On November 1, the Zhongnanhai Royal Palace, where the empire's base camp is located.

A few days ago, the first snow fell sharply, and the grounds were covered with a thick layer of snow except for the main road.

In the conference room of the base camp with a fireplace, you can't feel the cold after the snow in early winter.

The curtains in the meeting room are not closed, the dazzling snow scene outside the window is clearly visible, and the crystal chandelier on the ceiling is open, so that the room is very well lit.

At the north end of the long table in the conference room, the dragon chair prepared for the emperor was empty, and the thirty-two-year-old Guangxing Emperor had not attended the base camp meeting for a whole week.

Since Zhide Gongwenyi handed over the power of the prime minister to Liu Yun, the agent of Wuwei Gong, the base camp has become "Liu Yun's base camp" from the surface to the substance.

Admiral Yang Jung-jin, the chief of the Imperial General Staff, who was called a "gigantic sleepy bug" by some humans in this room, was reporting on the reorganization of the front-line troops, and the reason why he had such a beautiful nickname was mainly because the unchanging tone of his speech was very reminiscent of a lullaby for hypnosis of young children.

“…… Since the fortress of Hailanpao has been conquered, the enemy army has been completely divided into two parts, east and west, and our army is bound to organize separate battle groups in these two directions...... It is planned to form the Eastern Front with the Third Army on the Vladivostok side, the Japanese First Army and the Second Army on the Boli side, and the First Army already on the Chita front line and the Janissary Field Army on the Baikal side to form the Western Front...... The Second Reserve Army and the Third Reserve Army under planning will be assembled in the Qiqihar area as a strategic general reserve. ”

“…… It is expected that by the middle of this month, the Eastern Front should consist of eleven divisions, including the Japanese Guards Division, which, together with auxiliary support units, should have 396,000 men according to its establishment; The Western Front shall consist of sixteen divisions, of which four are our Praetorian Guard Division and one Korean Janissary Division, plus auxiliary support units, which shall have 637,000 men according to their establishment; Five to six divisions of the strategic reserve, plus auxiliary support units, shall not exceed 200,000 men according to the establishment...... Based on the current state of weapons and ammunition stockpiles, production and financial allocations, it is estimated that the country will only be able to upgrade or organize a maximum of 12 combat divisions in the next three months, and the level of equipment and equipment may be one level lower than that of the standing divisions of the National Defense Forces...... Report complete. ”

After listening to the report, Liu Yun looked around left and right, "Do you have any comments on this?" ”

The commander-in-chief of the army, General Zuo Guigui, first stated: "Is it too wasteful to put almost 400,000 people on the Eastern Front just for two fortresses?" ”

Zuo Guigui was originally a general of the Huai Army, attached to Liu Yun after the coup d'état in 1890, and was the commander of the Fourth Division of the Praetorian Guard during the First Sino-Japanese War, and after the war, he successively served as the commander of the Second Infantry Army and the commander of the Zhili Military Region, and left his post in 1900 due to illness. It is recorded in the history books of another time and space that the man with the same name as this army general led his troops to hold the Xuanwu Gate of Pyongyang in the Pyongyang Battle of the First Sino-Japanese War, climbed the city gate in a gorgeous court uniform, and personally launched artillery to bombard the Japanese army.

Although Zuo Guigui is an old soldier, he still studied at the Army University for two years after joining Liu Yun's new army, and was able to serve as the commander of the elite Praetorian Guard Division before the First Sino-Japanese War.

