Nogi Noshinori nodded unwillingly, sat down, and said in a deep voice: "We can't help but punish the Huaxia Empire, send a message to the commander of the Guards Division, Kita-Shirakawa Nengjiu, and ask him to choose the opportunity to severely punish the Huaxia Empire." "The commander of the Guards Division, Kita-Shirakawa Nohisa, is a prince and the uncle of Emperor Meiji, so Shiki Kayama used the word "please".

The Japanese army began to make secret arrangements, and Lin Fei also continued to act, after he instructed the Imperial Propaganda Department to send a message, he arranged Liu Yongfu and others properly, and Qi Lei got a vacancy, holding the bag of things that the Japanese soldiers were desperately protecting, and said: "Your Majesty, this is what we captured on the battlefield." ”

Lin Fei laughed and said, "There are a lot of things captured on the battlefield today, can't you show me everything?" ”

Qi Lei hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this thing is very unusual, first of all, seven or eight Japanese soldiers died around it, and the Japanese soldiers holding it did not let go until they died, and our soldiers took a lot of effort to break his hands open. ”

Lin Fei was also interested when he heard Qi Lei say this, took the package, opened it, and saw that there were a lot of letters-like things inside, and said while taking out a letter and opening it: "I don't know what is written inside, I let the Japanese soldiers protect it so carefully." ”

Lin Fei had already unfolded the letter when he spoke, and when he read it, Qi Lei asked, "What is written on it?" Can I know? ”

Lin Fei's face sank, and he said: "This is a letter written in secret language, and you can't crack it if you don't know the key." ”

Qi Lei didn't seem to understand, and asked, "What's the key?" ”

Lin Fei replied casually: "It's something that cracks the code." After Lin Fei finished speaking, he opened the letters in his hand one by one, and found that they were all written in secret language, so he handed the letter back to Qi Lei, and said: "Send these things to the staff headquarters, let them put them away, and see if they can use them in the future." ”

Qi Lei let out an "oh", took the letter, and then asked, "Can't you think of a way to break the secret language?" ”

Lin Fei smiled bitterly and said, "How can it be so easy to decipher the code?" A sufficient condition for code cracking is that there are enough secret words, so that you can find patterns from them, and then decipher, just a few letters, it is definitely not enough to decipher......" Lin Fei was saying, and suddenly saw Qi Lei's face full of doubts, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, what am I doing with him? He didn't understand.

Lin Fei smiled, waved his hand, and let him go down, Qi Lei said goodbye and left, since then, the battle of Dragon and Snake Valley has ended, Lin Fei annihilated the 16th Wing of the Japanese infantry as a whole, and killed more than 3,000 people under the wing commander Fukushima Yongzhi.

The 2nd Cavalry Brigade of the Japanese Army abandoned its plan to attack Chiayi directly because the 16th Wing was completely annihilated, and withdrew to the garrison of the Guards Division...... In Taichung, the Second Infantry Wing of Sakai Shigeki did not dare to defend Changhua City anymore and retreated.

The Battle of the Valley of the Dragon and Snake was of great political and military significance. This battle was the first time that the Chinese Empire went abroad to fight, marking that the Chinese Empire went abroad to participate in international affairs by force, and it was also the first collision between the Chinese Empire and the Japanese Empire, laying the groundwork for the hegemony between the two countries in East Asia in the future.

This battle also greatly encouraged the anti-Japanese patriotic enthusiasm of the people in Nanyang and the southeastern coastal areas of the Qing Dynasty, and further accelerated the awakening of the national consciousness of the Chinese nation. This battle also allowed the Chinese Empire to subdue the Taiwanese rebels led by Liu Yongfu, laying the foundation for the future development of Taiwan by the Chinese Empire.

Military significance, this battle was the first large-scale use of mines in the history of modern warfare, and the light machine gun was also the first time on the stage of war. The strategic and tactical deception carried out by Lin Fei before this battle greatly inspired the military strategists of various countries, and the military deception was widely studied. The Battle of Dragon and Snake Valley has been written into many military textbooks and is a battle that every commander must learn in the future.

After the end of the battle, Lin Fei convened a meeting of his subordinates to discuss the next step of the battle plan, at the meeting, Liu Yongfu spoke first, Lin Fei valued his prestige, so he kept him in the army, appointed him as a senior adviser, he said: "Our army completely annihilated the 16th Wing of the Japanese Army, now we should strike while the iron is hot, march to Taichung, the Japanese Guards Division is stationed in Taichung, as long as the Guards Division is annihilated, Taiwan is ours." ”

Lin Fei nodded and said: "Our army should indeed fight the Guards Division, but the Guards Division and the Second Division have suffered such a big loss, and they will definitely counterattack, why don't we wait for the Japanese army to come, and then annihilate it in one fell swoop?" There is a Bagua Mountain in the northeast of Changhua City, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is the only way to go south, where our army builds a position and waits for the Japanese army. ”

Everyone nodded yes, Lin Fei raised his voice, and said loudly: "This is the first big battle of our Huaxia Empire after revealing its identity, countless pairs of eyes in the world are looking at us, we can only succeed in this battle, not fail..."

