Part 4 Chapter 2 Comparison

Yashan! The sea! The sunset!

The smoke of the Battle of Fengdao has not yet dissipated, and the blood in the sky is thick!

As if he had heard the sound of cannons from afar, or perhaps he could have smelled the smell of gunpowder from the air, Nie Shicheng, a powerful Huai Army general standing by the sea, looked at the blood-red sea surface with a serious expression.

The contact between Tianjin has been broken, and the Yashan army is suspected of being alone. Nie Shicheng, who has experienced many battles, keenly felt the crisis.

"Military Gate! Ye Du sent Jiang Zikang, Xu Zhaogui led his troops to help, and now he has arrived at the gate."

"I got it, go back now!"

Cheng Huanyi, a Korean place name 50 miles northeast of Yashan. If it weren't for the war between China and Japan, this place name would not have appeared in historical books written by the Chinese, and would not have been well-known to many history enthusiasts.

"Two, thank you for your hard work. The Japanese army has reached 40 miles away to promote its power, with a force of about three thousand. Does Du Ye have any words to turn around?"

"Nie Junmen, Ye Du just ordered me to rush for help at night, and he would come tomorrow." Jiang Zikang replied with bowing hands, and Nie Shicheng's expression improved slightly.

"I have explored the terrain all these days. Chenghuanyi is located in the coastal area and has no danger to defend. This battle is difficult. Okay, let's not talk about it. You are here to work hard, so let's go down and rest." Nie Shicheng waved his hand to signal the two of them to go down, turned around to the table, spread out the map, and looked carefully in the dim candlelight.

Nie Shicheng, who couldn't sleep all night, finally waited for Ye Zhichao the next day. Ye Zhichao's expression seemed quite serious at this moment. Ye Zhichao had never fought many wars in his life. The position of the Admiral of Zhili was also hit by licking blood from the blade.

After a quick horse entered Nie Shicheng's military camp, Ye Zhichao went straight to the main tent without waiting for Nie Shicheng to come out.

"Public Pavilion!"

Nie Shicheng saw Ye Zhichao coming in like a whirlwind, and quickly stood up to greet him: "Thank you Ye, thank you for your hard work."

"You and my brothers don't have to be polite, hurry up and talk about the situation!" Ye Zhichao went straight to the table and pulled the map.

"The sea route has been cut off, and it is difficult to fly over the reinforcements. Yashan has become a dead land and cannot be defended again. Please see, Gongzhou is backed by the mountains and rivers, and the terrain is dangerous. Ye Du can lead his troops to seize it quickly. Nie leads his troops to defend Cheng Huan. If he wins by chance, Ye Du can lead his troops to reinforce. If he fails, he can retreat to Gongzhou. I think the Japanese army will think I will retreat to Yashan."

Ye Zhichao is not a restaurant. Nie Shicheng's arrangement is obviously the best plan at this time, so he nodded and said, "It's so great. Gongting has good eyesight. There are mountains on both sides of the streets, which is a place where the best guards are."

"Report! The Japanese army has arrived at Suzhou battlefield, and it is only ten miles away."

Ye Zhichao's face changed: "It's coming so fast!"

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Night! The campfire illuminated Yu Guangqing's young face. As a student at Tianjin Martial Arts School, this was the first time he had stepped onto the battlefield. It was fake to say that he was not nervous, so Yu Guangqing gently wiped the m1888 on his hand to relieve his inner tension.

"Student kids, are you afraid?" The whistle commander Zheng Fugui is a veteran, and has been fighting with Nie Shicheng for many years. He sat next to Yu Guangqing, handed over the cigarette pole and said, "Come on, take a bite."

Yu Guangqing blushed and shook his head, and continued to wipe the gun.

"Yu Guangsheng!" The battalion officer Nie Youcai came over.

"Come!" Yu Guangsheng quickly stood up.

"It's going to rain, and it's just convenient for investigation. You can take your subordinates to explore the movements of the Japanese army."

"Yes!" Yu Guangqing led a whistle and set off. Zheng Fugui looked at his disappearing back and said, "Can you let a student soldier go? It's going to rain this day. If something happens, it will be troublesome."

"It was because it was raining that the Japanese slaves would not take the initiative to attack, so I sent him." Nie Youcai smiled.

The summer rain came in a hurry. After a while, the raindrops as big as beans fell down. Yu Guangqing closed his mouth tightly and led his men to move forward in the darkness in the rainy night.

Suddenly, the outpost stopped.

"What's wrong?" Yu Guangqing touched it.

"White slave!" Some torches suddenly appeared in front of them, winding in the darkness, swaying in the wind and rain.

"This is a sneak attack! Zhao Fang will go back and report quickly, and the others will come with me."

After a brief judgment of the situation, Yu Guangqing chose the blocking position on the side of Ancheng Bridge.

"Everyone listen to it. Without my orders, you must not shoot. When the Japanese slave approaches, you will be beaten up."

In the middle of the night, more than a hundred Japanese outposts appeared on the bridge. Yu Guangsheng saw it clearly and ordered: "Fire!"