At this time, in the face of the question of the commander-in-chief of the army, Yang Zhengjin still responded in his unhurried tone: "Your Excellency's question, the General Staff has already considered it, in view of the strong defense of the enemy's Boli fortress and Vladivostok fortress, sufficient materials and ammunition, and relatively intact troops, in order to conquer these two fortresses as soon as possible, it is necessary to arrange more troops to besiege them. According to the comprehensive report of the Second Army and the Vladivostok Army Group two days ago, it is estimated that there are still more than 40,000 defenders in the fortress, and there are still 80,000 to 90,000 enemy troops in the area around the fortress, totaling 12 to 130,000 people. In order to destroy these enemy forces hiding in a strong defensive system, we must commit more than three times as many troops and a large number of heavy artillery, and it is on this basis that the Eastern Front, according to the plan I have just proposed, should have 397,000 men in its establishment. Moreover, the 397,000 men I am talking about are calculated on the basis of establishment, and in fact, since the supplementary troops were given priority to the troops of the Western Front, the losses of the various units of the Eastern Front have not been sufficiently replenished, and it is estimated that by the middle of this month, there will be a gap of about 30,000 between the actual strength of the Eastern Front and the strength of the established strength...... In order to cope with the large-scale build-up of the Russian army in Baikal, the General Staff has given priority to the deployment of troops and weapons of the Western Front, so all the national Praetorian Guard divisions and one Korean Praetorian Guard Division have been transferred to the Western Front...... The General Staff believes that the Western Front, organized according to this plan, is sufficient to effectively resist the attack of the Russian troops on the Baikal side in these two or three months. ”

After listening to Yang Zhengjin's explanation of provoking sleep, Zuo Guigui nodded without showing a trace of tiredness: "Understood, I have no problem." ”

Liu Yun glanced left and right again: "Which one still has a problem?" ”

Seeing that no one made a sound, Liu Yun took a sip of hot tea and smacked his lips: "Then let's do it according to the plan of the General Staff." The order was to abolish the Northeast Front Army Headquarters with immediate effect, and to set up the Eastern Front Army Command and the Western Front Army Headquarters respectively in accordance with the General Staff Front's 1 November frontline unit reorganization plan, with Zhong Xiahuo, the former commander of the Northeast Front Army, transferred to the post of commander of the Western Front Army, and Deng Jian as chief of staff; Liu Bailiang, the former commander of the First Group Army, was transferred to the post of commander of the Eastern Front Army, and Wang Zhi was appointed chief of staff; In addition, the former Vladivostok Group Army Group Command was abolished, Commander Ma Chengwu was transferred back to the General Staff Department as head of the Training Division, and Chief of Staff Zhao Minhe was transferred to the post of commander of the Fifth Field Army. ”

Army General Ma Chengwu, known as the "Smiling Tiger," was formerly the head of the General Staff Armament Division, and was transferred to the post of commander of the newly formed Vladivostok Army Group on 1 October, but his performance was not good as soon as he took office, and he forced the troops to attack and fight hard when commanding the attack on the Shuangchengzi fortress, causing 30,000 casualties in one day. Shortly after the end of the campaign, the Intelligence Office of the General Staff Headquarters and Liu Yun's private spy organization "Eagle Wolf Team" both reported that Ma Chengwu had an abnormal appearance similar to a hidden psychotic episode during the campaign; in order to stabilize the morale of the troops, the base camp did not immediately remove Ma Chengwu from his post, but had already privately explained to the units to which the group army group belonged that they should make further requests to the base camp when the commander issued an abnormal order, and in addition, Lieutenant General Zhao Minhe, chief of staff of the group army group, was given the power to remove Ma Chengwu from his authority and act as his agent if necessary. Ma Chengwu is obviously no longer able to serve as the commander of the combat unit, but for the sake of the country and the army, he can not calmly admit it: "Because Army General Ma Chengwu has signs of mental abnormality, he will be dismissed." Therefore, taking advantage of the east wind of the reorganization plan of the front-line troops of the General Staff Department, Liu Yun decided to push the boat down the river and recall Ma Chengwu back to the General Staff Department to take up the post of director of the training department, which is relatively leisurely, and wait for the attention of public opinion to fade before further dealing with it. Whether Ma Chengwu is really mentally abnormal, Liu Yun is not very sure, the crux of the problem is that his improper command has led to too heavy sacrifices, if he continues to let it go repeatedly, I am afraid there may be greater losses.

