-- Seoul, North Korea.

Shen Jun lit a cigarette, walked to the window, just took two puffs and had a good time, the corner of his eye swept to a few soldiers who were walking by the corner of the street, his brows furrowed slightly, as if he had forgotten the cigarette in his hand, and let the cigarette ash accumulate longer and longer, and he never took a puff again.

The subordinates standing behind him looked at the cigarettes that were getting shorter and shorter at his fingertips, and they didn't dare to speak, because everyone who knew him well knew that this was the habit of the boss who was called a ghost hand by his peers in the special service team, and as long as he let the cigarettes go to waste, he must be thinking about the problem.

"I'm going to do it?"

Knowing that the cigarette was about to burn his hands, Shen Jun slowly turned his head, walked back to the desk, and raised his head.

"Yes, during this time, Minister Miura Wulou has been meeting with the king of Joseon for several days in a row, and asked the king of Joseon to explain that Concubine Min secretly sent someone to meet with the Russian minister, but he has not received a reply, so he secretly met with Yukihiko Kusunase, the captain of the garrison of Seoul, yesterday.

According to the people we monitored, the two of them locked up in the house for a long time to discuss, and later found that hundreds of soldiers and ronins had gathered in the garrison. ”

"It seems that I am in a hurry."

"Can you not be in a hurry? The Russian minister brought two warships, one still a heavy cruiser! The man said hypocritically: "Hey, it's all because the captain's gang of uncles did it too hard, and I am trembling when I see the big ship now." ”

"You just gloat!" Shen Junxuan kicked a cigarette, held a cigarette, and was just about to put it to his mouth, but after thinking about it, he took it again: "Is there any movement from the king of Joseon?" ”

"The king of Joseon has ordered to strengthen the security of the palace, and he should be afraid that he will jump off the wall in a hurry, so he has hired a few Americans as captains of guards." The man reported: "And early this morning, he also ordered Prime Minister Jin Hongji, Minister of Agriculture, Commerce and Industry Zheng Bingxia, Minister of the Interior Yu Jijun, Minister of Justice Zhang Bo, and former Minister of Military Affairs Zhao Yiyuan to enter the palace to meet and discuss state affairs, but none of these five people went!" ”

"Stupid, idiot! He doesn't want to live! After listening to the report, Shen Jun scolded fiercely! The idiot of the king of Joseon, under such a large-scale garrison of the king himself, still blatantly arrested the ministers of his own pro-government! Isn't this looking for your own death!

Hearing Shen Jun scolding, the man also knew that the king of Korea was about to break out in Seoul if he did this, and immediately rubbed his hands excitedly: "Head, do you want to gather our people to prepare?" ”

"Ready? What to prepare? ”

"Save the King of Joseon! Get him out, and we can make the young master a legitimate garrison! ”

"And then?"

"And then ......?"

Seeing Shen Jun's slanted eyes at him, the man shuddered for a moment, and secretly scolded himself for being confused, at this moment North Korea is about to become a pot of porridge, if he kidnaps the king of North Korea on his side, won't he immediately become the target of the two families! So he quickly stopped his mouth.

Shen Jun muttered secretly, and the words of his subordinates reminded him that the conflict between Russia and Russia would definitely break out in the next few days, and it was time to prepare. "You're right, it's time to prepare."

"Go, immediately all our people are gathered and ready to go. Other than that....... As he spoke, he took out a list and handed it to his subordinates: "You immediately go and touch the situation of the palace prison yourself, and then confirm whether those people above are still being held there!" ”

What are you going to do in prison at this time? The man took the list, but the more he looked at it, the more strange he felt, and asked: "Head, why did you go to the prison to save these revolutionary parties instead of saving the king of Joseon?" ”

"Fart, you think you're the birds!" Shen Jun snorted angrily: "We are not relatives of the king of Joseon, just send a few people to monitor it, and the Russian Maozi will take action." ”

After putting the remaining cigarette butt to his mouth and taking a puff, Shen Jun flicked his fingers, but his chic action made his subordinates curse more than once, damn it, this is a special Cuban tobacco, it is all ruined.

"Remember, we are not here to fight, at the lowest cost. Maximizing the benefits is our goal! Shen Jun reached out again and touched the cigarette case: "Although Quan Fengzhun was executed, the influence of the Dongxue Party in North Korea is still very great, and these people will be of great use to our excuse for intervening in North Korea in the future!" ”

The man's eyes were taken back from the cigarette butt, and when he saw Shen Jun touching the complete pack of cigarettes on the table again, he pretended to lean over to say hello, and before he could understand, he stuffed the cigarette into his pocket and shouted: "Head, I know what to do, this cigarette, open the meat, open the meat!" He ran out in a puff of smoke.

