On the dock of Ryukyu Port, Master Li is wearing a short shirt and horse coat, and he is very nostalgic for the years of T-shirts and shorts in his previous life, of course, it would be better if there were hot bikini girls.

However, compared with the bikini girl, he was even more surprised why Fang Xianqi suddenly came to Ryukyu? Could it be that the capture is coming?!

Looking at the cruise ship that had appeared on the horizon, Young Master Li's body trembled, how can he say that he is also his genuine wife, what if he is really a woman? Was the raw rice cooked to boil her first? Or was it a big sleep and stewed three pieces of fat together?

It's hard!

Young Master Li sighed for a long time, and Chen Ping behind him was even more worried.

He didn't know why the American political axe suddenly changed its attitude and succumbed to the order of tens of millions of dollars, only that this must be the young master's method again. Now the American political axe has changed its position under the procurement orders and lobbying of Tang Shaoyi and Liang Dunyan, without the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom, Britain will also be powerless, so there is no suspense in the negotiations in Shanghai, but what he and everyone didn't expect was that the young master actually made a bet on Kyushu and the three northeastern provinces!

It's too daring!

And everyone knows that Kyushu and the three northeastern provinces are not proportional, how could the Germans give up the larger three northeastern provinces for the sake of Kyushu? Didn't the young master send it to the door to give people a chance?

What the hell is this for?!

Li Mo seemed to see through Chen Ping's thoughts, took two steps closer and smiled: "Worried? ”

Chen Ping nodded unabashedly: "Young Master, the three eastern provinces and Kyushu are not proportional at all, even if Germany will support us in this negotiation, but when the two of us go to war, they will definitely fall to the capital immediately." ”

"Yes, the analysis is correct."

Li Mo nodded and walked towards the dock, asking as he walked, "Then what do you assume if you were German?" Chen Ping thought for a while and immediately said: "If I were William II, I would definitely eat our big order first, as long as we wait until we start a war with Yueben, immediately turn to Yueben, provide support, help Yueben defeat us, and then force us to fulfill the additional contract, so that we can get a large amount of supplies and the three northeastern provinces for nothing." ”

"And then?"

"Then they will immediately send troops to land from Lushun and other places to take over the northeast."

Li Mo turned his head and smiled slightly: "Then guess what the reaction of the countries will be at that time?" ”

"I am definitely unwilling, and I have paid such a big price to defeat us, but I will not get any benefits, but they will definitely not be able to come up with a realistic solution, and the best thing is to start a secret war for the northeast based on North Korea and Germany."

"Britain and the United States are definitely opposed, but they certainly can't come up with any effective solutions, but Russia, if the force is sufficient, is very likely to take the lead in seizing Jilin and Heilongjiang, and Germany will form a confrontation with Russia because of its distance from home."

"Very well analyzed." Li Mo nodded, and suddenly grinned: "Let me ask you again, what preparations does Germany need to make?" ”

Chen Ping continued to analyze: "If Germany wants to obtain Kyushu or Northeast China after the war, it needs a large number of land forces, but now the scale of the German Far East Fleet is too small, and with the experience of Russia, they are also afraid that once the navy fails, it will be taken advantage of by France, so I think the scale of their naval increase will not be very large, but if the navy cannot form a scale, then the army will face the danger of being suppressed by us and the Ben, and any transoceanic operation without maritime support is impossible!" ”

"And Germany lacked bases in the Far East that could supply warships and garrison the army."

"Then you say, did you say that you would have opened the base to Germany?"

"No, it won't." Chen Ping shook his head affirmatively: "Even if Germany shows an agreement with us, I'm afraid that this is not so stupid to open the base to Germany, everyone knows the truth that it is easy to ask God to send God, and Britain and the United States are now very powerful in Japan, and the territory is small, so they will definitely not be willing to share the third country." ”

"One last question." Li Mo smiled and raised a finger: "If Mr. Li's negotiation is successful, and we finally get the three northeastern provinces, how will the countries react?" ”

"If the facts are true, what will be the reaction?" Chen Ping was a little surprised, and shook his head without understanding what the young master meant.

