After reviewing the relevant documents, Li Fushou paced in front of a large map of East Asia, which was not as accurate as the scale of later generations, but could roughly restore the territory and sphere of influence of the countries in the Asian region.

Today's Korean Peninsula has been portrayed as the sphere of influence of the Qing Dynasty, while Indochina has become a colony of France, marking a distinct mark.

Li Fushou's gaze lingered on the Indochina Peninsula for a long time, then turned to the direction of the East China Sea, and finally stayed in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, with a fierce light in his eyes.

Today is September 25, 1894, the battle between Fuso and the Qing in Pyongyang has come to an end, the battle of Pyongyang ended in the defeat of the Qing army, in the next few days, the remnants of the Qing army ran 500 miles, all the way to the Yalu River, and crossed the Yalu River on September 21 to return home. The Fusang army marched all the way and occupied the entire territory of Korea.

The wheels of history rolled forward along the established trajectory, and the Manchu army was defeated fiascoly.

Looking back at the course of the war, it makes people sigh.

In 1894, the Donghak uprising broke out in Korea, and the Korean government army was defeated and forced to beg for help from the suzerain, the Qing Dynasty.

In July 1894 (the twentieth year of Guangxu), the conspiracy of Fusang to launch a war was revealed, and even the sluggish Manchu Dynasty felt the full malice of the other party.

At this time, the Qing Dynasty Empire Longhui has not yet ended, domestic public opinion and the Qing army generals in the DPRK have asked the Qing court to increase troops to prepare for war, the court formed a main battle faction headed by the Guangxu Emperor Zaiyan, Hubu Shangshu Weng Tongyi, strongly requested to send troops to Korea to fight, in order to maintain the last dignity of the Qing Empire's suzerainty system.

However. The Empress Dowager Cixi did not want her 60th birthday to be disturbed by the war, and Li Hongzhang also tried to reconcile in order to preserve the strength of his descendants' Huai army and the Beiyang Naval Division, and these people formed the main peace faction in the Qing court.

After the Sino-Japanese negotiations broke down in mid-July, Li Hongzhang, who had been trying to preserve the strength of the Beiyang Army, began to send troops to reinforce Korea under the strict urging of Emperor Guangxu.

With the collapse of the Sino-Japanese and Japan-DPRK negotiations one after another, the suspension of the talks failed.

On July 16, 1894, Britain and Japan signed the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Navigation and Commerce, which granted Fuso equal national status for the first time.

On July 17, 1894, the decision to go to war was made at the Fuso base camp.

On July 20, Fuso formed a combined fleet under the command of Ito Yuhiro, ready to provoke at any time.

On the same day, Keisuke Otori, the minister of Fuso to the DPRK, issued an ultimatum to the Korean government, asking it to "abolish the Warsaw Pact and expel the Chinese soldiers" and demand a reply within 48 hours.

It can be seen from this;

London did not show such neutrality in this war, the treaty was signed the day before, and the decision to go to war was made in the headquarters of Fusang the next day, such a major decision is almost equivalent to gambling on the fortunes of the country, is this a child player's house?

Regardless of whether others believe it or not, Li Fushou will never believe it anyway, there must be a conspiracy hidden in it that he doesn't know, even if it is thousands of kilometers away, he can smell the conspiracy.

Compared with the barren Fusang island country, the Qing Kingdom is really too fat, the European and American powers can't wait to share and eat it, London has played a very bad role in it, the same is true of Citigroup, France, Germany and Italy do not have a good bird, the world is as black as a crow!

The second point is that Fuso has been planning for this war for a long time, so it formed a combined fleet and set out for the battlefield only four days after the headquarters decided to start the war.

Only by standing on the cusp of history can we clearly glimpse the dark insider.

Li Hongzhang has always pinned his hopes on the suspension of the European and American countries and tried their best to avoid war, which is undoubtedly an extremely stupid practice of covering up and stealing the bell, which is despised.

The surrounding circle of partners seems to be neutral, but in fact, they have already tacitly formed a secret alliance to play with the dynasty and applause, which is a sad and harsh fact.

If the European and American powers see it clearly, the following things will naturally be self-evident, that is, round after round of frenzy of carving up Shenzhou, which has completely plunged this land into the darkness of semi-feudal and semi-colonial.

On July 25, 1894 (the 23rd day of the sixth month of the first lunar year), Fusang went to war without declaring it.

The Battle of Toshima broke out, in which the ship Naniwa, the First Guerrilla of the Japanese Combined Fleet, sank the British merchant ship "Gao Sheng", which was borrowed by the Qing army to transport troops, and created the Gao Sheng incident.

At this point, the Sino-Japanese War was finally detonated.

On August 1, 1894 (the first day of the seventh month of the 20th year of Guangxu), China and Japan officially declared war.

