Chapter 47: The 5th Chapter is about to break out

"Kill!" After receiving a telegram from the General Staff and the Military Affairs Bureau, Chen Congyun said this word after reading it, and then picked up a pen and approved it on the telegram.

"Public opinion must keep up, and don't affect the current rapid development of domestic industry and commerce because of this matter."

What is the biggest chain reaction brought about by rent reduction? Many historical books talk about this issue. Local owners find it difficult to obtain the desired benefits from the land, and when they have spare money, they will naturally turn their attention to other industries. Since ancient times, China values ​​agriculture rather than commerce, and merchants have a very low status in the country. After Chen Congyun came to power, he made great efforts to support industry and commerce and improve the social status of merchants. Historically, in the late Qing Dynasty in China, the status of merchants did rise, but overall it was still the same, and the people still had a discriminatory attitude towards merchants.

The country's attention has quickly reversed this trend in just a few years. China, without Sino-Japanese compensation and Boxer Indemnity, still has considerable potential for free money among the people. When this potential poured into the field of industry and commerce under the guidance of the new government's policies, it brought about a pattern of rapid development of industry and commerce. The biggest benefit of this pattern is the surge in industrial and commercial taxation.

Since ancient times, all businessmen have been rich, and they have vigorously developed industry and commerce, and reversed the situation in which China's fiscal revenue has mainly relied on land since ancient times. This is the established national policy of Chen Congyun at the beginning of the founding of the country.

The rapid development of industry and commerce in New China in the early 20th century attracted the attention of the world. This is what Chen Congyun is most proud of, so in the reply message, Chen Congyun repeatedly emphasized the need to protect the booming momentum of industry and commerce, which is for this reason.

Indeed, the biggest challenge facing China's industry and commerce in the early 20th century was the dumping of Western industrial products. At this point, especially the traditional British sphere of influence in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, is particularly serious. Fortunately, China has a large enough market of 40 million people, and the existence of two colonies, North Korea and Vietnam. The current China is breaking this delicate position and completely getting rid of the local colonial state due to a very delicate international status. The Sino-Russian War is the first step taken by Shen Congyun. Chen Congyun has led his team for 20 years and has worked hard to this day. Now, in Shen Congyun's view, it has reached the harvest season.

From the 19th to the mid-twentieth century, the entire world pattern was more forward-looking than anyone else. In essence, this was an era of cannibalism. How could Britain become an empire that never sets? Isn’t it just relying on the vast colonies?

"The essence of the Sino-Russian War is actually that China under the leadership of Chen Congyun, quietly showed its fangs to the Western powers in a clever use of the contradictions between Western powers." This passage is an autobiography written by a Western politician after World War I, and commented on the Sino-Russian War launched by Chen Congyun, which is a later story.

After replying to the telegram, Chen Congyun embarked on the road back to Beijing without stopping. From the Liaodong Battle, it can be seen that in the future war, Chen Congyun can be the boss. Although Chen Congyun often said this before, in fact, when every war comes, Chen Congyun always consciously wants to come to the front line in person. It is difficult for Chen Congyun to explain what kind of mentality this is! In fact, the essence of this practice is that Chen Congyun is worried!

History uses a victory to tell Chen Congyun a fact that the new army he created has matured after 20 years of unremitting efforts and has the ability to challenge the Western powers, rather than challenging a Western power for the first time before the war, Chen Congyun always hides a state of anxiety deep in his heart.

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The sky above the Bohai Bay is covered with dark clouds. It is not that it is about to rain, but that the black smoke burned from the steam engine when a large number of warships are grouping on the sea.

After the main Russian army suffered a devastating blow on the Liaodong Peninsula, the Pacific Fleet could no longer sit still. As Chinese ground troops moved south quickly, the fact that Lushun became an isolated island could not be changed. The Russian Pacific Fleet finally decided to break through with repeated urging from the commander-in-chief.

Liu Buchan, who has a clear-looking face, has been very thin these days and looks a little skinny. Who would have thought that Liu Buchan, who had quit smoking, would be so chubby now?

Cough cough! The violent coughing made the adjutant look over worriedly. Liu Buchan, who was lying on the table, was smoking one after another, narrowed his eyes and stared at the chart.

The Military Intelligence Bureau has transferred the latest information that the Russian Pacific Fleet has decided to break through, and the specific time and route has not yet been determined. Since the war started, the situation on the sea surface has been reduced, Liu Buchan commanded the fleet to block the Russian fleet in the port, while the Russian fleet has to work hard to ensure the outlet. The two sides have been scrambling mines, resulting in frequent mine-hit incidents in the East China Sea Fleet recently.

Although the Russian Pacific Fleet suffered a heavy blow, most of its strength is still there, and it is always a threat to not completely destroy it.