Looking at Chen Ping, who shook his head blankly, the smile on the corner of Li Mo's mouth gradually retracted, and his face became serious: "Let me tell you, we have got the Northeast, and the weakness of the Great Qing Dynasty is equivalent to being exposed under everyone's noses. ”

"Although the Qing court has nothing to do with us, when these powers gain a firm foothold, even if we go to defeat them one by one, we will lose a lot." Li Mo turned his head and looked at the cruise ship that was about to dock with black smoke, his eyes were clear and bright.

There are some things that he can never say to others, after the Three Kingdoms returned to Liao in history, the Germans occupied Qingdao, and the French circled Guangzhou Bay, all because of the weakness of the Qing Dynasty.

The Pacific Army can defeat Yuben, it can defeat Russia, but it does not have the strength to be surrounded and beaten by all the powers, so the best way is to divert this scourge from Chinese mainland, and Yuben is a good target.

But it was not easy to get rid of this disaster, so he threw out this contract, taking the lead in temporarily withdrawing the attention of the Germans from the coveted Qingdao and luring Germany with a larger northeast.

Of course, in order to get the Northeast and eat a big order, Germany must, as Chen Ping said, fulfill the contract first, and wait until the two countries start a war to immediately turn to the Pacific Army to help defeat the Pacific Army. But the problem was that Germany's forces in the Far East were too weak, lacking a forward base, and unlike Britain, which had a strong fleet in the Far East to support it, and it could not be changed in a short time, so it could only wait for the return of the navy, and after the decisive battle with the Pacific Fleet began, take the opportunity to invest in their small and poor Far East cruising fleet.

But will there really be a decisive battle?

The corners of Li Mo's mouth hung an arc, looking at the beautiful figure on the deck of the cruise ship leaning to the pier, he walked past Chen Ping with a smile, and said with a light smile: "I have informed Mr. Li that Qingdao and Yantai must be set up as treaty ports. ”

The words that came from the passing by suddenly made Chen Ping's eyes light up suddenly, these two places are indeed suitable for both the navy and the army, but if these two places are in their own hands, unless the Germans immediately start a war with the Pacific Army, or go to trouble the British who control Weihaiwei, otherwise they will not be able to gain a foothold on the Jiaodong Peninsula across the sea from the Liaodong Peninsula!

But there was still a question, Chen Ping hurriedly chased after him: "Young master, will the two battleships we ordered in Germany be seized again?" ”

"Two battleships are not the key to determining the outcome of a war." Li Mo suddenly turned his head and laughed heartily: "Soon, the whole world will see it!" ”――

Shanhaiguan, in the former military camp, Changshun looked at Li Hongzao, the minister of military aircraft, and Rong Lu, the governor of Zhili, who rushed to supervise the army, and his face was like a black date.

The reinforcements from Zhili, Shandong and other places have arrived, but Mongolia, which originally promised to send troops, has changed its mind again, but this is not the reason why they are in a daze, but this is the continuous arrival of troops, which is really disappointing.

There are more than 50,000 people, less than 5,000 are equipped with muskets, and more are big swords and spears, and these 5,000 guns are still from the Ming army when Liu Shengxiu returned, not to mention the cannons.

Judging from the current situation, there are about 5,000 people stationed in the Pacific Army on the front line of Mukden Haicheng, 50,000 against 5,000, which is enough in terms of numbers, but these 5,000 people are all equipped with muskets, and there are at least 50 cannons to support them.

Especially listening to Nie Shicheng, the Pacific Army not only has artillery, but also a kind of powerful palm mine, which is not much weaker than artillery shells after being thrown out.

"Might not go?" Changshun glanced at Li Hongzao and Rong Lu next to him, and his heart sank suddenly.

Less than three days after Nie Shicheng returned to Shanhaiguan, he was sent to Yanjing for the crime of collaborating with the enemy, and his 2,000 men followed the Pacific Army to fight the Russian men, and also dispersed, a large part of them defected to the Pacific Army under the leadership of the two Shoushan brothers, and their departure made the soldiers even more panicked.

But the emperor has repeatedly and repeatedly demanded that Fengtian be recovered immediately, but in the face of the Pacific Army armed to the teeth, how should this battle be fought? Changshun has no bottom in his heart.

