"The Beiyang Naval Division was all sunk by the Russians!"

"The Russians also occupied the mouth of Arthur."

"What's more, I heard that there is news in the palace that the Russians have hit Changchun, and this time maybe the Zhili will not be able to keep it, I heard that the emperor in the court even smashed the most beloved teacup, saying that this time he will fight the Russians to the end, and I heard that he also sent people to Mongolia, and asked the Mongolian princes to send a large army to help."

"No wonder I've been seeing some people running to the Russian Mansion lately, are they going to protest?"

"Fight a fart, spank a fart! When did you hear all this? I've heard that Galeries Lafayette has asked Prince Gong to come forward and find the British to mediate peace talks! ”

"Peace talks again?! Grandma, our Qing Kingdom has become a foreigner racecourse! ”

"Hey, this world is really messy."

"Yes, it's a day by day, it really angered the Russians, and as soon as the warships leaned on Tianjin, it would be a lot of fun."

In the teahouse, the suppressed conversations were endless, no matter what table it was, almost all of them were talking about the Russian invasion, listening to these discussions, Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao glanced at each other, and frowned.

The news of the Russian invasion was like a thunderbolt, not only shaking the hearts of the entire Yanjing City, but also Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places, along with the telegrams, there were calls to go north to resist Russia.

Li Hongzhang, who strongly recommended cooperation with Russia, has been dismissed from his post on the spot, and if it weren't for his age, the support of the Queen Mother Lafayette, and the conscientious service to the country for many years, it is estimated that he would have been imprisoned a long time ago.

Emperor Guangxu even convened the ministers for several times to seek a solution, and ordered Zhili Shandong to immediately increase the troops in Fengtian, handed over to Song Qing for unified command, and also sent the Minister of Military Aircraft Li Hongzao to Mongolia to negotiate with those princes to send troops, in addition to the rainy day appointed Yuan Shikai as the commander of the new army, went to Tianjin to form a new Beiyang, and trained the new army at the same time to be responsible for garrisoning Tianjin to prevent Russian warships from attacking there.

In addition to summoning his ministers to seek a solution, Emperor Guangxu also ordered Prince Gong to visit the envoys of various countries in the Qing Dynasty on his behalf, hoping that they could come forward to stop the Russians immediately, but the news he got was extremely disappointing and strange!

France, Austria and Italy all said that they would not intervene in mediation for the time being, and although the United States was willing, it demanded to pay 100 million taels of silver as mediation fees! The Germans demanded Jiaozhou Bay as mediation!

What's even more bizarre is that the British ambassador Ogna, on the grounds that he is about to return home, will not receive him for the time being, and there is also a word that there is no need to worry too much!

Not worried? What is the reasoning?!

These foreigners!

One or two of the fierce people who shouted in the ordinary day had no sound at the critical moment, which was really disappointing!

And compared with the chaotic imperial court, the two were also frustrated, and the strong society that was finally founded was seized overnight, and these imperial and queen parties did not want to fight against Russia, but repeatedly attacked the doctrine of the Restoration, which is really disappointing!

Whispers abounded in the chaotic teahouse, and suddenly a rush of shouts broke the oppression. "Big brother, something happened." Everyone looked out, only to see a young man rushing into the teahouse with an anxious face, and after sweeping his eyes, he immediately ran to the table of Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao, and continued to shout: "Brother, something happened, the Russians have declared war on Hawaii!" ”

Russia declares war on Hawaii?

Kang Youwei looked at his younger brother who was approaching, his face was full of surprise, and Liang Qichao next to him was also confused, didn't the Russians just declare war with the Qing Dynasty, how could they go to declare war with Hawaii? Russians have their heads burned? This Hawaii is 108,000 miles away from the Qing Dynasty, declaring war? Is it enough?

Seeing that his brother and Liang Qichao were both confused, Kang Guangren hurriedly explained: "I heard that the night before yesterday, after the Russians attacked Lushun, Hawaii declared war on Russia on the grounds of undermining the stability of the Far East. ”

"And, I've heard about it." Kang Guangren grabbed the teacup on the table and took a sip, and continued: "The British ambassador has officially expressed his support for Hawaii to help stabilize the situation in the Far East. ”

"What!"

After hearing this, Kang Liang and the two stood up suddenly, when did Hawaii and the British come together?! However, at the same time of shock, the eyes of the two also lit up, the Hawaii Pacific Fleet is now prestigious, if it is really a declaration of war, then the Russian sailors may have to take care of themselves, if the imperial court can make up its mind to start a war at this time, the recovery of the Northeast is just around the corner!

Just when the two of them were excited, another voice suddenly came from outside the teahouse: "Oh no, it's not good, the Russians have hit Mukden City!" ”

The two news that arrived before and after suddenly made the entire teahouse explode, and in the corner, Feng Qi lowered the brim of his hat slightly, looked at the backs of Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao who left in a hurry, and smiled slightly.