"Zixiang, the Zhiyuan sank in thunder!" Lin Taizeng walked in with an anxious look on his face, put the telegram on the table, sat down and sighed softly.

When Liu Buchan heard this, his face felt sad, his eyebrows tightened and he coughed violently. He quickly covered his mouth with a handkerchief. After coughing for a while, he finally stopped. After opening the handkerchief and taking a look, he hurriedly wanted to put it away. Lin Taizeng, who had sharp eyes, raised his hand and pressed Liu Buchan's hand and said, "Zixiang, bring it to me."

"Kaishi! There is nothing good to look at!" Liu Buchan smiled and wanted to hide it. Lin Taizeng's face darkened and said, "Don't let me see it? I'll send a telegram to Lord Shen now." Lin Taizeng said as he stood up and said, "Okay, OK, my brother Kaishi, have you seen it?"

After taking the handkerchief and opening it, the blood on the handkerchief was shocking. Lin Taizeng couldn't help but feel heartbroken and said, "Zixiang, you..."

"Kaishi, don't say anything. Life is rare in seventy years. I am already over 60 years old. I am a person who is in his sixties. I am a person who is entering the coffin." Liu Buchan sighed and said, "Before death, I don't want to leave any regrets, so please help me."

"But?……"

"No, old friend, just think I beg you." Liu Buchan took Lin Taizeng's hand and begged in a low voice.

"Oh!" Lin Taizeng sighed and sat down silently.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's study the current situation. The Russian fleet must be running away. We cannot just wait for news from the Military Affairs Bureau. We must take all possibilities into consideration and we must not let the Russians run away."

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Countless bunkers, lined up forts, dense trenches, with an altitude of 203 meters, standing west of the Lushun Fortress.

"Did you see it? That's the commanding heights of the entire Lushunkou, the 203 Highland." Aftershock put down his telescope and turned to Zhang Guangming and said seriously.

"It's easy to defend but hard to attack!" Zhang Guangming sighed and silently followed the aftershocks.

"It is less than 250 meters long and only 30 meters wide. It seems to be a very ordinary high ground, but the President repeatedly told me before leaving that I should not act recklessly. The 28-inch cannon ordered from Germany has already been shipped from Tianjin. Your troops will not fight for the time being. I will go back to Shenyang tomorrow. Everything here is left to you. The President is very concerned about the offensive and defensive battle of Lushun. This is the first time our army attacks the fortress. Yesterday, he also called to instruct that the First Army is the foundation of the Hu Ben Division. You must find a set of experience in the attack and battle from this battle. You must use your brain more and don't do anything randomly. The offensive and defensive battle of Lushun is destined to be a protracted war. You must be mentally prepared enough and you can't joke about the lives of soldiers." Aftershock's advice sounds a bit nagging, but Zhang Guangming didn't feel this at all, because aftershock was conveying Shen Congyun's meaning.

The First Army, which has a glorious tradition, is proud, and also shoulders the huge pressure brought by the honors of the past. This aftershock gave Zhang Guangming a solo flight. The first and fifth armies were given 100,000 people to Zhang Guangming for unified command. The invisible pressure was so huge that Zhang Guangming felt deeply.

"What else does Lord Shen have to explain?"

"No more! I've said everything I should say. Now the three armies transferred from the Central Plains Military Region and the Southern Military Region have already set up their formation on the front line of Jilin. Suihua has been holding on for half a month. Yesterday, the General Staff ordered the abandonment of Suihua and the Sixth Army to slowly retreat south. Judging from the current situation of the war, large-scale battles between China and Russia will not break out for the time being. It will take at least one month for the Russian army to complete the assembly of troops and logistics supply, and our army must also hurry up and rest to facilitate the fight."

In April 1904, with the end of the battle on the Liaodong Peninsula, the focus of the Sino-Russian War once again shifted to the Northeast battlefield. After struggling to support Suihua for half a month, the Sixth Army killed and wounded more than 60,000 Russian troops. After paying the price of 30,000 casualties, the Sixth Army withdrew from Suihua and slowly moved south!

In late April, China and Russia temporarily fell into a state of peace, and both needed time to prepare for a new round of war. The sound of gunfire on the northeast land showed a brief pause, and this pause meant that once it sounded again, it would be a bloody battle.

In early May, the Russian army in Northeast China carried out a new round of assembly. After completion, the Siberian Railway played a major role. At the end of May, the Russian army assembled a total of 32 infantry divisions, six cavalry divisions, and 1,200 cannons in the Northeast, with a total force of up to 450,000. (Note, the Russian infantry division has a force of about 12,000 people.)

On the Chinese side, the vast majority of the field army in the country were concentrated, among which the first and fifth armies had completed the siege of Lushun. The Jilin front line includes the Sixth Army retreating from Suihua, with a total force of 8 armies and a total force of nearly 500,000.
Chapter completed!