The crowd shouted in unison: "Only success, no failure..."

Lin Fei immediately ordered all troops to rush to Bagua Mountain to build a defensive line, on September 12, the construction of the defensive line was completed, and at 8 o'clock in the morning of September 13, the scouts reported to Lin Fei that the Japanese army rushed to the outside of Bagua Mountain and was building an offensive position, the number of troops was unknown, and the number of troops was about more than 1,000.

Lin Fei made a judgment that this unit should be a certain brigade of the Guards Division, which has two brigades under its jurisdiction, each brigade has two wings, and each wing has two brigades, each of which is about 1,000 people.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the scouts reported to Lin Fei again that another Japanese army had rushed to the outside of Bagua Mountain, numbering more than 1,000 people...... Most of the Japanese Guards Division should have arrived at the battlefield.

Lin Fei immediately mobilized the third brigade under his command to rush to the defense line of Bagua Mountain, and Lin Fei invested more than 9,000 troops in Bagua Mountain, which was on a par with the Japanese army, and this was another major battle with 10,000 participants.

Lin Fei ordered the artillery unit to reconnoiter the possibility of shelling the Guards Division, but Lin Fei was disappointed that the position of the Japanese camp was on the back of the heights, and the shells could not hit them.

Both sides were actively preparing for war, and at three o'clock in the morning on September 15, Lin Fei was sleeping soundly when he suddenly felt someone shaking him, and then heard a voice in his ear: "Your Majesty, wake up quickly." ”

Lin Fei opened his eyes and saw his attendant Jin Ming standing at the head of the bed with an anxious face, Lin Fei hurriedly asked, "What happened?" ”

Jin Ming said: "Colonel Liu Jun, the commander of the First Brigade, just came to report that all twelve soldiers of a squad of the First Brigade died mysteriously. ”

"What? Mysterious death? Lin Fei was completely sleepy, sat up and said suspiciously, "We are now on the battlefield, and death on the battlefield is nothing more than being killed by the enemy, where is the mysterious death?" ”

Jin Ming said: "Your Majesty, this is the original words of Brigade Commander Liu, what is going on, do you want him to come in and report to you immediately?" ”

Lin Fei hurriedly said, "Okay, let him come in immediately." ”

Jin Ming turned around and walked out, Lin Fei immediately got up and got dressed, and Liu Jun walked in after a while, his face was full of solemnity, Lin Fei frowned and asked, "You said mysterious death?" What is the meaning? ”

Liu Jun said blankly: "A squad of our eastern defense line suddenly died overnight, and the cause of death is unknown. ”

Lin Fei was surprised and said, "What is the cause of death unknown?" ”

Liu Jun said: "The soldiers died in their sleep, with no scars on their bodies, and there were no signs of fighting in the tents. ”

What could make a dozen well-trained warriors die silently in their sleep? Lin Fei couldn't sit still anymore when he heard this, he stood up, paced in the tent, and asked, "What about the sentry?" Didn't the sentinels find anything? ”

Liu Jun sighed lightly and said, "The sentry is also dead, and the death is the same as that of the soldier, and there is no trace of a fight around the sentry. ”

Lin Fei thought for a while and asked, "Was there anything wrong with this class before the incident?" ”

Liu Jun said: "No, when I checked the post at night, it was normal, and when I checked the post for the second time at two o'clock in the morning, everyone was dead." ”

Lin Fei whispered to himself: "This is strange, what is going on?" ”

Liu Jun asked tentatively, "Your Majesty, do you think it will be a plague?" ”

Lin Fei shook his head without thinking about it and said, "Without the plague, more than a dozen people can die at the same time in a few hours. Lin Fei changed his words and said, "I think it's very likely that he was poisoned." ”

Liu Jun asked, "Since it is poisoning, where does the poison come from?" ”

Lin Fei said: "There can be no problem with our food and water, the poison must come from outside, how far is the station of that squad from the friendly neighboring troops?" Is it possible for the Japanese to launch a sneak attack on them? ”

Liu Jun said: "That squad is not close to friendly troops, but the cause of death cannot be a sneak attack by the Japanese army. ”

Lin Fei said: "Tell me your reasons. ”

Liu Jun replied: "If the Japanese army wants to sneak attack, why should they poison it?" Wouldn't it be better to kill people directly? Also, there are a lot of guns in the camp, and there are a lot of bullets, so the Japanese army will not fail to take our weapons, right? And more importantly, that camp faced the enemy, with its back against a steep cliff dozens of meters high, and there was only one way to get close to the camp, and we deployed double sentries, and it was impossible for the Japanese to avoid our sentries. ”

Lin Fei nodded and said: "What you said is indeed reasonable, it seems that it was indeed not done by the Japanese soldiers, so let's start with the investigation of the cause of death, take our chief medical officer to examine the body of the deceased, by the way, bring Mr. Huang Feihong with you, see if they can find out the cause of death of these soldiers, and notify me as soon as there is news." ”

Liu Jun agreed, got up and went out, and Lin Fei instructed him when he was about to walk out of the tent: "This matter must be kept secret and not known by anyone." ”

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