With a 'snap', Fang Xiaoyu slapped the information on the table, and Feng Shichang and other army officers stood around the table, looking at Fang Xiaoyu who was in a rage. "This group of bastards is simply too bold, not only did they attack the Imperial Military Port without declaring war, but they also brazenly invaded the Hanping Kingdom."

Feng Shichang said: "Young master, let the army attack, we can reach the border of Hanping Kingdom by railway, and let them taste our strength when the time comes." Fang Xiaoyu shook his head and said: "No, Hanping Kingdom only borders Luhai County, if we want to take the train to the border of Hanping Kingdom, we must let the army enter Luhai County, this is a big taboo, maybe it will be said by people with intentions that it is a bad intention, then I will be in big trouble." ”

"Or do we use merchant ships to transport troops there?" Sun Zhonglian proposed. Fang Xiaoyu did not answer, but looked at Feng Shichang, deputy chief of general staff, and said, "What news does the navy have?" ”

Feng Shichang said: "The navy set off from Yingkou Port the night before yesterday, and there is no news yet. ”

"So long?" Fang Xiaoyu frowned and said, this era of incommunicado really gave him a bit of a headache.

Feng Shichang added: "According to the news from the harbor guards, they brought a lot of incendiary bombs, saying that they were going to shell the Japanese mainland. ”

Fang Xiaoyu complained: "This group of boys is too bold and reckless, they dare to mess around at any time." Wei Lihui took the initiative to ask: "Young master, let's not wait for news from the navy, let's let the army set off by boat first, if the young master decides not to take insurance, you can let my division set off first, even if the loss is not big." ”

Fang Xiaoyu said: "Nonsense, you must not be hasty, you first collect ships to get ready, Wei Lihui and Du Guangting's troops set off immediately, transferred to Vladivostok Port to standby, once there is an order, set off immediately, tell Zhao Quan, send me the news as soon as there is a fleet." ”

"Yes." Wei Lihui and Du Guangting immediately received orders to mobilize troops. Feng Shichang reminded: "Young master, our artillery is not in place yet. "Because he didn't want to equip the front-loading guns and the rack back guns, Fang Xiaoyu has not equipped the artillery to the infantry division, the tube back gun and the new charge have just been researched, and the arsenal is busy changing the equipment for the artillery division, and has not yet taken care of the infantry division.

Fang Xiaoyu said: "It doesn't matter, according to Zhao Quan's intelligence, the Japanese soldiers don't have many artillery, let's change their outfits after this battle." "Fang Xiaoyu really feels that there is too little time now, if he is given another year, all the artillery of the infantry will be in place, and several large ironclad ships are still under construction, and it is estimated that they can be completed in a year. Just starting a war at this time when there is no success, so that many of the Chinese Leader's backhands cannot play, Fang Xiaoyu sighed, this group of Japanese robbers will really pick the time.

The night in early spring was still a little cold, Fang Xiaoyu sat on the bench in the yard and hugged his shoulders and thought about his thoughts, Elena quietly walked over and draped a coat on his body, Fang Xiaoyu turned his head to look at Elena and smiled: "Why haven't you slept yet?" ”

Elena also came over and sat beside him and said, "I can't sleep when I see you so troubled." ”

Fang Xiaoyu said: "I'm not worried, I'm just worried about the fleet, they are all novices who have never been on the battlefield, this time is a test for them." ”

Elena said, "Don't worry, I'm sure they'll come back safely." ”

Fang Xiaoyu reached out and hugged Elena into his arms, Elena did not resist, just gently rested her head on Fang Xiaoyu's shoulder. Fang Xiaoyu looked at Elena's delicate red lips, and suddenly smiled and kissed it, Elena reacted enthusiastically, and the two hugged and kissed tightly.

"Young master, there's news." A guard hurriedly ran in, and was stunned to find that the usually cold captain of the guard was actually hugging the young master.

Before he could come to his senses, Elena had already run back to her room. As if nothing had happened, Fang Xiaoyu straightened his clothes, glanced at the guards and said, "What's the news?" Take it and I'll take a look. ”

The guard was a little embarrassed and handed a piece of paper to Fang Xiaoyu and said, "Young Master, the navy has won a great victory, the fleet has returned to Yingkou Port and is resting." ”

After reading the information, Fang Xiaoyu immediately stood up and said: "Okay, it's really good, immediately order the army to attack, and at the same time let the navy replenish ammunition and coal water to cut off the sea supply line of the Japanese army near the port of Busan." ”

A huge fleet of ships tossed up and down in the sea, Wei Lihui and Du Guangting stood on the side of the ship and looked at the faint outline of the land on the sea level. Du Guangting said: "It's finally here, this time it's really risky." ”

Wei Lihui said with a smile: "Yes, the troops of the two divisions actually did not have an escort, if they were caught by the Japanese Navy, none of us would be able to escape." ”

Du Guangting nodded: "This is a risk that must be taken, but fortunately, we arrived safely." ”

The port of Rason is located in the northernmost part of the Han Ping Kingdom, close to the mainland, and the straight line distance from the port of Vladivostok is only 110 nautical miles, and the defenders here are only 200 people.