Zhao Minhe was the chief of staff of the Third Field Army at the beginning of the war, and was wounded on the front line during the first battle of Shuangchengzi on September 21 (see chapter 73), and was appreciated by Liu Yun for his correct judgment and extraordinary courage in this battle. In view of the rumors that he had an unkind relationship with Chen Xingyun, commander of the Third Field Army, it may not be appropriate to let him return to the Third Field Army, just as the First Reserve Army was about to be reorganized into the Fifth Field Army, and the former commander was unable to participate in the war due to illness, Liu Yun immediately thought of Zhao Minhe, and without consulting anyone in advance, he decided to make Zhao Minhe the commander of the Fifth Field Army, and directly issued an order at the base camp meeting.

Yang Zhengjin didn't care about the fate of Ma Chengwu and Zhao Minhe, he knew part of Liu Yun's psychology, especially Liu Yun's mentality of using people as tools, but he didn't mind it, because he didn't think he belonged to the list of tools in Liu Yun's eyes - although in fact he was just a relatively advanced tool.

As soon as Liu Yun's order was issued, Yang Zhengjin immediately drafted the order into a telegram and asked the adjutant to go to the telegraph room next door to send it in the name of the base camp.

"Then, next, to discuss the reorganization of the navy, Commander Liu will make a report."

Liu Yun said, turning his gaze to Admiral Liu Buyun, commander-in-chief of the navy.

Liu Buyun was one of the first batch of students of the empire's first modern naval school, the Fuzhou Ship Master School, and in 1875, he and his classmate Lin Taizeng were sent by the former Minister of Shipping Shen Baozhen to England for a short period of study, and two years later, together with Lin Taizeng and Jiang Chaoying, they directly entered several ironclad ships of the British Mediterranean Fleet for internship, and were allowed to give officers preferential treatment in food and beds. In 1885, when the Beiyang Naval Division was formed, Liu served as the captain of the fleet flagship "Dingyuan" pipe belt (that is, the captain), and after the coup d'état in 1890, Liu Yun arranged to replace the former Beiyang Naval Division Admiral Ding Ruchang, and became the commander of the newly renamed Beiyang Fleet, and later served as the commander-in-chief of the Navy and the commander of the Zhenyang Fleet (that is, the Combined Fleet).

In the history books of another time and space, it is recorded that Liu Buyun, who was the pipe band of the "Dingyuan" of the Beiyang Naval Division, committed suicide before the fall of Weihaiwei, the base of the Beiyang Naval Division, in 1895, but for the time and space where Liu Yun and others are located, that kind of thing has never happened at all.

Originally, as the commander-in-chief of the navy, Liu Buyun was only in charge of the navy's military affairs and participated in the cabinet's decision-making as a subordinate of the Ministry of National Defense, but after the outbreak of the war, because the General Staff Headquarters took over the compilation and issuance of military orders for the army and navy, Yang Zhengjin, chief of the general staff, and his staff, who were mainly from the army, were overwhelmed, so they petitioned Liu Yun to separate the navy's military order system and set up a separate naval staff bureau, which was only guided by the general staff in terms of policy. The newly established Naval Staff Bureau was temporarily in charge of the Navy's Commander-in-Chief Liu Buyun, making Liu Buyun an out-and-out "naval dictator" who combined the power of the military, government, and military orders.

At this time, Liu Buyun, who was over 50 years old, bowed his head slightly to the Minister of National Defense and Acting Prime Minister, who was about the same age as him, and after sorting out the documents in his hand, he began to report in his official dialect with a slight Hokkien accent.