Shen Jun still hasn't understood what's going on! The cigarettes on the table were gone, and I was so angry that I jumped to my feet and scolded! This is processed with the special tobacco that Marseio gave to the young master last time! There are only 1,000 boxes in total, and this is still some that Boss Duan worked hard to get from Yue'er's young grandmother! I finally got two boxes! These bastards!

Before Shen Jun finished scolding, the man who took his cigarette slammed the door and walked back, with a grim face: "Shen Tou, this ronin has set off!" ”

Shen Jun hesitated slightly, immediately took out a pistol from the drawer, walked quickly, and ordered as he went: "Inform everyone, come with me to rescue people, and send a telegram to see if there is any of our ships nearby, so that they can come to Incheon immediately." ”

"Yes!"

In the early morning, the streets of Seoul are still foggy, and a few stray dogs are running around the streets, and the whole city seems peaceful and calm.

Two old peasants with their burdens were walking along the side of the street, hurrying to the market, when suddenly, a distinctive kicking sound caught their attention, and they quickly turned their heads to look.

At the end of the originally silent street, hundreds of people suddenly appeared, and the sound of kicking came from the front of the line, holding a long knife, wearing clogs, and a hideous face.

Seeing the crowd, the old peasant was so frightened that he hurriedly avoided the group, retreated into the street corner, and watched in horror as the procession of ronins and soldiers with knives and guns walked towards the royal city.

The crisp and piercing sound of clogs broke the silence of the early morning, and countless North Koreans pushed open their windows to see what was really going on. When the team gradually moved away, the old farmer breathed a sigh of relief, and picked up the burden and prepared to continue on the road.

Suddenly, two more figures flashed in front of them, and before they could see clearly, they quickly disappeared into the fog. Just when the two of them were suspicious, a piercing gunshot came from the direction of the distant royal city, followed by more and more intensive gunshots, accompanied by piercing shouts and cries that spread all over the streets and alleys!

The gunshots frightened the two of them and hurriedly lowered their heads and quickened their pace, but they didn't notice that on the other street they passed, more than a dozen men in black with wide-brimmed hats quietly disappeared around the corner.

In the early morning of March 1, 1896, Miura Wulou, the minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Korea, led the first squadron of the garrison and a training team composed of nearly 100 ronin, and held the palace hostage under the pretext of escorting.

At this time, the second and third squadrons of the garrison had already occupied the palace gate in advance and killed Hong Qixun, the resistance general guarding the palace gate.

When Miura Wulou arrived, the Yue Jun and Ronin thugs who followed shouted "Where's Concubine Min!" The slogan rushed into the palace, smashed and looted all the way, and killed the palace minister Li Gengzhi and all the pro-Russian personnel.

After that, some people rushed into the jade pot tower of the Qianqing Palace, and with Okamoto Yanyuki, the advisor of the palace, as a guide, they hacked to death Queen Mingcheng who was mixed with the palace maids, and poured kerosene on the corpse and set it on fire! The means are extremely cruel!

After killing Concubine Min, he did not stop, and threatened Gaozong to force him to reorganize the cabinet according to Yueben's intentions, and in the early morning of the next day, he formed a new political axe headed by Prime Minister Kim Hongji, and forced Gaozong to depose Concubine Min.

This incident is also known as the Korean Incident, which lasted for three days, because of the cruel means, the ministers of various countries in the DPRK protested one after another, especially the Russian minister Wei Bei, who demanded that the murderer be handed over immediately, otherwise the Russians would arrest themselves!

Since he still had the slightest idea of delaying the war, he had to recall several people involved in the incident, but it was only a formal trial, and the murderers were acquitted, and some fanatical citizens greeted them as triumphant generals.

On the night of the Korean incident, a riot broke out in the prison in Seoul, and dozens of North Korean jailers were killed by masked men who suddenly appeared.

Under the surging tide, this incident did not attract much attention, the Donghak Party is already in the past, even if there are still many remnants in the north now, it can't afford to raise too many waves, so everyone's eyes once again returned to the Seoul Palace, which had just experienced the massacre.

Shen Jun only entered Gyeongbokgung Palace the next day as a Honolulu diplomat in North Korea, and when he saw the tragic situation in the palace, he couldn't help but clench his fists, these miscellaneous people are really damned!

The incident seemed to gradually dissipate with the recall of the murderer, but no one expected that fifteen days later, when the news of the acquittal of the murderer reached Korea, the Russian minister Webey suddenly led a hundred soldiers to bring Gojong and Wang Shizi into the Russian legation.

At the same time, the king of Joseon ordered the arrest of the five ministers of the traitors in the Russian embassy! That is, Prime Minister Kim Hongji, Minister of Agriculture, Commerce and Industry Chung Byung-ha, Minister of the Interior Yu Jijun, Minister of Justice Jang Bo, and former Minister of Military Affairs Cho Eui-yeon.

