The chief of the secret police said: "Your Majesty, your majesty, when we found the assassin, the assassin was already dead, he committed suicide, but he left a suicide note before committing suicide, and the suicide note can prove that he was instructed by the Japanese authorities, and he knew that he could not escape, so he decided to commit suicide!" Judging from our investigation, there are no other suspicious signs at the scene, and it can basically be assumed that he is the murderer of the crown prince, and the mastermind behind it is the Japanese authorities, but it is ??????."

"But what? If you have something to say, don't spit it out! Nicholas II rebuked with great dissatisfaction.

"Yes!" The chief of the secret police said: "However, there are logical problems in some places in this case, and if nothing else, I will only say the ?????? mentioned in the suicide note."

"Enough!" Nicholas II yelled, interrupting the head of the secret police before he could finish speaking, "I don't care if it's logical or illogical, it's clear that the Japanese did it, and there is no one else but them, immediately convene a council of ministers and prepare to declare war on Japan!" ”

Nine years ago, the defeat of the Russo-Japanese War made Nicholas II already have a great grudge against Japan, and therefore resentful, but the revolutionary uprising in the country at that time made him very sad, in order to concentrate on quelling the civil strife, Tsarist Russia had to make peace with Japan, in fact, his heart did not really surrender to Japan, and now the Japanese sent someone to kill his only son, the only male heir of Tsarist Russia, how can he bear it?

Now he is not afraid at all, if it was before, he may still be careful that Tsarist Russia will not be able to deal with Japan. But Tsarist Russia now has military strategic allies, that is, Britain and France. As early as 1907, the three countries completed the signing of the Entente's military-strategic alliance agreement and formed an alliance into the Entente camp. A war between Tsarist Russia and Japan meant that Britain and France would also go to war against Japan.

According to the agreement, if any one of the three countries is attacked by force from other countries, it is equivalent to declaring war on the other two countries, and the other Entente countries are obliged to provide armed assistance. This satisfied the terms of the Entente, and if Tsarist Russia declared war on Japan, Britain and France must also declare war on Japan. Therefore. Nicholas II had nothing to fear.

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Lower reaches of the Tumen River, on the border with North Korea and Russia.

A group of knights walked through the forest through a thick layer of snow, and there were fourteen of them, but there were seventeen horses, three of them carrying things, and each of them wore a cotton jacket sewn from a thick snow-colored fabric, and a white cloak was draped over it, which was sewn from coarse cloth and soaked in tung oil. After drying in the sun, it is dyed white, and draped on the body not only plays a role in the snow to cover up, but also can prevent rain and snow, and can also keep warm.

This group of knights was dressed in addition to being warm and thick. The weapons they carried were also extremely sophisticated, and each of them had a rifle on his chest, which was divided into three types. If someone from later generations crossed over, they would have recognized these three guns. They are AK47 assault rifle, MP5 submachine gun, Gatling Vulcan.

Among the fourteen men, there was a very large guy carrying a Gatling Vulcan. Six armed with MP5 submachine guns, seven with AK47s, and in addition to that, each of them had five grenades on their chests, and several soldiers carried parts of two mortars and shells behind their backs. These people all wore snow-colored steel helmets under their cloaks, and they looked exactly like the snow special forces of later generations, which was one of the trump cards of the new government military - the Snow Wolf Force.

The knights shuttled through the forest unhurriedly, everyone was very vigilant, especially the people who opened the road in front and broke off in the back, although the people in the middle were more relaxed, but no one dared to be careless, you must know that now they are out of the border, and even within the border, they do not dare to expose their whereabouts, you must know that the current three eastern provinces are still in the hands of Zhang Xiluan, this guy has not yet expressed allegiance to the new government, and he has the meaning of supporting the army and wanting to be the king of the northeast.

When the team was about to leave the forest, the knight who had opened the way in front suddenly reined in his horse and raised his fist, and the knight behind also stopped when he saw his movements. Immediately, everyone turned over and dismounted, rolled in the snow and hid behind various covers, these movements were very familiar, as if after countless exercises, and in the blink of an eye, only seventeen horses were left in place, and the horses were already empty.

After about ten seconds, there was a sound of "coo, coo, coo" from the edge of the forest 60 meters ahead, and then someone in the team covered their mouths and blew: "Woo wow, woo wow, wow wow wow!" ”

At this moment, a hand stretched out from a slightly raised snow on the edge of the forest, followed by another hand, then a head and body, and a man got up from the snow and ran quickly to this side.