With the strong support of the locals, the two divisions of the Chinese Defense Army marched hundreds of kilometers in a hurry, and finally arrived at Liujing, the capital of the Han Ping Kingdom, a week later. However, due to a delay of several days, the army could no longer advance, because the Japanese army had already occupied Hanjing, the capital of Hanping State a hundred kilometers away, and the royal family of Hanping State was captured. Wei Lihui and Du Guangting had no choice but to stop the march and ordered the troops to immediately start repairing the fortifications.

Du Guangting stood in front of the map table and said by candlelight: "Lihui, this battle is not easy to fight, the Japanese army is on the opposite side, there are nearly 100,000 people, but we only have more than 20,000 people. Wei Lihui said: "Let's build a position here first and wait for them to come over." ”

Du Guangting said: "If they don't come, we will consume it like this?" Wei Lihui said with a smile: "No, I heard the news just now that the young master has ordered the navy to block the sea supply line of the Japanese army, or it won't be long before their supplies will be urgent, and then they will be in a hurry, we just need to wait." ”

Du Guangting looked at the terrain, gritted his teeth and said: "Passive defense is not advisable, I will defend here, you jump to the outside line to move, we cooperate with each other, and we will definitely be able to wipe out the Japanese army." Wei Lihui was surprised: "This is too risky, our manpower is already insufficient, if you divide the troops again, it will be very difficult for you here." ”

Du Guangting pointed to Hanjing on the map and said, "As long as I attract the main force of the Japanese army, you can go straight to Hanjing." Most of the supplies of the Japanese army must be here, you can destroy their logistics, and you can also stab them from behind, and it is not difficult for us to win by attacking them in two ways. Du Guangting stretched out his arms and made a gesture of hugging.

Wei Lihui shook his head and said: "No, if you want to attract the main force of the Japanese army, you must hold on here for at least ten days, which will put too much pressure on you." Du Guangting comforted him and said: "It's okay, the young master will definitely send follow-up troops, and besides, I am not as good as you when it comes to winning by surprise, but I am better than you in terms of defense." ”

Wei Lihui thought carefully for a while and nodded: "Okay, I'll take a brigade to attack, and the rest of the troops will stay." Du Guangting also knew that his troops were nervous, so he didn't do anything, but nodded and agreed.

Du Guangting, who served as the defense, began to build fortifications around Liujing City, and I heard that it was to fight the Japanese soldiers, many people from the Han Pingguo Kingdom came to help, and even Jin Chengyong, the general of the Han Pingguo town who stayed in Liujing, handed over the 10,000 Hanping troops under his command to Du Guangting's command.

However, Du Guangting did not have much hope for these troops with low combat effectiveness, lack of training, and only weapons with arquebuses, and he just let these people be distributed in the city to maintain law and order, and build barricades to cope with possible street fighting.

On the periphery of Liujing, Du Guangting built a five-layer defensive position, and then there were trenches and three layers of barbed wire outside. In addition, Du Guangting also buried all the 2,000 mines he brought with him on the forward position.

The advance force of the Japanese army was the third division of Naoshige Oshima, which was one of the four standing divisions of the Japanese state, and the opportunity to attack the Hanping Kingdom was regarded by the Japanese government as the first battle to occupy the mainland, so the military attached great importance to it, and not only sent three of the four standing divisions in the country, but also sent five reserve divisions, with a total strength of 160,000 troops.

It's a pity that in order to expand the navy, the Japanese state tilted the resources of the whole country towards the navy, resulting in a serious shortage of resources in the army, even the standing divisions such as the third division have only fifteen old-fashioned front-loading guns, and the infantry still holds flintlock guns, and those reserve divisions and regiments are even using old-fashioned arquebuses.

In this offensive operation, the Japanese army pressed most of its strength, except for the 11th Division stationed at Pusan Port, the 12th and 13th Divisions protecting the logistics line along the way, and the 14th Division defending the area around Phnom Penh Road on the left road, all other troops were gathered in Hanjing.

Starting from the port of Busan, the Japanese army fought smoothly all the way, and the Han Pingguo army was weak and scattered to defend everywhere, coupled with the backward weapons and equipment, they were beaten by the Japanese soldiers and had no power to fight back. It took only 20 days for the Japanese army to advance more than 700 kilometers, capture Hanjing, the capital of Hanping State, and capture the Hanping royal family and King Li Xi, who had no time to escape.

Although after reconnaissance in the front of the Liujing area there was a large force gathered to defend, but Oshima Naoshige did not pay attention to it, he stubbornly believed that the Hanping army was weak and bullied, and had no combat effectiveness at all, and he only needed one charge to break through the opponent's defense and occupy Liujing.

Naoshige Oshima's idea is beautiful, but unfortunately the reality is extremely cruel, and he soon runs into trouble. The Japanese soldiers on the march first stepped on the mine, and after a puff of smoke, one of the Japanese soldiers was blown into the sky. Fortunately, these mines are old-fashioned, and they are still filled with black powder, which is not very powerful, so they did not cause too many casualties.