“…… In order to cope with the upcoming winter blockade operation, it is proposed to divide the existing forces of the combined fleet into three detachments and assign different tasks. Among them, the main detachment was commanded by Vice Admiral Lin Taizeng, commander of the Combined Fleet, and Rear Admiral Sa Zhenbing served as chief of staff, and had 5 battleships, 9 armored cruisers, 18 light cruisers, and 36 destroyers under its command. The 1st Support Detachment is commanded by Rear Admiral Lin Luzhong and Rear Admiral Kim Fenglin of the DPRK is Chief of Staff, and has 8 light cruisers, 12 destroyers, 73 torpedo boats, and 4 torpedo boat carriers. The second support detachment is commanded by Major General Yan Fu, and Japan's Rear Admiral Heihachiro Togo is chief of staff, and has 4 old armored ships, 2 armored cruisers, 10 light cruisers, 24 destroyers, 33 torpedo boats, and 3 torpedo boat carriers. In addition, the former Second Mobile Fleet was reorganized into a local defense fleet, commanded by Rear Admiral Liu Guanxiong, and the chief of staff was Rear Admiral Cheng Biguang, under the jurisdiction of 2 armored cruisers, 8 light cruisers, 8 destroyers, 24 torpedo boats and 2 torpedo boat carriers, and the combat area was in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, and the main task was to guard the waters of the East China Sea and the South China Sea......

“…… The newly completed battleship Rui Xian is undergoing sea trials and emergency training, and it is estimated that it will be able to be incorporated into the combat unit by mid-December. In addition, there will not be more capital ships to be put into active service before May next year, so it is necessary to preserve our capital ships as much as possible during the Vladivostok blockade operation......"

"In addition, the two seaplane carriers 'Flying Eagle' and 'Sky Eagle,' which began to be rebuilt in early July this year, are expected to be completed in January next year, and it is planned to form the First Air Force on the basis of these two ships and integrate them into the Combined Fleet to provide reconnaissance and artillery fire support for the fleet......

Regarding Liu Buyun's report, everyone did not have much objection, in fact, none of the special forces officers and soldiers brought by Liu Yun from 2025 were from the navy, and Liu Yun himself was even a little seasick. Since the coup d'état of 1890, the navy has been entrusted to the management of the navy veterans such as Liu Buyun, and Liu Yun's direct officer corps has never effectively infiltrated the navy, and Liu Yun has only exerted some policy influence on the navy from time to time through the General Staff and the Ministry of Defense. Compared with the army, especially the Praetorian Guard, which is full of Liu Yunyan's eagle dogs, the navy is much more independent.

Vice Admiral Lin Taizeng, commander of the Combined Fleet mentioned in Liu Buyun's report, is actually on par with Liu Buyun in terms of qualifications and ability, but fate is destined not to treat everyone fairly. During the First Sino-Japanese War, Lin Tai was the commander of a detachment of the Zhenyang Fleet, and when he led his troops to the port of Incheon, he was attacked by the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet, and the department suffered heavy losses, but Liu Yun, who was in charge of the war at that time, did not order him to be dealt with, but blamed the responsibility on the improper planning of the General Staff, and then Lin Tai participated in the Battle of Dadonggou as the first deputy commander of the Zhenyang Fleet, which won a complete victory, and he was able to wash away the shame of the Battle of Incheon. After the First Sino-Japanese War, Lin Tai served as the commander of the Zhenyang Fleet, and before the war, he became the commander of the East Asian Allied Fleet, commanding the main forces of the navies of China, North Korea, and Japan. In the more than a month since the start of the war, Lin Tai led his troops to fight many fierce battles with the headquarters of the Russian Pacific Fleet, and basically achieved the strategic goal of blockading the enemy fleet in the port of Vladivostok. In short, although he is a little introverted, he will not lack the courage necessary to fight while being cautious.

In the history books of another time and space, it is recorded that Lin Tai served as the pipe belt of the ironclad ship "Zhenyuan" during the First Sino-Japanese War, and in the battle of the Yellow Sea, when many of his own warships sank or withdrew from the battle, he led the ship and the "Dingyuan" ship to calmly respond to the battle, withstood the siege of the Japanese army, and finally forced the Japanese army to withdraw from the battlefield on its own initiative. However, on November 14, 1894, when the "Zhenyuan" ship led by Lin Tai entered the Weihai Naval Port, due to the tidal blowing of the buoy, and coincided with the dry season, it accidentally ran into the reef, causing serious damage to the warship, and Lin Tai had taken a series of emergency damage management remedial measures, and committed suicide by poisoning early on the morning of the 16th, at the age of 43.