But if he doesn't fight for a long time, I'm afraid that I, the new general of Fengtian, will also do it.

Li Hongzao and Rong Lu next to them were also disturbed by the continuous holy decrees, and if they didn't fight, they would resist the decree! Can it be hit? Can you win?

"General Changshun, the two of us don't know about military affairs, but now the emperor and Lafayette are staring at our news, and the negotiations in Shanghai are also deadlocked, do you think you want to check first? His Pacific Army is not cast of copper and iron, and if he can win one or two battles, the three of us can also say it. ”

"Yes, this battle must be fought no matter what, and only after this battle can we cooperate with various countries to pressure the Pacific Army and force them to withdraw from Fengtian and Liaodong." Rong Lu hurriedly said.

Changshun nodded, it is necessary to fight, in this case, it is better to attack early, the longer the time drags on, it will not be conducive to the army, and it will save the people in the army from panicking.

Thinking of this, he was just about to call someone to give an order, when he heard a sudden rush of footsteps outside the tent, and within a while, the guards came to report, and the Pacific Army sent a letter, and asked him to open it by name.

What do you do when you send a letter?

Changshun glanced at Rong Lu and Li Hongzao next to him, and after opening the letter in a hurry, his face changed greatly after just one glance, and shouted: "Quick, prepare the horse!" ”――

"Ready?"

On the Bohai Sea south of Shanhaiguan, two battleships flying the Blood Cloud Dragon Claw Flag and two heavy cruisers had already lined up, and a destroyer in the distance was leisurely cruising back and forth, as if watching another good show.

The light rain dissipated the heat that had been coming for a long time, and in the rain, Ji Weishan walked past the main gun located in the stern, looked at the gun crew that had already been prepared in the turret, and nodded with satisfaction.

"It's ready, and the letter has been delivered to the other party, but the Qing army's central army camp is 10,000 meters away from us, the distance is too far, and we can only hit the left battalion seat seven kilometers away, and the accuracy at this distance cannot be guaranteed." The staff officer hurriedly handed over the shelling plan.

Ji Weishan took over the plan and didn't open it, but smiled: "It doesn't matter if it's enough or not, the main thing is to let the Qing army know that they are outdated!" ”

"Let's get started, let's shoot in a twenty minute rush first!"

The staff officer stuck out his tongue, and in the twenty-minute rapid firing phase, the four warships will fire 2,560 shells of more than 152 mm caliber, even if the accuracy of the maximum range is seriously reduced, but this kind of artillery bombardment, which is close to the intensity of high-intensity naval battles, is enough to make the Qing army experience the backwardness of the captain's mouth!

Soon, with the order of the gun officer, the main and secondary guns that had been prepared erupted a huge fireball at the same time, and the violent recoil made this 10,000-ton steel giant beast also deviate slightly.

At the same moment, the three companions next to him also roared angrily.

In the screaming of the explosion, Ji Weishan slowly boarded the flying bridge and sighed, if his Polaris was equipped with the new 152mm naval gun that had just been developed at this time, I am afraid that it would not only be the Qing Army's left battalion that would be unlucky.

On the mast, the observation post didn't have time to pay attention to the captain in a daze below, because Shanhaiguan is a hilly terrain, so even if they stand at a high place, it is difficult for them to see whether the shell falls or not, but since this time they did not ask for damage assessment, they also leisurely held their hands and watched huge mushroom clouds rise in the distance.

Eight 305-mm naval guns, eight 203-mm naval guns, and twenty-eight 152-mm rapid-fire secondary guns, each eruption caused countless ripples on the sea.

The hinges clicked, and the huge shells were hoisted up from the bottom compartment, and then the artillerymen stuffed the chambers with push rods, and then filled with the propellant that was hoisted up at the same time, and then the muzzle was adjusted to the maximum elevation angle, and then there was an earth-shattering bang, which shook the dust in the turret.

Such loud noises and vibrations appear every minute and a half in the main turret of the Polaris, as accurately as a clockwork wound up.

A low hill blocked the gunners' view, and they had no way of knowing whether their shells were effective or not, but no one complained or stopped, and continued to work and fire.

The blazing air completely dispelled the coolness brought by the rain, and after a few rounds, several excited gunners had already taken off their military uniforms and were busy with only undershirts and shorts.