In its edict declaring war, the Qing Dynasty pointed out that Korea had always been a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, and that the Qing Dynasty had sent troops at the request of the Korean government. ”

The first phase of the Sino-Japanese War lasted one month and 22 days from July 25 to September 17, 1894.

In this phase

The war was fought on the Korean Peninsula and in the northern part of the Yellow Sea, the land battle was mainly the Pyongyang Campaign, and the naval battle was mainly the Battle of the Yellow Sea.

The Battle of Pyongyang ended in a crushing defeat for the Qing army, while the Battle of the Yellow Sea suffered mutual losses.

The Battle of the Yellow Sea took place on September 17, 1894, the third day of the fall of Pyongyang, when the Fuso Combined Fleet provoked a fierce naval battle in the Yellow Sea near Dadonggou at the mouth of the Yalu River.

On the morning of September 15

The Beiyang Navy Division escorted more than 4,000 reinforcements to North Korea. After returning home, he was intercepted by the Japanese army at Dadonggou (present-day Donggang City, Liaoning Province) at the mouth of the Yalu River, and the battle broke out.

The Fuso Navy put into battle 12 warships in the waters off the Datong River, including all their essence, and after the battle began at noon, the Beiyang Fleet severely damaged the Japanese ships Hiei, Akagi, and Saikyo Maru, but the two ships of the Beiyang Fleet, Yangwei and Chaoyong, were also heavily damaged.

In this battle, the most heroic scene appeared in the deeds of the "Zhiyuan" ship.

In the melee, the "Zhiyuan" ship, which had been rushing to the front of the Beiyang Fleet, was bombarded intensively by the "Yoshino" and "Dongcheng" ships, and was wounded in many places and tilted its hull.

Deng Shichang saw that the Yoshino ship (speed 23 knots) relied on its ship to be swift and unscrupulous, and said angrily: "If the Japanese ship is dedicated to Yoshino, and the ship is sunk, then our army can gather things." ”

Determined to collide with it and die together.

Deng Shichang resolutely led the ship to ram into the starboard side of the Japanese capital ship "Yoshino" at full speed, and the Japanese officers and men were shocked when they saw this, and concentrated their artillery fire on Zhiyuan, and the torpedo tube on the right side of the Zhiyuan ship was hit, causing a large explosion, and at 3:30 a.m., it tilted on the starboard side and sank over the Yellow Sea at 123 degrees 34 minutes east longitude and 39 degrees 32 minutes north latitude.

There were more than 200 officers and men on the ship, except for seven who were rescued, and the rest of the self-management led Deng Shichang and all the others to die heroically.

After the sinking of "Zhiyuan", the "Jiyuan" pipe belt Fang Boqian and the "Guangjia" pipe belt Wu Jingrong escaped from the battle. "Jingyuan" and "Laiyuan" withdrew from the battle because they were shot too much, and took refuge in the vicinity of Oshikashima to urgently repair the damaged machines.

In the Battle of the Yellow Sea

The Beiyang Fleet lost five warships, "Zhiyuan", "Jingyuan", "Chaoyong", "Yangwei", and "Guangjia" ("Guangjia" ran aground after escaping the battlefield and was self-destructed a few days later), killing and wounding more than 1,000 officers and men.

Five ships of the Fuso fleet, "Matsushima", "Yoshino", "Hiei", "Akagi", and "Saikyo Maru," were severely damaged, and more than 600 officers and men were killed or wounded.

Although the Beiyang Naval Division suffered heavy losses in this battle, it was not completely defeated.

However, in order to preserve his strength, Li Hongzhang ordered the Beiyang Fleet to hide in Weihai Harbor and not be allowed to patrol the sea to meet the enemy, and Fusang easily seized the sea control of the Yellow Sea.

Now, it has been a week since the end of the first phase of the battle, and news from all sides has come one after another, clearly restoring the original appearance of the battle.

Li Fushou deeply regretted the outcome of the battle, in the Battle of the Yellow Sea, the two giant ships Zhenyuan and Dingyuan were not without a chance to change the tide of the battle, if they could persistently pursue the heavily damaged Fuso fleet "Matsushima", "Yoshino", "Hiei", "Akagi", "Saikyo Maru" 5 ships, at least 2~3 of them could be sunk, but because of too many bullets, they were forced to withdraw from the battle.

This is all, which Japanese ship is not scarred in the battle, but as long as there is still a breath left, it will fight to the death, compared to the will to fight with life, the Beiyang Fleet is more than a step behind.

Not to mention anything else, the "Jiyuan" pipe band Fang Boqian and the "Guangjia" pipe band Wu Jingrong escaped from the battle, can this situation be seen in the Fusang fleet?