Yan Fu (formerly known as Yan Zongguang), commander of the Second Support Fleet, and Lin Taizeng and Liu Buyun were both students of the Fuzhou Ship Administration Bureau, and passed the entrance examination of the Royal Naval College in Greenwich, England in 1877, learning driving theory, and in the summer of 1879, because of his excellent academic examinations, and had already passed half a year of ship school practice, he was transferred back to China in advance to serve as a teacher in the Fuzhou Ship Master School, and Liu Buchan, Lin Taizeng and others did not complete their internship until the winter of that year and set off to return to China. From 1880 onwards, he began to teach at the Tianjin Naval Academy, contributing to the education of middle and lower officers of the Beiyang Naval Division. After Liu Yun's coup d'état in 1890, Yan Zongguang was appointed captain of the newly purchased armored ship "Fengxiang" from Germany and participated in the Sino-Japanese War. Soon after taking office as the captain of the ship, Yan Zongguang inexplicably changed his name to Yan Fu, and when others asked him afterwards, he explained that "it was an adult's idea", but he refused to reveal which adult, and the insiders speculated groundlessly, believing that the main suspects were none other than Liu Yun and Wen Yi.

In fact, it is recorded in the history books of another time and space that after returning to China, especially after the First Sino-Japanese War, Yan Zongguang and his people actively advocated the reform of the law, and they were very dissatisfied with the "new policy of self-improvement" of the Westernists, believing that in order to save the country and survive and resist foreign aggression, it is necessary to learn the social and political system, ideology, and culture of the West. Therefore, under the name of "Yan Fu", he wrote a lot of political papers, propagating the theory and political propositions of the reform and reform of the law, and then did a lot of translation work, successively translating Huxley's "Theory of Heavenly Evolution" (i.e., the Theory of Evolution), Adam Smith's "The Original Wealth", Montesquieu's "Law and Meaning" (i.e., "On the Spirit of Law") and Spencer's "Qunxue Xuanyan" and other books, and introduced the Western capitalist political and sociological society more systematically, among which the most influential book is "The Theory of Heavenly Evolution". In it, Yan Fu endorsed the social Darwinist theory of survival of the fittest, and put forward the idea of "competing with the heavens" and "self-improvement and seed protection", which was quite influential in the ideological circles of the late Qing Dynasty and became one of the ideological weapons of the reformists.

The rest of the main admirals of the Imperial Navy also have different experiences with each other in different time and space, and I will choose to introduce them later.

Moreover, after the change in the organization of the army and navy was determined, the aviation floating units attached to the army and navy also needed to be reorganized accordingly, so Liu Yun turned his attention to Yang Zhengjin again, and the innocent-looking "giant sleepy insect" had already put on a posture, just waiting for Liu Yun's eyes to turn around.

“…… In view of the fact that the Northeast Front has decided to reorganize into the Eastern and Western Fronts, it is proposed to reorganize the aviation floating clusters originally assigned to the Front Army and the field armies directly under their jurisdiction into two major aviation floating clusters in the East and the West......"

"The Western Air Floating Group has under its jurisdiction the First Air Group, the Second Air Group, the Second and Third Aviation Reconnaissance Groups, four independent Air Floating Reconnaissance and Calibration Squadrons, and a number of support units, which shall have 158 aircraft and 36 airships according to their establishment. It is proposed to appoint Major General Guo Zhifei, former chief staff officer and acting commander of the aviation floating cluster of the Northeast Front Army, as commander and Colonel You Xuan as chief of staff. ”

"The Eastern Air Floating Cluster has under its jurisdiction the Fourth Aviation Reconnaissance Group, four independent reconnaissance squadrons, and a number of support units, which should have 56 aircraft and 12 airships according to their establishment. It is proposed to appoint Brigadier General Wang Shengping, former commander of the First Air Group, as commander, and Colonel Ma Hengming as chief of staff. ”

