In the British Prime Minister's official residence at No. 10 Downing Street in London, England, the emergency meeting of the Eight-Nation Alliance has been going on, at which the countries have agreed to break through the army and navy of the Eight-Nation Alliance in Hong Kong, and in addition, there are more than 100,000 troops in the three countries of Britain, France, and Japan in Fuzhou City, and the Eight-Nation Alliance has no way to solve their predicament, but to seek more blessings for itself, which makes the face of the Japanese ambassador to Britain much more gloomy, after all, the Japanese Army has more than 90,000 people in five divisions and regiments in Fuzhou City.

British Prime Minister Arthur? Balfour said to the ambassadors of the other seven countries: "After the defeat of the navy of our eight-nation alliance this time, our original plan to open up a southern front battlefield on the southeast coast of the Qing Dynasty and occupy the southern coastal provinces of the Qing Dynasty has been unable to be realized, and what is worse is that some of our British and French colonies in Asia are even facing the danger of being attacked by the Northeast Navy and the Dingbei Army under Lin Daxin, and oh, and the Japanese mainland is also facing the danger of being attacked." ”

Arthur? Balfour's words made the Japanese ambassador's face even more ugly, but it is undeniable that Arthur? Balfour's prediction is likely to happen.

Arthur? Balfour continued: "Because the Northeast Navy has 13 dreadnought battleships, oh God, I really don't know how the Qing Dynasty did it, our Eight-Nation Alliance just wants to organize an expeditionary fleet again to regain the sea control of the southeast coast of the Qing Dynasty, and at present, our British and French colonies in Asia and the Japanese mainland can only take passive defense." In this way, if we don't want to lose this war in the Eight-Nation Alliance, we must strengthen the forces of the Northern Front, that is, the Russian battlefield. ”

At this time, the Russian ambassador said: "The 500,000 troops of the two new armies that we have just formed in Russia have been put into the battlefield, according to our Russian plan of expanding the army by 1 million in the short term. In addition, the 500,000-strong army and two new group armies are also being intensified. And our Russian War Department is also planning a new expansion program, which will increase the number of troops on the battlefield. Of course, our military expansion plan also needs the support of other countries in terms of funds and weapons. ”

After a pause, the Russian ambassador continued: "But at present, the offensive of the Dingbei Army is very fierce, our Russian Kazakhstan region has lost most of it, the German Army and our Russian Army have just been defeated in the city of Cherkar in Kazakhstan, and now they have retreated to the city of Zarkamys in Kazakhstan, and the main force of the Dingbei Army is now attacking the city of Krasnoyarsk on the Yenisei River. Only played for one day. The land forces of our countries have lost 100,000 people, if it were not for the weather, the planes of the Dingbei Army would not be able to rise into the air, and the difficulties of the defenders of Krasnoyarsk City would be greater, so Krasnoyarsk City needs more reinforcements to withstand the attack of the Dingbei Army, and our Russia has not been able to send too many reinforcements in a short period of time, and I hope that the allies of various countries will send more land forces into Russia to resist the Dingbei Army. ”

The newly formed Russian 11th Army, with 250,000 troops, has been sent to the city of Zarkames in western Kazakhstan. The 250,000 troops of the 12th Army, which had just been formed by the Russian Army, were sent to the border area between Kazakhstan and Siberia, preparing to defend the Siberian region west of the Yenisei River and east of the Ural Mountains with the Russian 8th Army in this border area. And is ready to wait for an opportunity to launch a counterattack on the Kazakh region captured by the Dingbei Army.

As a result, Russia was indeed unable to send any reinforcements to support Krasnoyarsk in a short period of time, and when Tsar Nicholas II of Russia learned of the urgent convening of this meeting of the Eight-Nation Alliance, he immediately sent a telegram to the Russian ambassador to Great Britain. Let the other countries of the Eight-Nation Alliance send as many reinforcements as possible into Russia.

After the Russian ambassador finished speaking, British Prime Minister Arthur? Balfour nodded and said, "For the expansion of the Russian Army." The countries of the Eight-Nation Alliance will support it strongly, and I also think that the rest of us should increase the number of land forces in Russia. After all, there is already our only hope for this war. ”

Most of the ambassadors nodded solemnly, there is no need to count on the battlefield on the southern front, let alone the capture of the southern coastal provinces of the Qing Dynasty, and now the British, French and Japanese are having a headache How to deal with the next attack of the Dingbei Army and the Northeast Navy!

