European War, and they need to rest rather than continue the war, and the British Empire expects you to think carefully. ”

"Prudent?!" While secretly glad that Britain was in a hurry, Yang Qiu solemnly threw out the preliminary report of the Navy and said sharply: "Your Excellency, is this what you mean by prudence?" I would like to ask if 1,324 officers and men of your navy are killed or wounded! A cruiser sank! Two ships severely damaged! Can you still be cautious? Like you, I don't want any war, and in order to fulfill the promise made between our allies, we will do everything we can to send a large number of soldiers to the west to fight the poor party and help His Excellency Kolchak to restore his country! This year alone, our government has paid 200 million in military spending! Direct military assistance of equal value was also provided to His Excellency Kolchak! What are we doing wrong?

While our soldiers are doing their best, some people are colluding with the poor party behind our backs, openly supplying weapons, food and shelter to the poor party guerrillas, and now they are directly sending troops to collude! They have betrayed the Entente and the oath of the Paris Peace Conference to defend a free republic! Should I be cautious about dealing with such a country? If I continue to be cautious, then how should I deal with the 2.5 million soldiers who fought bloodily for the country and for the allies? How to deal with 40,000 people?!

Dear Ambassadors, what we need is justice, dignity and not betrayal! Yang Qiu propped up the desk with both hands, leaned forward with blazing eyes, and his deep voice made Bernard's scalp tingle, he found that almost everything he wanted to say was blocked, if he continued to support Japan desperately, then I am afraid that the break between China and Britain is just around the corner! Perhaps this is what the United States and France would like to see the most?

He thought for a moment, tried to calm his voice, and asked, "Your Excellency, what kind of justice do you need?" ”

Yang Qiu shook his head: "Your Excellency, I am very confident that the British Empire can uphold justice, but how long will it take for you to convince the Japanese government?" We don't have time, I'm going to leave for Tianjin now. If you want, you can tell Prime Minister Tanaka that if you want to talk, you can send someone yourself! ”…… (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )