Chapter 173 has started!

In the command post of Yuanshan Port, Oshima Yichang took the telescope from the major's hand and looked at the lonely imperial cruiser on the sea in the distance. There was a pain in his heart!

Two years ago, he led the Ninth Infantry Brigade of the Imperial Empire, and some of his artillery and engineers to land in Asan under the escort of Yoshino. In the Battle of Asan, he defeated the two troops of the Chinese people in the Battle of Asan, which kicked off the First Sino-Japanese War and the first battle of the Japanese army into North Korea!

At that time, he thought that with the continuous landing of follow-up troops in Incheon, the flag of the empire would soon be planted throughout North Korea, but he did not expect that with the victory of the army, it had just taken five hours to fight with the Beiyang Marine Division in China, which can be called the largest naval battle in the era of ironclad ships, and it was not sinking. The ship, the joint fleet that successfully left the battle with the pride of the empire, was despicably ambushed by another group of Chinese!

The damned Pacific Fleet went to war without declaration, which not only left the bones of thousands of soldiers in the joint fleet, but also shelled Yokosuka, Osaka, Kobe and even Edajima in the end, causing the empire's ten years of painstaking efforts to be destroyed!

His Majesty the Emperor is old overnight!

In the end, he even had to put down the emperor's dignity and turn to Britain, the United States and other countries. In the end, although he reached an armistice agreement with the Pacific Army, the price made the whole empire cry!

Losing Ryukyu, losing the Ogasawara Islands, and paying 30 million pounds! In the end, I had to accept the harsh loan conditions of the Americans, and even lost the financial power of the country in the next ten years!

This price makes every imperial citizen heartbroken. If North Korea hadn't saved some face, no one would know what would happen to the swaying empire!

Now, the empire is going through the most painful period. There are only a few warships left in the navy. Although the lonely figure in the sea is a second-hand cruiser purchased from Chile after the war, it is precious to today's imperial navy.

Now, after leaving countless scars on the coast of the empire, the Pacific Army patted its buttocks and left. With the help of Britain, the Chinese people said that they would no longer enter North Korea, but no one expected that the more powerful Russians would appear in front of them again. The navy could send a cruiser to investigate in the distant sea without being able to accept the continued losses.

Although General Youpeng of Shanxian rushed to Moscow not long ago, negotiated with Russia, and expressed his willingness to give up half of North Korea's interests, the Russians not only ignored it, but also sent a fleet even more intensely!

At that time, all emperors knew that a new war was imminent!

After the Korean Incident, he accepted the appointment and took the sixth brigade to Yuanshan Port to garrison. He knew what it meant, but he had no choice, because the empire had lost the protection of the navy, and the army must read the heavy artillery from the sea!

Looking at the lonely shadow in the distance, although Oshima Yoshimasa wanted the other party to leave immediately, he could not speak, because he knew that if there was no such warning barrier, he would not notice that the shell would fall on his head!

Oshima Yoshimasa took a deep breath, just handed the telescope to the major, and told him to continue his vigilance. When he carefully checked the movement on the sea, a series of strange voices suddenly came to his ears.

The strange roar kept coming from the sea. Oshima Yichang knew what had happened with just a glance!

Boom!

Countless columns of water suddenly exploded around the cruiser in the distance, and the sea rolled in the explosion, setting off a big wave. In the smoke, the figure of the cruiser became lighter and lighter.

As the cruisers quickly withdrew while counterattacking, four warships suddenly appeared on the sea, two of which were huge ironclads! As they opened fire, they rushed to Yuanshan Port.

"Boom~"

In less than a while, the huge explosion had come to Oshima Yichang from the sea. The shock wave of the explosion shook the dust in the bunker. Several guards held their guns nervously, and their little eyes kept scanning around for fear that they would spread here.

"Mr. Colonel, you must leave immediately and evacuate to the rear." Looking at Oshima Yoshimasa with a grim expression, the major advised with a nervous expression, and the corners of his eyes swept over the Russian giant ship with a fire tongue from time to time.

Oshima Yoshimasa looked at the nervous major and suddenly found that in the generals before, the momentum of the Imperial Army was following the defeat of the navy, and the domestic situation was turbulent and gradually subsided, which immediately made him frown.

As the first commander of the Imperial Army to fight with the Chinese, he knows the current situation better than anyone else. Without the support of the navy, the army alone cannot prevent the Russians from landing. Therefore, when making the plan, the base camp also requires that the coastline and the enemy should no longer be entangled, but choose to put in and fight again.

It's just that at this moment, he saw the look of the major and the soldiers around him and knew that there were some things that could not be avoided. The empire had no way out. If it blindly avoided, it would consume not only money and life, but also the strictest discipline and confidence would dissipate with the Russian cannon!

"Anyway, we have to drag the war for a year! Your Excellency, for the future of the Empire, for His Majesty the Emperor! Please!" Thank you!