After the British Prime Minister Arthur? At Balfour's initiative, several European countries began to discuss how much more land forces should be sent into Russia to fight against the Dingbei Army, which has strong combat effectiveness, and no one will think that the combat effectiveness of the Dingbei Army is not strong, just as no one thinks that the strength of the Northeast Navy is not the world's naval hegemon.

While the meeting was discussing the increase of troops against Russia, in the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, the capital of Russia, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, with a blue forehead, stood by a telegraph machine with Russian Finance Minister Witte, Admiral Minister of the Navy, and War Minister Gorrosky, following the meeting of the Eight-Nation Alliance in London.

After receiving the news of the defeat of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance, Nicholas II's forehead fell from his chair in a panic, and his forehead accidentally touched the corner of the table and was hit.

Russia's already poor jingle sounds, and it is even more difficult to develop a navy that burns money, especially in the war three years ago, so that the Russian Navy lost almost all its main warships, and finally saved up all the belongings over the years, this time there are not many left, Nicholas II really can't keep his composure.

Nicholas II sighed to the Minister of the Navy, Grand Duke Vichi, and said: "Makarov, how many warships did he lead to escape?" ”

Grand Duke Vich said with a wry smile: "Makarov led the rest of the warships did not go to Hong Kong, and before retreating directly to our Russia, let the British help send a telegram back, we joined the Russian fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance Navy, and there are only 3 Peresvet-class all-steel battleships and 3 Borodino-class all-steel battleships left, a total of 6 battleships, and 3 large fast armored cruisers, 5 fast protection cruisers, 6 destroyers, and 21 torpedo boats. ”

Nicholas II asked with a very ugly face: "How many warships are there we sent this time?" ”

Archduke Vechio hesitated for a moment before saying: "We have added most of the main forces of the Navy to this expedition, a total of 15 Peresvet-class all-steel battleships, 4 Borodino-class all-steel battleships, 10 large fast armored cruisers, 16 fast protection cruisers, 16 destroyers and 32 torpedo boats, well--only 2 Borodino-class all-steel battleships and a few other types of warships were left in our country, and they did not join the expedition. ”

Nicholas II patted his head in frustration, and accidentally touched the location of the bruise, oops, in order to develop the navy, he spent a huge amount of money, and if he used this money to develop the army, he could expand the Russian army by at least 5 million. This made the total tonnage of the Russian Navy's warships reach 390,000 tons, barely ranking among the top eight navies in the world.

However, the naval battle in the Taiwan Strait has caused the Russian Navy to lose more than half of its strength, which is too unacceptable, and the speed of loss is too fast!

Nicholas II is now telling the truth, he is very frustrated, originally he thought that this time to join the Eight-Nation Alliance, is an opportunity for Russia to take revenge, so that Russia can not only regain the 5.12 million square kilometers of land lost in the last war, but also occupy more land under Lin Daxin and the Qing Dynasty, but the rhythm of the war is not at all the same as Nicholas II thought.

Before the Russian army launched an attack on Lin Daxin's territory, the Dingbei Army preemptively attacked the door, and let Russia lose millions of army forces in just half a month, and the area east of the Yenisei River in the direction of Siberia and most of Kazakhstan, and millions of square kilometers of land, were occupied by the Dingbei Army, and now the Russian Navy has lost more than half of it at once, which made Nicholas II, who was full of ambition at the beginning of the war, like being poured with cold water.

Nicholas II said with a wry smile: "Fortunately, Makarov did not lead the remaining warships to Hong Kong, otherwise our fleet would have been trapped there, even if we can break through, we don't know how many warships we will lose." ”

The Admiralty Archduke nodded, of course he would not say that the Tsar, you originally accused Makarov of being a coward and disgraced the Russian soldiers, but said: "Thanks to the Tsar, you appointed General Makarov as the commander of the Russian naval fleet, so that our Russian Navy can keep as many warships as possible." ”

Nicholas II shook his head and said gloomily: "The defeat of the Eight-Nation Alliance Navy in the naval battle in the Taiwan Strait, the battlefield on the southern front does not need to be considered, there is no chance at all, and the situation on the northern front battlefield in our Russia is also relatively bad now. ”

Although Nicholas II was depressed by the defeat of the army on the battlefield, he had not yet lost confidence in the victory of the war, but the defeat of this naval battle made him a little unoptimistic about the outcome of the war.

War Minister Gorrosky said comfortingly: "Your Majesty the Tsar, now that the Eight-Nation Alliance is urgently negotiating, I believe that other countries will also understand the current situation and will increase their support for our Russian battlefield. ”

Nicholas II nodded, and he could only hope for that. (To be continued......)

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