Boom Boom!

When Changshun took Li Hongzao and Rong Lu to the gate city quickly, he heard a loud noise coming from a distance all day long, and hurriedly snatched the clairvoyant mirror from the hands of the left and right deputy generals, only to find that the left camp not far away was already in flames, and countless shells flew down from the sea like raindrops!

Li Hongzao and Rong Lu, who saw this kind of scene for the first time, only glanced at it, and suddenly their faces changed greatly, and the whole person was stunned, and cold sweat dripped down their backs and foreheads!

Clusters of firelight, explosions, from the left camp continued to rise, it is not too much to describe it as a rain of bullets, under such dense firepower, in less than a moment, the entire left camp seemed to be surrounded by flames.

The warhorse neighed in the flames, but was torn apart by the surging shockwave a moment later. One by one, the companions disappeared completely in front of them before they didn't even have time to shout in the flames.

Beside them, the soldiers of the Chinese army battalion were already pale, and the camp was even more restless, countless soldiers who heard the sound of artillery rushed out of the camp one after another, squeezed up the gate, climbed the guard tower, and looked nervously at the fire in the distance, for fear that the shells would fall back to their heads.

The earth trembled, and the screams of cannonballs tearing through the air were like thunder, stimulating the nerves of every Qing soldier.

Suddenly, a cannonball exploded thousands of kilometers away from the gate, and the scattered stone chips mixed with the dirt suddenly splashed a huge ring of earth and spread around, and the heat wave rushed straight to the camp gate, making the faces of the soldiers standing near the gate turn blue.

The explosion so close can be seen with the naked eye, not to mention Li Hongzao and Rong Lu who are standing in Guancheng, they will explode clearly, and when the smoke clears, a large crater with a diameter of several meters has appeared in front of the clairvoyant mirror, making them stunned!

A single shell has such a great power, if there are hundreds or thousands, wouldn't it?!

Thinking of this question, not only Li Hongzao, but even the military general Changshun, who was accustomed to seeing life and death, couldn't help but tremble.

The sound of the cannon was still continuous, shaking the heartstrings of every Qing soldier like thunder, and every time the earth trembled, their faces would turn white, until the last trace of blood disappeared on their faces.

Listening to the incessant sound of artillery, no one knew how many shells were stored on the warship on the sea. But everyone knows that if the other party is aiming at the big camp, then at this moment, I am afraid that these people have become piles of minced meat!

The ways and means of war have changed, and the war with spears and sabers has completely reduced to the world of cannons and muskets, not to mention 50,000 people, even if another 50,000 are added, I am afraid that no one will think that they can take back Mukden from the hands of the Pacific Army!

The rumbling sound of the cannon made the entire Shanhaiguan silent, except for the frightened and neighing war horses, everyone also held their breath, waiting for the end of the cannon.

When the last shell fell an hour later, and when the sea breeze blew away the smoke that permeated the front camp, Li Hongzao, the minister of military aircraft, could no longer hold on, and sat on the guard tower, beads of sweat the size of beans continued to roll down his forehead.

In front of the camera, the left battalion with 5,000 people stationed has disappeared, and it is impossible to pick up even a piece of cloth, and the green earth seems to have been completely turned over by a plowtruck, and it is a mess.

The Qing soldiers gasped vigorously, everyone's vests were drenched in cold sweat, and a cool breath surged up from the soles of their feet, and their bodies stiffened in an instant.

After a while, someone turned their head to look at the arrow tower overhead.

Changshun slowly put down the monocular clairvoyant mirror in his hand, and sighed after a long time: "Two adults, please show the emperor, Changshun is really powerless!" After speaking, regardless of Li Hongzao, who was sitting on the arrow tower, he walked towards the stairs step by step, but when he just stepped on the stairs, for some reason, his feet suddenly became weak, and he almost fell headlong.

The soldiers were so frightened that they hurriedly supported the marshal, but when their hands leaned up, they found that the marshal who was still calm and calm just now was trembling all over.

Looking at the dilapidated land like a cemetery in the distance, and looking at Li Hongzao who was paralyzed on the ground, Rong Lu's heart was even more dead......

(To be continued)