"The Air Floating Group directly under the direct jurisdiction of the base camp has under the jurisdiction of the First Floating Group and the Fifth Aviation Reconnaissance and Bombing Group, as well as three independent squadrons and a number of support units, and should have 46 aircraft and 40 airships according to the establishment. The commander of the cluster is Brigadier General Liang Wantian, and the chief of staff is Colonel Fang Yongyang. ”

The six generals and colonels assigned as commanders and chiefs of staff of the three major aviation floating clusters have all served as test pilots at the National Defense First Class Equipment Research Institute in Xiaotangshan, Beijing, and each of them has more than 1,000 flight hours (including airplanes and airships), and the oldest qualified, Major General Guo Zhifei, who was Chinese New Year's Eve and 7 years old, has a total of more than 2,100 flight hours, and is the only veteran pilot in the entire army who has more than 2,000 flight hours. Together with another veteran pilot, Liang Wantian, he set a record of 298 hours of continuous flight in a tandem piloted airship. Among the six, Fang Yongyang was the youngest, Chinese New Year's Eve, and he had tested a trial aircraft called "Young Eagle" for the marshal and his party when Generalissimo Liu Yun visited the Xiaotangshan Research Institute in 1898, which was appreciated by Liu Yun, and was immediately promoted from lieutenant to captain.

Although the above-mentioned three people are also engaged in the cultivation of airplanes, their main business is airships, and they are very familiar with the combat use of airships, and they are also the core figures in the military who advocate the "airship decisive theory." However, the other three of the six, You Zhuan, Wang Shengping, and Ma Hengming, are out-and-out "pilots." These three specialize in airplanes and are the advocates of the "theory of aviation development" in the military. The plane driven by You Slow has crashed five times, and its average person is not dead, only losing a thumb of the left hand, so it is called "flying you to death", "flying you to death", "flying you to death", "immortal bird" English homonym. Wang Shengping and Ma Hengming are the famous "sky dancers" in the army, and their flying skills are superb and breathtaking, but due to the limitations of the aircraft's performance, the planes of the two often show the precursors of imminent disintegration when doing difficult maneuvers, which often makes the mechanics who maintain the aircraft for them complain.

Now that the new operational groups have been approved, the next item on the agenda is to review the new overall operational plan.

The crowd continued to endure the hypnotic Dafa of Yang Zhengjin, the chief of the General Staff, with strong willpower.

“…… The winter operational policy of the Eastern Front consisted in the capture of the fortresses of Boli and Vladivostok. The Second Field Army should continue to besiege the Boli Fortress with a view to capturing it before the end of the year, so as to free up forces and supplies to concentrate on the Western Front, and to allow our troops to use Heilongjiang freely in the spring of the following year. The Third Field Army and the Japanese First Army, under the direct command of the Eastern Front Command, should continue to clear the perimeter of the Vladivostok fortress and then launch a fortress attack operation, and in view of the fact that it is necessary for the Russian reinforcement fleet to conquer the fortress and annihilate the enemy's Pacific Fleet before it moves from Europe, the Eastern Front is required to take Vladivostok by March next year......"

“…… The winter combat policy of the Western Front is to block the eastward advance of the Russian troops on the Baikal side, not to allow the Russian troops to invade our original national borders, and to develop an offensive against the Baikal side according to the situation, so as to annihilate the enemy's vital forces as much as possible, so as to force the Russian side to sue for peace......"

"The Mongolian Front should carry out frequent combat operations to break diplomatic relations as much as possible, so that the Russian army cannot normally use the Trans-Siberian Railway to replenish troops and supplies to the front line, and at the same time, it is also necessary to be vigilant to prevent the Russian army from running long distances to target the rear of the front army......"

"The North-Western Front should launch a series of effective cross-border reconnaissance operations and intensify the training of troops in preparation for a possible Kazakh campaign next year......"

