After getting Scrooge's approval, Dorothea left in a hurry.

"Hell alive, for a woman!" When Dorothea went out, Scrooge said angrily.

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Recently, Takahashi was living a good life, and he successfully sold 140 million yuan of government bonds for Japan, so that Japan could rely on this to start a war against Russia, and for this merit, he received commendations from the top, and it is said that even the emperor himself mentioned him, and there were rumors that he would soon be knighted. A person from a civilian background, the son of a small servant, and an adopted son of Ashigaru can actually be knighted, which is a very rare thing in Japan, where the class is relatively solid. Moreover, to be honest, there are still a lot of real things and privileges in Japan. Once you become Chinese, that's really ...... Until now, Japan's political scene is almost entirely controlled by these people.

I have to say that the army's appearance is also very good, even if Takahashi Shiqing has a lot of dissatisfaction with the army's dominance, he has to admit that at least for now, the army is doing a good job. The navy completely blocked Port Arthur, and a few days ago the Russians tried in vain to take advantage of the fog to transfer the fleet to Vladivostok (Vladivostok), but they were discovered by the alert Japanese navy and blocked back. The Russians lost three warships in this breakout battle, one of which was the flagship of their naval commander, and this hapless warship hit a mine while evading the Japanese naval fire, and finally sank to the bottom of the sea with the commander of the detachment.

The remaining Russian warships lost their command and fell into confusion, so they were beaten hard by the Japanese navy, losing two cruisers, and then the remaining warships turned around and fled back to Port Arthur, because of the threat of Arthur Battery, the Japanese fleet did not catch up. Anyway, after this battle, the important ships of the Russian fleet were basically injured, and considering the insufficient maintenance capacity of Port Arthur, it can already be assumed that these warships have no possibility of going to sea to fight again. Therefore, the right to control the sea has completely fallen into the hands of the Japanese army. With sea supremacy, it became much easier for the Japanese army to supply personnel and materials.

Compared with the Russian Army, the Japanese Army studied more thoroughly when learning the advanced experience of Europe. Unlike the Russian army, although the Japanese army also emphasized hand-to-hand combat and bayonets, it also attached equal importance to firepower, especially the organization of crossfire. According to the agreement reached between Takahashi and MacDonald, a considerable part of the treasury bonds they sold were directly purchased into MacDonald's weapons, especially infantry guns and light machine guns. MacDonald's classic 75mm infantry gun was unanimously praised by the Japanese army, so much so that the Japanese army put forward imitation requirements for the country. Speaking of which, MacDonald's 75mm infantry gun was originally a copycat of the later Japanese 92 infantry gun, but now it has been copied back by the Japanese.

Relying on infantry guns that could move easily in the poor road conditions of northeastern China, as well as light machine guns, the Japanese army achieved great success in intercepting Russian reinforcements to Arthur. Although before the war, the Russians felt that one Russian soldier could deal with at least three Japanese soldiers, but in this series of blocking battles, the Russian army was beaten by the Japanese army to one.

Of course, American weapons are good, but there is one thing that is too pitiful, that is, the price is really expensive. Although it is true that MacDonald ships at the general price of the international market, once these things are consumed in the war, it is really ...... In the hands of a skilled gunner, a 75-mm infantry gun can fire more than 20 shells a minute, and each shell is money. As for the light machine guns sold by the Americans to the Japanese, they were good, but the rate of fire was a little faster, and they could fire 1,200 rounds in one minute. It is said that when it was first developed, some engineers proposed that in fact, 500 to 600 rounds per minute was enough, and it was also better controlled and accurate. But Donald, who was in charge of the development of this thing at the time, said: "It is a good thing for us to consume a lot of bullets and a fast barrel." ”

So after a big battle, the guys from the army really came to find them and declared: weapons, ammunition, medicines, military rations, and clothing, anyway, there is not enough for anything. Of course, so many things, in fact, can also be boiled down to one sentence, that is, there is not enough money.

If you don't have enough money, of course, you have to borrow money again. Fortunately, now that Japan is fighting well on the battlefield, it should be much easier to borrow money. This is the case in the market economy, where companies with good performance are easy to get huge amounts of investment with very low interest rates, and on the contrary, those enterprises with poor performance are always difficult to get investment, although they need more funds. And after the rise of capital, war itself is a market behavior. Naturally, it follows this law.