A strong man on the side of the knight team flashed out from behind a big tree and said, "It's Liangzi, my own person!" After saying that, he greeted him, and the others also walked out of the bunkers.

"Head, why are you here now? According to the agreed time, you are already twenty-one hours late! "The young man who came running from the edge of the woods was dressed in a sheepskin jacket of the Afterlife, and a fur hat on his head.

"Zhang Xiluan checked the people from the customs very strictly, and thought of a lot of ways to transport the equipment on the way, so it was delayed for a day!" Captain Han Zheng explained slightly, then turned his head to the hurricane who was walking over and said, "Brother Hurricane, this is Liang Zi, he is the strongest scout under me, and he is from the Northeast!" ”

The two sides did not salute or other politeness, they all greeted each other directly, under Han Zheng's greeting, everyone found a place to hide again, Han Zheng pulled Liang Zi and Hurricane together, and asked: "Liang Zi, you have been here for a few days, how is the situation of the investigation?" Talk to me and the Hurricane brothers! ”

"Okay!" Liang Zi agreed, and as he spoke, he reached out and took out a folded white piece of paper from his sheepskin jacket, and after opening it, there was a map drawn by himself.

He pointed to a red dot on the map and said, "Head, Hurricane Boss, you see, this red dot is where we are now, this is about five miles away from our border, you came from there, you should know?" I observed here for five days, and the Russian old Maozi sent people to patrol once a day, and the time of passing through here was two o'clock in the afternoon, while the Japanese also sent people to patrol once a day, and the time to pass across the river was about twelve o'clock in the afternoon, a difference of two hours. On each patrol, the Japanese had fourteen people, all on horseback, and they also carried dogs, and the Russians were in a similar situation, all Cossack cavalry, fifteen people patrolled back and forth, the difference was that Lao Maozi did not bring dogs. Lao Maozi's post is six miles away from here, there is a platoon of troops, and one squad patrols each time, and the Japanese post is fifteen miles away from here, which is much farther away, and the general situation is like this! ”

Han Zheng looked at the map and asked, "How far is it from the sea?" ”

Liang Zi said: "I've been there, it's about thirty-five miles!" ”

"At the speed of our march, it will take two hours to clear the traces!" Hurricane said the math.

Han Zheng took out his pocket watch and looked at it and said: "It's three o'clock in the afternoon, that is to say, Lao Maozi has just passed an hour or so, and there are still twenty-one hours until twelve o'clock at noon tomorrow, this time is too long, and we have been delayed on the road for a day, according to the predetermined plan, the person who picked us up should have almost arrived, if we delay until tomorrow, the person who answered us will probably leave if he can't meet us!" ”

Hurricane nodded and said, "Yes, if we return the same way after the mission, it is very likely that we will be traced and our identities will be exposed, Old Han, what do you think?" ”

Han Zheng thought for a while and turned his head to look at the other team members, thought for a while and said: "Rest for two hours, we will carry out operations overnight, strive to complete the task tonight, first take out the Japanese outpost, and then raid Lao Maozi's outpost, it just so happens that the two outposts on their two sides are far enough apart that even if the cannon is fired, it is estimated that the other side will not be able to hear it, Hurricane Brother, what do you see?" ”

This operation is headed by Hurricane, after all, he is the main person in charge of this operation, and although Han Zheng is the commander of this team and has the supreme command during the battle, he still has to listen to the hurricane's opinion when deciding on specific actions, after all, Hurricane has many more problems to consider than he Han Zheng.

Hurricane thought for a moment and asked, "How sure are you?" ”

Han Zheng said: "If the Japanese don't have dogs, we can solve them without much effort, but the Japanese hunting dogs hinder our operations a lot, but it doesn't matter, let's be careful, there shouldn't be any problems, even if they are discovered, we can kill them in the case of a strong attack, but then our pressure will be much greater!" ”

Hurricane said: "Since it's no problem, let's do it, Old Han, I believe in you and your people!" ”

"That's good!" Han Zheng stood up and whistled, and when the others heard it, they all turned their heads and found that he had cleaned up the assembly, and everyone quickly gathered.

"Rest for two hours, and then we will start the operation, before starting the operation, we will have a full meal, anyway, the Japanese and Russians will not patrol during this time, we will go get some game and open meat, and then we will do it when we are full of food and drink!"

"Yes!"

Next, Han Zheng arranged for three people to go out hunting, and arranged for two people to be on guard, while the others made fires, collected firewood, and built grills, while Han Zheng and Hurricane discussed tactics. (To be continued......) R1292