He admires these two very much, and he is not against the Restoration, they are all enthusiastic people, but perhaps he is used to seeing the young master's down-to-earth style, these people who promote the Restoration can only give him the feeling of playing tricks, no soldiers, no power, no power, relying on the mouth to reform, how easy it is to say!

"As for Russia, hehe, Cassini's biggest trouble now is not a declaration of war, but how to contact Lushun's fleet!" Feng Qi lowered some more hats, and quietly walked out of the teahouse under the escort of several bodyguards.

Feng Qi guessed correctly, Cassini is indeed about to go crazy!

Yanjing to Lushun, Yantai to Lushun, Weihai to Lushun, and even the telegraph lines to North Korea were all unconnected overnight, as if the Liaodong Peninsula and North Korea, which were not far from Yanjing City, had quietly disappeared from the map!

"Smack!" Cassini slapped the table and roared at the military attaché: "Without a telegram, wouldn't you have found a way to send a ship to deliver the letter in person?" If you go to sea from Tianjin and Weihai, you can reach it in less than a day! ”

"I'm telling you, if you haven't handed over the news of the declaration of war to the fleet tomorrow morning, I'll shoot you myself!" Facing the furious Cassini, the military attache was so frightened that he was sweating profusely, trembling, and nodded vigorously: "Your Excellency the Ambassador, don't worry, I'll arrange it now." ”

Arrange it now!

Casini's face darkened, it had been two days since he got the declaration of war, and the telegram could not be sent, and now he remembered to arrange to take a ship, if the Pacific Ocean took this opportunity to sneak attack, then the Imperial Far East Fleet would be finished!

Although he wanted to immediately pull out his gun and kill the guy in front of him, Cassini still held back and waved his hand helplessly, now he only hopes that Witheft will not insult the dignity of the Slavs!

The military attache quickly exited the room, wiped his sweat, and was relieved to touch the Heavenly Loose Pill in his pocket, the cheque for 20,000 pounds in the envelope, and the ticket to the United States.

After two days, it was finally done.

Withuff deliberately stood on the Golden Mountain Fort with great vigour, looking at the vast sea under the afterglow, his face full of excitement! The three-day battle of clearing is finally over, and the Qing country is like the afterglow in front of it is slowly falling, and tomorrow when the sun rises, it will enter the Russian era!

Excited, so excited!

His Majesty the Tsar's longing for the ice-free port of the Far East finally surrendered to the cannons of his own fleet, and the Great Qing Kingdom, which had lost the Beiyang Naval Division, was at his mercy in front of him, just like the Oriental woman who was stripped of her clothes by him last night and cried softly under her!

The Qing State had no means to stop itself anymore, and according to Cassini's telegram before, the British retreated in front of their huge fleet and did not agree to the Qing political axe's request for mediation, and as for Germany and France, even if they intervened, it was impossible for the two families, who lacked troops, to come up with any substantive means.

On the contrary, it was the damn Pacific Fleet that actually saved two wrecked ships in the Beiyang, and there is still a torpedo ship parked off the coast of Arthur, but it doesn't matter, the two wrecked ships in the Beiyang can no longer set off the wind and waves, and the small torpedo ship sent by the Pacific Fleet is simply a joke in front of the muzzle of its own capital ship.

Now on the Yellow Sea in the Far East, only the powerful Imperial Far East Fleet can run amok, and even the British Far East Fleet has chosen to retreat!

The only fly in the ointment is that in the three days of continuous shelling, the ammunition consumption is a little large, and the original idea of supplying on the spot was extinguished because of the explosion of the ammunition depot of the Beiyang Naval Division, but it doesn't matter, the transport fleet was all sent back to Vladivostok by him after the soldiers landed, and it is estimated that it has also set off, and the ammunition will be delivered in a steady stream immediately.

Now that Dagu Mountain has also been occupied, the remaining whip army has long been frightened, and there is no way to threaten themselves! When the second batch of reinforcements arrives, when those Cossack cavalry open the road from Mukden to the Liaodong Peninsula, then the entire three northeastern provinces will become the new hunting ground of His Majesty the Tsar! With the assistance of the fleet, even if the Qing State sends another 100,000 troops, it will not be able to prevent the empire from occupying the northeast!

With the Northeast, you can use this as a base to continue to attack North Korea, and you can also threaten the Qing Kingdom Gyeonggi, look at the more fertile Jiaodong Peninsula from afar, and gain a greater voice in the Far East, even Britain can't compare.

As long as the time is ripe, when the Trans-Siberian Railway is opened, the entire Northeast, and even the entire Qing Kingdom, will become the prey of the empire, and a powerful empire that spans Europe and Asia and covers the entire East is slowly forming!

And he will also be recorded in history because of this operation! Witheft had even seen himself become the most prominent nobleman in all of Russia, the first man in the navy.