"The mobile corps, under the cover of part of the forces of the 2nd Support Detachment of the Combined Fleet, will conduct a medium-scale amphibious operation on Sakhalin Island (Sakhalin) and Miaojie (Nikolaevsk) at the mouth of the Heilongjiang River, and occupy the Kuril Islands and Kamchatka Peninsula with small forces...... It is not expected that these actions will be met with strong resistance and that the main problem will be the administration of security after the occupation, for which the landing force will be equipped with civilian and police forces in order to quickly establish effective jurisdiction on the ground......"

"The Southwest Front Army must strengthen its defenses on the borders of Tibet, Yunnan, and Guangxi, and resolutely counterattack any invasion, and the Tibet Special Military Region should be all the more vigilant and ready to prevent the British and Indian troops from invading the border again......"

The so-called "prevention of the British and Indian troops from re-incurring the border" refers to the fact that on 15 September, six days after the outbreak of the Sino-Russian War, about 2,000 British and Indian troops, under the leadership of Brigadier General Younghusband Hepeng, crossed Nepal from Sikkim into the territory of China's Tibet Special Administrative Region, broke through the obstruction of the Tibetan army's border guards, and approached Derangzong, an important border town in Tibet. On 29 September, the British and Indian troops engaged in a fierce battle with about 3,000 men of a mounted infantry regiment of the Chinese Wehrmacht attached to the Tibetan Army, a regimental size, and the British army was defeated, with nearly 1,000 casualties and capture, and the rest were driven out of the national border. Due to the inconvenience of transportation in Tibetan areas, it was not until 13 October that the base camp received a detailed report from the Tibet Special Military Region, and the next day it received a protest note from British Minister Ahold, declaring that "the Anglo-Indian border guards carrying out routine patrols on the Indian border were attacked by the Chinese army" and put forward many unreasonable demands, such as "committing crimes, paying compensation, withdrawing Chinese central government troops stationed in Tibet, and allowing the local Tibetan government to hire British advisers to help Tibet reform its internal affairs." It was immediately solemnly refuted by Chinese Foreign Minister Zhang Zhigao, who stated: "The British army was the first to commit the crime, and according to the reports of all aspects of the Tibetan military and government, our army was engaged in a battle with the British army within nearly 100 miles of its own territory, and the so-called British army was attacked while patrolling the Indian border is extremely absurd and not worth scrutinizing...... and reassured the British envoy Yun: "If you suspect that the report made by the military and political authorities in Tibet is untrue, you can work with us to invite neutral countries to form a joint investigation team to investigate there, and it is at a time when our country is fighting against Russia in self-defense and counterattack. China also does not want Sino-British relations to be adversely affected, so that the trade relations between China and Britain, especially Britain's trade interests in China, will be harmed......", and finally threatened: "If you have ulterior motives and try to make trouble unreasonably and take advantage of the fire to rob, we will not hesitate to fight to the death to defend the territory, our country has already implemented a compulsory conscription system, and tens of millions of soldiers can be conscripted, and now we are fighting against Russia, but only one million of them are mobilized, and our country also has its own huge ships and cannons, and there are powerful air weapons that you do not have, although we are unable to invade overseas. It is more than enough to defend the land. And as far as I know, your country fought the South African War a year ago (the Boer War, in which the Boers were descendants of Dutch immigrants in South Africa, who were oppressed by the British colonial authorities in South Africa and forced to go to war with the British), in which your country mobilized 450,000 troops to deal with the two weak countries of the Transvaal and Orange, with a total population of only 440,000, but it took 31 months to end the fierce war, with more than 20,000 killed and less than 4,000 killed on the other side. Not to mention that there are 40,000,000 tens of millions of people in our country, and for decades we have opened mines and factories to strengthen our industry, and now our main industrial products have surpassed Russia to catch up with France, and the country is rich and the people are strong, and the whole world can see it......

The British seemed to have been poked in the sore spot, and for a long time after that, they only made empty intimidation and shouting, and did not make any meaningful practical moves.