Oshima Yoshimasa remembered the words of General Aritomo, who returned to North Korea three months ago, and the scene where he bowed to himself and all the officers. Under the despicable sneak attack of the Hawaiians, the empire has lost its navy. If it can't stop the Russians, then the North Korea, which the empire has worked hard to gain, will fall again. For other people's toys, he and everyone in the empire will never allow it!

This battle is completely different from the sneak attack of the fleet. The empire has been carefully prepared for a year. As early as the loss of the navy, when the Hawaiians did not propose to let the empire withdraw from North Korea, the base camp guessed that the Russians would definitely come, so they have been preparing!

Everyone knows that the Pacific Army did not mention North Korea, not that it had no ambition for North Korea, but deliberately wanted to use the power of the Qing Dynasty and Russia to consume the empire, so that the empire could not concentrate on fighting against them.

But they underestimate the determination of the empire! You underestimate your majesty!

In addition to rebuilding the navy, a large part of the mortgage tax has been used to expand the army and strengthen control over North Korea!

The most elite first army has also come here with General Youpeng of Shanxian County, and the British have transported tens of thousands of troops at a high price! Another 200 cannons, 200 machine guns, 100,000 rifles and a large amount of ammunition were urgently purchased!

All this is for today!

Oshima Yichang took a deep breath, and a pair of eagle eyes locked the Russian [***] ship on the sea. Since the first battle against the Chinese people started by himself, let yourself start the first battle against the Russians! Reawaken the glory of the Imperial Army with blood and victory!

A sneer appeared on the corners of his mouth: "Order the teams not to take a step back!"

"I want to make this seaport a tomb that the Russians will never forget!"

"Tell every army officer of the empire! Although the Imperial Fleet failed temporarily, they forgot that the Empire still has us!"

"Hi!" --

Ryukyu, in the telegraph room of the temporary staff, more than a dozen radio telegraphers kept ticking. While orders were sent from here to various troops, they also brought back all kinds of complicated news.

"The first division, the second regiment and the third battalion successfully entered the Andong Port Area."

"The Fourth Division stationed in Aimei Island has been equipped with alert equipment."

"All the members of the Third Division have arrived and can leave at any time."

"The reconnaissance company of the Fourth Division has entered Jilin and is moving closer to the border."

"Nighthawk Report, lurking in Lushun Port."

"..."

The special-coded telegrams were quickly translated by the translator, signed and submitted to the sweaty staff behind them, and then they transferred them to the senior military officials of the staff. After the itinerary was negotiated, they took back the new order and reissued it.

The pace is hurried and sweaty.

But when everyone is busy, they will look at the still idle telegraph machines on the left side of the telegraph room from time to time. They are naval radio stations. The fleet has pretended to go to the Ogasawara Islands for temporary shelter, but the six destroyers that serve as the eyes of the fleet have already entered various positions, and everyone is waiting.

Before the telegraph machine, the telegraphman wore a headset like a Western medical handset for fear of missing the sound of any current shuttle. They widened their eyes, pricked up their ears, and clamped the tip of the pen on the special electric newspaper with their fingers.

After getting the news that two Russian heavy patrols and two light patrols left Vladivostok seven hours ago, the telegraph machine never rang again. Where did the Russians go? Will the navy try its best to intercept it? Has the battle in Yuanshan Port started?

No one knows.

On the one hand, it is busy, but on the other hand, it is as silent as deep as the bottom of the sea, which is like the feeling of ice and fire, which makes everyone feel hot and uneasy. Even the cool sea breeze pouring in through the skylight can't give people a cool feeling at all.

Zhang Zuolin walked into the telegraph room, gave an army message from the staff to the sender, walked to the navy radio station, paused for a moment, sighed and turned to leave.

Suddenly, one of the telegraph machines suddenly hissed, which made him stop suddenly. He jumped rhythmically with the sound. The telegrapher covered the headset with one hand and quickly took the pen with the other hand to record it.

With the tip of his pen flowing quickly, everyone in the telegraph room widened their eyes and held their breath. Even the army radio deliberately lowered their voices for fear of disturbing his record.

The telegraphman who was concentrated on recording did not seem to realize that he had become the focus of everyone. He quickly recorded every rhythm, every note, and his eyes became brighter and brighter!

Suddenly, he suddenly threw down his pen, tore off the electronic newspaper and handed it to the impatient translator next to him. The translator pulled over the dense electronic newspaper like a strange symbol book, and quickly opened the translation form and rearranged it.

Everyone is watching his movements until...

The translator stood up in everyone's expectation and shouted with a red face, "It's up!"

With his voice, the naval radio stations seemed to wake up from their sleep, and they all suddenly rang up, bringing one message after another.

"Outside Yuanshan Port, there was an exchange of fire between the cruiser and the Russian cruiser fleet. The exchange of fire lasted for ten minutes, and the ship was injured and evacuated."

"The Russian cruiser formation is shelling Yuanshan Port."

"Three Russian troop carriers off the coast of Vladivostok are moving south quickly!"

Looking at the busy telegraph room again, Zhang Zuolin took a deep breath, his eyes flashed up his pace, and there were only three words left in his mind.

"It's started!"

(to be continued)