"Jingyuan" and "Laiyuan" withdrew from the battle because they were hit too many bullets, took refuge in the vicinity of Oshikashima to urgently repair the damaged machines, and withdrew from the battle without an order under the pretext of being shot too much.

The Fuso Fleet's swift artillery, especially the ferocious rapid-fire guns, changed the tide of the battle and inflicted heavy losses on the Beiyang Navy, which was stronger than the Beiyang Navy.

However, the main battleship of the Fusang fleet has a displacement of more than 4,100 tons, and does not have the heavy armor of the two giant ships Zhenyuan and Dingyuan, which have a displacement of up to 7,600 tons.

No amount of subjective justification can be emphasized, but it cannot hide the outcome of the defeat.

If you give a score, Li Fushou will give the Fusang Navy a score of 9 points, and the Beiyang Navy can only give a score of 5, and his performance is completely unsatisfactory.

At this stage of the battle, Li Fushou did not intervene at all, and the Huai Army and the Beiyang Navy under Beiyang Prime Minister Li Hongzhang were beaten to the ground.

If it continues to sit on the sidelines, the Fusang Kingdom will burn the flames of war to the three eastern provinces of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the Jiaodong Peninsula after preparing to take a short break, which will invisibly hurt the interests of the Ocean Kingdom.

Because the Jiaodong Peninsula is one of the sources of high-quality immigrants from the Ocean Kingdom, Guangjitang has established more than 20 eagle schools here and adopted more than 66,000 orphaned teenagers.

But what about meddling?

Could it be that it is really stupid to take over the responsibility for the entire war and make enemies of the European and American powers in the world, and there is still the Qing court behind them to make stumbling blocks under their feet.

Looking at the performance of the Qing army, you can see that this corrupt dynasty is completely hopeless.

If history has not changed

The second phase of the Sino-Japanese War began on September 17 and ended on November 22, 1894. During this period, the war was fought on the Liaodong Peninsula, with two important battles: the Battle of the Yalu River and the Battle of the Golden Brigade.

The Qing court saw that the Japanese army would invade the Liaodong Peninsula with victory, and ordered Li Hongzhang to quickly plan for war and defense.

Li Hongzhang proposed, "The only way to strictly guard against the Bohai Sea is to consolidate the barrier of Gyeonggi, and to protect the foundation of Shenyang and Gudong Province; Then we will gather troops and then try to make a big move, thinking that we will restore the land of Korea."

It's a beautiful thing to say, but it's a different thing to do.

The Qing court concentrated its forces to strengthen the defense of the Liaodong region, appointed Song Qing, the governor of Sichuan, as his assistant to the Beiyang military affairs and the president of the former enemy's armies, and quickly raised tens of thousands of gold soldiers to defend the defense line of the Yalu River.

The Battle of the Yalu River began on October 24 and was the first battle of the Qing army to defend against Japanese attacks. The Qing army deployed on the north bank of the Yalu River totaled about 30,000 people.

Song Qing, the governor of Sichuan, was the president of the armies and controlled the armies.

The Japanese offensive force was the First Army under the command of General Yama Aritomo, including the 3rd Division of Lieutenant General Katsura Taro and the 5th Division of Lieutenant General Nozu Michikan, with a total of more than 30,000 people.

Don't talk about the battle process, it's just nonsense.

The Japanese army smuggled across the Yalu River, and the defending army did not find out, and then the two armies were defeated at the touch of a button, and the 30,000 elite soldiers of the Qing court were scattered, and the door was wide open.

After that, the Japanese army marched all the way, occupying Jiulian City, Andong County, Dadonggou, Phoenix City, Kuandian, Xiuyan and other places, Sichuan Governor Song Qing Feng Zhao led the Yi Army and Ming Army to return to Lushun, and the border army of Yiketanga Town was stationed in the area of Saimaji and Caohe City.

The Battle of the Golden Brigade also began on October 24 and ended with the fall of Lushunkou on November 22, which was a key battle between China and Japan during the First Sino-Japanese War.

On the same day that the First Army of Fuso attacked the Qing defense line on the Yalu River, 25,000 men of the Second Army under the command of General Dashan Yan, under the cover of Japanese ships, began to land at Huayuankou on the Lushun Hou Road.

Because Li Hongzhang was bent on protecting Port Arthur, the Qing army did not fortify here. The Japanese landing lasted 12 days, and the Qing army sat idly by.

On November 6, the Japanese army defeated the Qing army Lianshun and Xu Bangdao and occupied Jinzhou (now Jinzhou District, Dalian City, Liaoning).

On the 7th, the Japanese army attacked Dalian Bay in three ways, and Zhao Huaiye, the defender of Dalian, fled when he heard the news, and the Japanese army won Dalian Bay without a fight.

That is to say, it took 12 days for the Japanese army to land, and it was smooth and unhindered, and then the battle was fought for two days, one day to occupy Jinzhou, and one day to occupy Dalian Bay, so the speed was not so fast.