The gunshots were loud, and the Japanese army unexpectedly had an ambush. More than ten people fell down instantly, and the formation was in chaos. The Japanese vanguard retreated and reorganized the team again and launched an attack. Yu Guangqi led his troops to resist for a long time. The reinforcements were not coming, and the fewer comrades around him were fighting. Suddenly, a shot fell by Yu Guangqi. Yu Guangqi's head tilted and his young face was pressed against the black land.

The raindrops gently hit Guangyan's face, as if they wanted to awaken the young life. The battle continued, and no one on the position retreated, and all of them died in battle until dawn.

The ground war between China and Japan fired the first shot.

On the 29th, dawn! The Japanese army attacked in full swing. Nie Shicheng led his troops to resist, but they were outnumbered and retreated to Gongzhou. The Japanese general Dashima judged that Nie Shicheng retreated to Yashan and led his troops to pursue him. When he arrived at Yashan, he could not see Nie's troops.

When Nie Shicheng retreated to Gongzhou, he realized that Ye Zhichao had abandoned the guard and fled, so he had no choice but to lead his troops to chase him, and the two places joined forces to retreat.

An interesting scene in history has appeared. Naval and land wars have begun. Li Hongzhang is actually looking forward to the British interfering. As a result, the British saw the Japanese army winning steadily and ignored international public law and said that the "Gaosheng" was the Dagukou that left after the war, so the responsibility was not on the Japanese side. This was equivalent to giving Li Hongzhang a loud slap in the face, and China Merchants Group also had to compensate the losses of British ships.

At this point! Seeing that Japan had opened war, the Qing government then began to prepare for the war in a hurry. On August 1, the Qing government declared war on Japan, and Japan also declared war on the Qing Dynasty. The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 broke out in full swing.

The news of the formal declaration of war between China and Japan in Shanghai was only exchanged for Shen Congyun's sneer, and then threw the telegram to the side and continued to preside over his enlarged military meeting.

Before this, Shen Congyun did not join Li Hongzhang and said that the war should not be started easily, nor did Weng Tonghe shouted at the top of his lungs to prepare early and give Japan a little more powerful look. Shen Congyun only sent a long telegram to Li Hongzhang, foreseeing the Battle of Toyoshima, and then worried about the safety of the North Korean army. Finally, he said, "The Sino-Japanese War is inevitable, and Congyun is willing to be a good match at that time."

In the past six months, Shen Congyun has been paying attention to the railway from Shanghai to Qingdao. Shen Congyun wished to build the railway to Yantai. His suggestions were rejected by Li Hongzhang several times, so he had to give up.

"Immediately call Liu Yongfu, two Vietnamese divisions and a heavy artillery brigade, loaded ships and set sail immediately, and docked in Qingdao! The heavy artillery brigade drove directly to Dalian to get ashore." Keze said, looking back at Chen Congyun.

Chen Congyun nodded, stood up and said, "Do you understand that all ministries understand. Once the court orders, set off immediately."

"Yes!" With a blink of an eye, aftershock and others stood up on both sides of the round table!

Japan, base camp!

When Kawakami Shojiro and Nakamuda Kuranosuke walked in, he saw a maid coming out of the office with a basin in his hand, and he couldn't help but look worried. He stepped forward to stop the maid and asked, "What's going on?"

The maid looked back at the chief chief of the base camp, Army General Akigawa Miyaki Shigen, and whispered and sad: "The prince vomited blood again in the morning! Everyone advised the prince to rest more, but the prince just refused to listen! It is said that the fate of the imperial country is here to fight! Personal life and death can be left behind!"

Kawakami Kawakami and Nakamuda Kurakura nosuke all showed a solemn look.

Beijing! Forbidden City, South Study.

Emperor Guangxu also didn't sleep all night, and his eyes were still lying in front of the desk. When Weng Tonghe walked in gently, Guangxu was alert to find out and quickly stood up and said, "The teacher is here just right. How is the discussion between the Military Affairs Office?"

"After arguing all night, I finally came up with a temporary plan. Li Hongzhang sent out various troops to quickly attack and accumulate a strong army... The governors and governors along the coast quickly gathered the army to rectify the army, and if the Japanese invaded, they would attack head-on and be wiped out." The general meaning of Weng Tonghe's words was that Li Hongzhang quickly mobilized the army, quickly gathered on the front line of Pyongyang, and then rushed south, while the navy gathered in the northern part of the Yellow Sea, guarded the Bohai Strait, supported the Qing army in the North Korea, and ensured the safety of the capital.

This temporary suggestion is simply a product of temporary cramming compared to the combat plan formulated by the Japanese before the war. Japan's general combat policy is as follows, striving to land near Shanhaiguan, fight the main force of the Qing army on the Zhili Plain, and then seize Beijing. Under the guidance of this policy, the specific combat plan is as follows: first, the Fifth Division of the Army occupied North Korea, clamp down and defeat the Qing army, and the Navy defeated the Beiyang Fleet with a joint fleet and gain control of the sea power. If the Navy wins, the main force lands in Shanhaiguan and implements a decisive battle on the Zhili Plain. If the Navy is unbeaten, the Army occupies the entire North Korea. If the Navy is defeated, the full force will do its best to assist the Korean Japanese army, and the main force will stay in Japan to ensure the land.
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