The Boer War of 1899-1902 cost the British Empire £220 million and the lives of about 22,000 soldiers, which was enough to build more than 200 armoured battleships (the former Dreadnought) at the time, compared to just over 100 armoured ships of the British Navy at that time. After the Boer War, considering that Britain's national status was no longer sufficient to maintain a vast overseas territory while meeting the challenge from Europe, Britain began a global strategic contraction, entrusting part of its overseas power to Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other white dominions, while Britain's own strategic focus shifted back to Europe in turmoil, in an attempt to maintain control of the European situation by exercising its best balancing policy in history. The British first took a fancy to Germany, having already reached political deals on international issues such as the Portuguese colonies in Africa, the former Boer Republic, the territorial dispute between Venezuela and British Guiana, and the prospect of cooperation in Egypt, Morocco, and the Middle East. However, the frivolous and willful German Emperor Wilhelm II, in view of the shortcomings and weaknesses exposed by the British Empire in the Boer War, could not help but have the idea of contempt and substitution, and the German Prime Minister at that time was more adamantly opposed to any proposal of an alliance with Britain in the Berlin court and parliament, on the grounds that it would hinder the development of a German navy. However, before the confrontation between Germany and Britain became apparent, Britain did not immediately cooperate with the Franco-Russian alliance, because France and Russia, which had the second and third strongest navies in the world at that time, were the strongest challengers to the maritime supremacy of the British Empire, and France and Russia also had colonial interests with Britain in Egypt, Central Africa, the Middle East and other local regions, and just when Britain had not yet made up its mind which side to choose as its partner, the Sino-Russian War broke out.

Perhaps out of the colonial empire's greed and the consistent concept of taking advantage of the fire to loot, or perhaps out of a misjudgment of the situation and military situation in Tibet, the British and Indian troops marched into Tibet, but as a result, they ran into a bloody head and fled back.

Liu Yun and Wen Yi had already made a judgment that Britain would not easily intervene in the conflict between China and Russia, but they could not rule out the possibility of launching a small-scale intrusion while it was taking advantage of the fire, and that our side should make every effort to counter such an intrusion and prepare appropriate diplomatic plans, so that after the incident, from the Tibetan border guards to the central government, they could respond quickly and resolutely.

Before someone couldn't help but yawn, the baton passed to the commander-in-chief of the Navy, Liu Buyun, and it was his turn to report on the Navy's overall battle plan.

“…… In view of the fact that the port of Vladivostok will be frozen in the near future, and it will be more and more difficult for the Russian fleet to leave the port for operations, our army should seize the opportunity to clear the waters around the port of Vladivostok of the enemy's mine arrays, and according to the situation, use the main ship force to shell the enemy's coastal batteries and warships hiding in the harbor, and try to use the navy's long-range calibration-firing airships and the seaplanes carried on the future water engine carriers to indicate the targets of the fleet. ”

"Our army's existing battleship 'Ruixiang' and armored cruiser 'Lingyun' have been docked for repair due to injuries, and it is estimated that they will not be able to restore their combat capability until early next year; according to the plan of the Ship Administration Office, the 'Ruixiang' will be repaired at the same time as installing a new three-year main gun commander, the newly completed 'Ruixian' has already installed this kind of command instrument, and the 'Ruiji', which is now serving as the general flagship of the combined fleet, cannot be docked for the time being. The Rigis was also docked and installed, and according to the estimate of the Ship Administration Office, after the installation of the three-year commander, the Rigis battleship's main gun dispersion is expected to drop by 60 percent, and it will be able to fire at the enemy at a distance of more than 10,000 yards. In this way, our military's temporary maritime superiority will be more solid, and even in the event of an emergency, it will have enough strength to respond......"

At that time, France was allied with France and France in the Far East, and it was France that was most likely to intervene.

From the tongues of a dozen people in the conference room of the base camp, the millions of generals of the empire will face a new round of life and death tests.

Life is important, but if there is no death, there will be no life.