After resting in Dalian Bay for ten days, the Japanese army began to advance towards Lushun. In the face of the menacing Japanese army, the defenders of Lushun Huang Shilin, Zhao Huaiye, and Wei Rucheng absconded after taking the lead.

On November 21, 1894, the Japanese army launched a general attack on the mouth of Arthur, and the next day, Lushun fell into the hands of the Japanese.

After the Japanese army captured Lushun, it immediately created the Lushun Massacre, which slaughtered local residents in four days, and the maximum number of victims was estimated to be more than 20,000.

The battle at this stage can be summed up as a whole, the Fuso First Army occupied the three eastern provinces after one day of fighting, and the Fuso Second Army fought for three days and occupied Jinzhou and Lushun without many casualties.

The whole process of the war was full of fleeing, collapsing at the touch of a button, fleeing from the wind, the entire Qing court army was rotten, this rotten style of painting gave the Western powers a strong sense of impact, this time I really realized what kind of goods this huge Qing Empire was?

The mud couldn't support the wall, Li Fushou had no intention of interfering at all, he summoned the secretary to give such an order, and then he was ready to continue to watch.

There are two measures to be taken now, one is to evacuate the students of the 6.6 Eagle School on the Jiaodong Peninsula and go south to the Liangguang area for resettlement, and the final destination is the northern part of Vietnam.

One is to warn Li Hongzhang to give up his illusions and order the Beiyang Fleet to come out and fight to the death.

Since you can't save it sooner or later, you have to bite the enemy hard when you die, which is what the big husband does.

It's only September 25th, and there is still a full month until October 24th, and there is enough time to arrange for the evacuation of the students of the Jiaodong Peninsula Eagle School.

Li Fushou thought about it for a while, arranged for several white teachers to stay at Lushun Eagle School, and arranged to leave a large number of student clothes. Although the students of the Eagle School in the three eastern provinces have been evacuated, the campus is still there, and if necessary, it can be used as the last hope for the residents of Lushun to escape the massacre.

Even if these residents cannot be maintained, they can still leave an excuse for finding the back account.

In this case, the Eagle School evacuated from the Jiaodong Peninsula also handled the same.

Li Fushou needed a suitable entry point now, and he had made corresponding arrangements in both the Shenzhou Continent and the Ryukyu Kingdom, waiting for the Fusang Kingdom to take the bait and give the Ocean Kingdom a pretext to intervene.

The Ryukyu Kingdom was mainly arranged by the naval fleet, and the army had already dispatched 3,600 royal guards in advance, plus a regiment of officers and soldiers stationed in Naha Port, for a total strength of about 5,200 troops.

In addition, he also trained the 8,000-strong army of the Ryukyu Kingdom and some local militia to prevent the Fuso Kingdom from being knocked out and wiped out by the Ryukyu Kingdom.

According to the arrogant temperament of these little devils, there is nothing that cannot be done.

Li Fushou knows;

Gu Yanchuan, the governor of Liangguang, had already received an order from the imperial court to transfer troops, intending to mobilize 50 battalions of the new army in the Liangguang region, with a total of 20,000 elite soldiers, to go north to "consolidate the fence of Gyeonggi".

As a sweetness, the imperial court appointed Gu Zhixue, the imperial envoy of the right capital, as the doctor of Ronglu, the governor of Beizhili, the commander of the Liangguang New Army, and the important place of Jinmen.

Recently, the Nanyang Navy has received an order to escort troop carriers to the important places in Tianjin, so as to support the safety of Beijing and Tianjin.

Word

No matter how badly the three eastern provinces and the Jiaodong Peninsula are fighting, the important places in Gyeonggi cannot afford to be missed, and it is necessary to mobilize elite troops who have experienced the test of foreign wars to protect them.

Li Hongzhang's Huai army was beaten in North Korea and fled, and Ye Zhichao, the general of the Huai army, was named "the general who escaped".

In order to keep his confidants and beloved generals, Li Hongzhang repeatedly wrote to beg him to stay in the camp and make meritorious contributions, but Emperor Guangxu did not allow it, and strictly ordered Ye Zhichao, a man who was greedy for life and afraid of death, to be sentenced to death as an example.

If it is not severely punished, the officers and soldiers on the front line will follow the example, and the Qing Dynasty will come to the end of its life, and the court itself knows in its heart what kind of officers and soldiers are stationed on the defense line of the Yalu River now?

In real terms, it is far inferior to Ye Zhichao, the general of the Huai army who entered the war in Korea, and expects them to resist the fierce attack of the Japanese army, as well as expecting the old sow to go to the tree.

Otherwise, the new army of Guangdong Province would not have been transferred to Tianjin Gate to garrison.

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