With the issuance of the order, the situation in North Korea suddenly changed! ――

Outside the port of Incheon, a formation of three cruisers flying the national flag and three British-flagged troop carriers made rapid progress.

On the deck, the sailors' eyes widened, looking at a passing torpedo ship in the distance, looking at the dragon's claw military flag fluttering high on the other side, and their immature faces were so nervous that they continued to sweat.

Pacific Fleet!

On the surface of the Far East Sea today, everyone knows the Fire Cloud Dragon Claw Flag, even the British and American freighters that have always been rampant, after seeing it again, they are all cautious.

Its fame is really outstanding, the Yellow Sea completely annihilated the main fleet, bombarded Sasebo, so that the former military port known as the number one in the country was wiped out, and finally shelled dozens of ports one after another, and even landed in Kagoshima for a time! So that those arrogant people themselves had to bow down and pay sky-high compensation.

Although these feats cannot be compared with those of the top powers like Britain, in the Far East, they can make everyone look at them!

It is said that the naval strength that has been accumulated for ten years has been destroyed in one fell swoop, so that the huge country can only rely on these three light cruisers urgently purchased from Chile to support its façade, and as for the naval personnel who are driving it, they are all urgently put together by naval students and fishermen, let alone fighting, I am afraid that even a little big wind and waves will make them extremely nervous.

Yamamoto put down the binoculars, his clenched finger bones were a little white, as one of the few remaining Imperial Navy personnel, after the fleet and all the officers and soldiers were all buried in the sea, he also had to grit his teeth and carry the banner of the revival of the Imperial Navy.

Looking at the nervous soldiers on the deck, and then looking at the small destroyer of the Pacific Fleet on the opposite side, with three cruisers, he could only knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, the base camp had already given a death order! The main fleet must not have any conflict with the Pacific Fleet until it returns home after construction, as long as it is not attacked first.

"Boom!"

The sound came from the 105mm turret on the foredeck of the Exocet, causing a burst of laughter from the crowd, and the old gunners were smoking cigarettes and telling stories to a group of intern turnip heads, as for the story, it was naturally the naval battle more than a year ago.

That explosion came from the mouth of one of them, causing the captain Ning Xiaochuan, who was wandering around on the deck, to twitch the corners of his eyes and stomp his feet! These idle guys know how to brag and fart! Don't you see that my cannon is facing us?

The second mate who was next to him had a black face like Bao Gong, and when he saw the captain stomping his feet, he hurriedly turned his face away, as if he hadn't seen anything, the captain's evil fire has been too big recently, so it's better to be careful!

Can Ning Xiaochuan not be angry? At the beginning, I agreed with Fang Jin that I was responsible for watching the ship that wanted to escape, but that guy, seeing that there was nothing to do, ran to fight the Akagi in a hurry!

I also blamed myself for being late, otherwise I could have made Fang Jinli so much credit? Although his Swordfish was a bit miserable at the time, he had saved a lot of credit, and now he has been promoted to colonel and is still the captain of the battleship Sirius!

Oh yes! Thinking of that skinless and faceless guy showing off in front of him, Ning Xiaochuan was angry, wasn't it just a battleship? Two years later, there will be a new batch of arrivals! Lao Tzu has to fight to the death this time!

Ning Xiaochuan gritted his teeth, squinted at the cruiser opposite, and sighed after looking at it for a long time, there is an order from above, no provocation is allowed for the time being! You can't even bump it!

It's so embarrassing!

Or do you want to give a signal, just say that the artillery is out of order and fire automatically?

Forget it, the task is important. I don't know what the General Staff took a fancy to this group of half-dead Korean criminals, and asked him to rush here from the sea off Lushun overnight, do these guys know where the treasure of the King of Korea is?

"Turn the rudder and go!"

Ning Xiaochuan finally couldn't come up with a way to fire a few shots and not be scolded, so he could only roar at the second mate behind him. The poor second mate was shouted by this voice, sweating profusely, and hurriedly went to convey the captain's order.

"Whew! Wait another two years, Lao Tzu will come and bombard you with a battleship! After taking a sip, Ning Xiaochuan turned his head in frustration and left.

"Report to Your Excellency Dazuo, they are leaving." Looking at the Exocet, which had drawn an arc on the sea, the new staff officer, who had been nervous, finally breathed a sigh of relief and reported in an echo.

Yamamoto Gonbei's clenched fists finally relaxed, and only then did he realize that his back was already cold, damn the Pacific Fleet, why did he meet them every time he went to sea!

"Speed up, we must send the army to North Korea as soon as possible." Looking at the Exocet farther and farther away, Yamamoto Gonbei immediately ordered, "Yes." ”

(To be continued)