During World War II, the Germans launched Barbarossa, which caused the Soviets to be in a mess, and then surrounded and annihilated the Soviet Union's heavy army cluster in Kiev, and when the troops approached Moscow, the Soviet diplomatic department ran to the U.S. Embassy every day to beg the Americans for assistance.

After the Soviets held Moscow and repelled the Germans, American aid finally came, but the amount was better than nothing. It was only after the decisive victory of the Soviets in Kursk that the prospects for victory in the war became completely clear, and large sums of aid rolled in.

The situation in Japan was the same in this war, so when Takahashi proposed to issue new government bonds for the second time, a large group of financiers took the initiative to come to the door and promised various favorable conditions to act as an agent for the government bonds issued by Japan. Seeing that there is almost no problem in issuing 200 million yen of government bonds in the second phase of this posture, Takahashi feels that it will only take a week at most for them to complete this round of government bond issuance.

However, as the saying goes, there are unforeseen circumstances, and during this time, there were sudden changes on the battlefield.

In order to relieve the siege of Lushun, Russia is constantly mobilizing troops to Shenyang. The pressure on the Japanese army is increasing. There is an urgent need to take Lushun down as soon as possible, so as to liberate the troops besieging Lushun. So the Japanese army launched round after round of attacks towards Lushun.

In order to attack such a solid target as Arthur, the Japanese also spent a lot of money to buy several 280 mm caliber railguns from MacDonald, however, this alone is still not very effective, the Japanese have little experience in attacking reinforced concrete fortifications, so the coordination in the attack is very problematic, especially their commander Nogi Noshinori, who is also an extremely brave samurai, and his attack strategy is naturally extraordinarily brave, extraordinarily samurai: what can't be attacked? Then send more people to attack, the great Japanese samurai are not afraid of death!

Of course, it is conceivable what kind of effect such an impact will have, as early as after Scrooge invented trench warfare during the Civil War, it was already a nightmare to storm the preset position, and after so many years, the technical level of trench warfare has not improved much. At least, there were no machine guns or directional mines in the Civil War. And when the Japanese army finally rushed to the vicinity of the trenches, they were often met with defensive hands thrown by the Russian army. Pomegranate. Coverage of the bullet. The Japanese army, of course, also threw their hands at the Russian army . Pomegranate. Play. But at this time, the new combat shotgun of the Russian army played a magical role, and the Russian soldiers used this thing, like a flying saucer, to throw the hands of the Japanese. Pomegranate. The bullets flew off. (This is not a milk bottle mess, in the trench warfare of World War I, one of the major tasks of the American army's combat shotguns was to intercept the man. Pomegranate. Play. ）

After a raid with heavy losses, the Russian army suddenly launched a counterattack. During this counterattack, the Russian army suddenly fired a large amount of light at the Japanese position. Air bombs, and then, wearing gas masks, the Russian army, which is as hideous as the devil, launched a counterattack. The poison gas bombs created a huge chaos among the unsuspecting Japanese army, so that the Russian counterattack troops rushed to the vicinity of Nogi Noshinori's headquarters far from the front line in one breath. However, because under the cover of poison gas bombs, the Russian army's assault speed was too fast, and the soldiers in the front-line troops who were specially responsible for guarding the military flags were poisoned and died, and they did not have time to burn the military flags, but the Russians actually captured two wing flags in one go. This is also the second time that Nogi Noshinori has lost the military flag when he was commanding the battle. (The first time was in the Southwest War)

When the news of this fiasco reached Europe, it immediately caused an uproar. The news of the Russian army's use of poison gas bombs to turn the tide in one fell swoop immediately made Takahashi Isaki's task of issuing bonds difficult. The Russians, of course, are not stupid enough to say that we do not yet have the capacity to produce poison gas on a large scale, which we have bought through guò smuggling channels and has already run out. Instead, they declared that we were producing more pesticides and sending them to the front lines to get rid of the Japanese pests.

Such news, of course, greatly boosted the morale of the Russian army, on the contrary, the morale of the Japanese army was greatly damaged. After all, at that time, most of the army was ignorant of the various restrictions of the gas bomb, and they worshipped its lethality infinitely. Even the most valiant warrior will be terrified of this kind of thing that will kill if inhaled.

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"Let's prepare, I guess the Japanese will come to the door soon." Gladstone said to his subordinates. Now that the sudden change in the situation on the battlefield has made it difficult for the Japanese to ride the tiger, it is estimated that at this time, no matter how excessive the demand, the Japanese can only endure it. And Greystone, who was very unhappy just now for personal reasons, also decided to vent his anger on the Japanese.