But just then, a rushing voice suddenly interrupted his sweet dream.

"Your Excellency, Commander! Urgent message. ”

Witheft was a little annoyed, damn fellow, without a bit of eyesight, turned to look at the second lieutenant who came to report out of breath, and asked angrily, "What's the matter?" ”

"Your Excellency, Major Velikav has returned, and he reports that yesterday afternoon he was shelled by a cruiser off the port of Wonsan, and that the cruisers were shelling the port of Wonsan when he left!"

"This fleet!" Witheft frowned, he didn't expect that small fleet to appear at this time! Don't these yellow-skinned dwarfs still understand? The empire has already achieved absolute superiority, and it would be polite if he didn't bombard their homeland, and he actually came to attack Wonsan Port? They're sending them to death!

"In addition, we have just received a telegram from Vladivostok from North Korea, His Excellency Governor Aleksayev asks you to immediately bring the fleet back for reinforcements, he said that early this morning, the fleet suddenly shelled Vladivostok, and at present he is leading the remaining warships to resist desperately, and the situation is very urgent!"

"What!"

Witheft almost fell headlong into a mountain of gold, damn it, what are these guys doing? Said that I shelled Vladivostok? God, where did you leave a battleship of the second rank, a light cruiser escort, and a coastal defense ship and a couple of torpedo ships, did they all get drunk? It will be beaten by a small cruiser with only a few small cruisers left to ask for help!

"Cossacks, Dradzich remained to continue to support the army, and the rest of the warships were immediately ready to leave."

Without much thought, Witherft shouted and rushed down the Golden Mountain Battery, because he knew that if something really happened to Vladivostok, then the second transport fleet would not be able to come out at all, knowing that there were not only five thousand second batch reinforcements there, but also loaded with ammunition that the fleet urgently needed at the moment! Without the shells and supplies stored there, even if he had all kinds of skills, he would not be able to hold Lushun!

Reinforcements must be sent back immediately to replenish the fleet! Otherwise, if something happens, the fleet will not be able to hold out even a skirmish! Thinking of this, Witheft's steps became even more hurried, not to mention that it was time to teach those yellow-skinned dwarfs a lesson, if they were allowed to sneak attack like this, the route would be in jeopardy!

Unfortunately, he did not know that the telegram was not sent through Vladivostok, but only a fake message sent by Shen Jun on the way using the telephone line from Vladivostok to North Korea.

As for the original Vladivostok telegraph station, it had long since been wiped out by the shells of the Pacific Fleet, and even the telephone lines had been cut off several times by the special service team, and after the harbor was blown to shreds, let alone repaired, even the necessary tools could not be found.

As for the Twin Cities and the Siberian telegraph station farther away, they could not send any information at all, because the Russians were too lazy in laying out the Far Eastern telegraph network, and did not provide separate lines for the two places at all, and they had to pass through Vladivostok before forwarding them, so after the loss of Vladivostok, the exchange of information in the Russian Far East was completely interrupted.

The reason why Long Guozhang did this was to give the Russians the illusion that the fleet had threatened Vladivostok, forcing the Russian Far East Fleet to immediately return to help.

Vladivostok was attacked! Wonsan is attacked! The Lushun ammunition depot was bombed, and there was no way to supply it on the spot! A series of actions finally made Witherft react in the wrong way.

At one o'clock in the morning, Withoeft quietly left Arthur with thirteen battleships, including four battleships of the first rank and four battleships of the second rank, and the seriously wounded Admiral Nasimov, to return to Vladivostok.

Little did he know that his fleet had just left, and an air wave had quietly cut through the sky, relayed by a warship cruising in the open sea, and flew quickly south.

At night, the Ryukyu wharf was already full of people, ten huge cargo ships were lined up, and countless officers and men of the Pacific Army were carrying guns on their backs and lining up to climb the gangway.

At the same time, Aimei Island had already been prepared, with seventeen freighters to deliver as many as 15,000 Army and Marine Corps soldiers, which was the first time in the Pacific Army, so even Zhao Long and Chen Ping were a little worried.

In particular, it is not known whether the fleet's plan to decoy the enemy was successful, and if it did not, the fleet would still have to return after reaching the open sea. Not to mention the consumption and time of going back and forth, in case of wind, waves and bad weather, then it is a huge disaster!

Even Tang Shaoyi, who saw this scene for the first time, was both excited and nervous.

Suddenly, a car that had only been seen in the past few days drove past the soldiers who were queuing up to board the ship, and before the car could stop, Tang Shaoyi saw the staff officer jump out of the car and hand a piece of paper to the chief of staff of the Pacific Army, and then smiled, and waved his arms.

Several bright searchlights suddenly turned on and stretched down the dock to the entire waterway, and a loud whistle sounded immediately after, and the lead transport ship began to slowly retract the anchor chain.

It's time to go!

(To be continued)