Ito Yuhiro is right, the Italian army's winter clothes are really not enough. But think about it, who will stock up on winter clothes in tropical cities, and in humid and sultry environments, thick winter clothes will not be stored for much time and will grow mold.

Therefore, it was not the officers and soldiers of the Guards who were preparing to go on the expedition that were most busy at this time, but the colonial officials who raised supplies for them.

"Don't be busy preparing the livestock first, the Qing Dynasty will prepare."

"Send a telegram to Shanghai, when will the cotton and furs we need be delivered."

"Don't tell me about difficulties, I don't care how short of cotton there is in Shanghai, tell Zhang Shusheng that if he can't raise it within three days, then don't think about getting our material purchase order in the future."

Chen Yonghe, deputy director of the Pontianak Materials Department, was one of many middle-level officials in the colonial government of Lan Fang, and one of the few Chinese middle-level officials.

As the Chen family of the former Lan Fangguo, it is also very powerful. But now that the world has changed, I didn't see that even the Liu family hugged the thighs of the Italians, how could the Chen family not be interesting.

Therefore, as the future head of the Chen family, Chen Yonghe naturally needs to do things for the Italian government. Of course, it is not only about doing things, but also about doing things beautifully, otherwise how to show loyalty.

No, this time to prepare for the expedition of the army, the Chen family even exerted all their strength. All the relationships that can be used are used, and I try to earn a brilliant performance.

In fact, not only the Chen family, but also the original major families of Lan Fang, as well as the families who immigrated from Southeast Asia, are basically trying to take advantage of this opportunity to show their abilities to Italy. Trying to get a larger share of the rights allocated to the Chinese.

Not to mention that these people don't love their motherland, these people have basically bred in Southeast Asia for several generations and have been connected to the local area close enough. Although there is still some nostalgia with the homeland, the main thing is that the colonists regard them as a wealth harvester, and people have no sense of security, so they naturally expect the Qing Dynasty to come out.

However, it is a pity that the skin of the Qing Dynasty is not good in Southeast Asia, and the imperial court does not care about these abandoned people, but thinks that they have left the jurisdiction of the imperial court and have become a kingless and fatherless.

This is also why Dr. Sun is so popular in Nanyang in the future, although he is all random wishing, but it gives them some hope.

Now that Italy has put aside its preconceptions and treated them as citizens, it is natural to be grateful and want to show its ideas.

This is one of the reasons why local Chinese officials are more active than other colonial officials.

In a sense, Italy is digging into Dr. Sun's corner.

In any case, the efforts of the Chinese officials shortened the time for Italian preparations, and according to the prediction of the commander of the dispatch force, Vice Admiral Álvaro (who was also the commander of the task force), the Italian reinforcements could go north in another month and a half.

When Italy is busy preparing for departure, a large number of ships gather here in Port Arthur, located on the Liaodong Peninsula.

At the same time, a large number of Japanese soldiers, under the command of the officers, boarded the ship one after another.

The commander of the First Army, Yama Pengyouxian, looked at the soldiers who were boarding the ship with a sad face, and said to Lieutenant General Yamachi Yuxin, the commander of the First Division, behind him. "We wasted two days in Lushun, and two days were wasted like this, and we shouldn't have done that when we knew we would spend more time due to lack of manpower."

As a subordinate lieutenant general of the mountain, of course he knows what the mountain pengyouxian is talking about. He also knew how important their mission was this time, and they were only given twenty days to capture Weihaiwei, and two days were wasted in Lushun, which was called delaying the fighter plane from a military point of view.

"Your Excellency, this is also a helpless thing, the soldiers have been fighting for a long time and have a lot of grievances, if you don't let them vent, there will be problems. Blame the diplomats, didn't they say before the war that they had won the support of all countries? How could it suddenly appear that the Italian people were completely caught us off guard. ”

It was during this era that the Lushun massacre was covered up, or ignored by the Great Powers. Before the war, Lushun had a population of more than 20,000 Chinese, and now only 36 remain. These 36 people still survive because they need them to bury the crimes of the Japanese army.

Of course, the crimes of the Japanese army are not unrecorded, according to the Englishman Allen in "Under the Dragon Banner Scroll": "The Japanese soldiers chased the fleeing civilians, and used guns and bayonets against all of them; It is even more ferocious to stab those who have fallen. Walking on the streets, dead bodies can be trampled everywhere under your feet. ”

There is also an American record, which New York World reporter Kliman described: "I saw a man kneeling in front of the soldiers, prostrating for his life. The soldier thrust his head into the ground with his spear tail knife in one hand, and cut off his head with his sword with the other. One man shrank at the head of the horn, and a group of Japanese soldiers fired bullets to shatter his body. There was an old man kneeling in the middle of the street, and the Japanese soldiers cut him down, almost in two. One refugee was also killed by bullets on the ridge. One man fell from the roof into the middle of the street, and the soldier stabbed him more than ten times with a spear and knife. ”

But these records were censored by Britain and the United States, which supported Japan, and in Japan there was not a single word about the massacre.

The souls of more than 20,000 people were covered up in this way.

Now the remorse of the two Japanese commanders is more because they are afraid of delaying the fighters. How ridiculous is that.

As for the latter remark of Lieutenant General Yamachi Youxin complaining about the Foreign Minister, it is actually very common in the army and navy.

At this time, Japan did not eliminate its fear of the great powers after winning the Russo-Japanese War.

Today's Japan, like the Qing Dynasty, suffers from a phobia of the great powers, and it is common to see the soft bones of the great powers.

Don't look at the later generations of Japan's resistance to the attack of the British army, they are about to boast of flowers. But this was only a small British fleet of seven ships without infantry, and it was not even a small scene compared to the size of the British army in the Opium War.

It is precisely because of this that Japan has such a great fear of Italy entering the war.

This is an army of tens of thousands, and Italy is also a great player in Europe, so how can Japan, which originally only wanted to fight a monster to practice leveling and didn't want to provoke the boss, not be afraid.

But now there is no way, the thigh British don't want to play, so they can only take it themselves.

"Fortunately, there are fewer Qing troops near Weihaiwei, otherwise this battle will be difficult to fight."

This shows that my country has done a very good job in the intelligence work of the Qing State in recent years, and can gain insight into the actions of the Qing State. However, in the next battle, more help from the intelligence department is needed. ”

Just as the two were chatting, a herald arrived.

"Report, the commander of the Combined Fleet, Vice Admiral Youki Ito, has arrived."

As soon as he heard that Ito Yuhiro had arrived, Santomon Yuxian immediately said. "Let's go, go and meet the commander of our combined fleet, whether we can take Weihaiwei next, we still need the full support of the navy."

"Okay, then I'll accompany the general to meet the planner."